I'm not really all that worried about the Le Merigot specifically. What has caught my attention is that I'm not seeing where Marriott lists it as a resort. Either the website spells it out and I'm just missing it (a definite possibility) or its not there. Its that second option that worries me. This means Marriott can, at its discretion and without any notice claim any and all hotels to be a "resort". This is important as elite benefits are different at resorts than at non-resort hotels. So the question is if the hotel doesn't have "Resort" in its title, it is not listed in Marriott's Resort Directory, and the hotel description on Marriott's website doesn't state "Resort" anywhere, how is an elite member supposed to know? Are we expected to call each and every hotel before we stay? Not very consumer friendly. And since there is no customer notification, Marriott could change the designation at any time, so we would have to call every time we go.