Ritz Carlton Singapore [Master Thread]
 

When I tried to make a booking on Ritz Carlton Singapore, I received the following message:

"Please Note – This hotel does not participate in the Ritz-Carlton Rewards and Marriott Rewards programs."

Upon further investigation, I realised they do have a private membership programme that can be bought into at SGD$888 Nett.

Anyone has any idea what's the reason?

old news which has been published in this forum numerous times.....

and, this is not the only RC property that does not participate in MRs....
https://www.marriott.com/rewards/terms/default.mi

I just got hoodwinked by this same thing. Booked a 7-night stay at the RC Singapore and realized I would be getting no points/credit. Too late to change hotels now. Bummer.

Jake

You have a very early definition of "too late."

Corporate approval processes, my friend.

In all reality I *could* have changed my hotel on that trip, but with the timezone difference between where I am and where the corporate travel monkeys sit, not to mention all the explanations and headaches involved, it wasn't worth it for me.

Next time.

Ritz Carlton Singapore Millenia use SPG Luxury card?
 

I'm aware this hotel does not participate in Marriott rewards, but if this hotel is booked via Amex FHR, then I was wondering if I paid for the hotel upon checkout with my SPG Luxury card, does this hotel still count as a Marriott purchase? I'd like to know if I can still get this to trigger 6X points plus use my $300 Marriott credit that comes with the SPG Luxury card.

I guess your question is if the payment will code as a Marriott spending via AMEX.
My take is your chances are very low, if it does not participate, your cobranded SPG Lux will not read it as a Marriott eligible purchase.
You can report it as a dp if you are successful.

Who does a property have to lobby to join? The owner? This just seems odd. Maybe it was a bad English translation.

For what it's worth, the J.W. Marriott Singapore South Beach, St. Regis Singapore and W Singapore are managed jointly in a cluster by Marriott International.

Does RC Singapore managed by Marriott International as well?

It might be the management want to join MR, but the owner refused so management try to convince owners?
or
They in talks about the T&C for the hotel to join MR
or
Just some rubbish talk from management
As in its better to claim that they trying to join rather than simply said : We are fully booked enough without having to reduce our profit dealing with MR members :D

But I really hope they do join MR in the near future.
Gives MR members more options for luxury segment hotel in Singapore.

It seems like StR and RC both have high occupancy rate. Although I'm not sure about the actual number. There are high possibility that StR did poach some of RC clients due to their recent participation in MR

For location wise, StR have better location for tourists (Orchard road area)
RC might have advantage for its proximity to MRT station. But Singapore taxi is very reasonable, so people who can afford staying in either hotel sure have no issue using taxis.

And for Singapore hotel scene themself, most of the new build hotels are more to cater the business clients like Westin, Sofitel Tanjong Pagar, and Oasia Downtown.
Newly refurbished Raffles might offer some fresh competition among those luxury segment hotels.

I can't imagine a scenario in which management or employees would be criticizing the owner for not allowing them to join Marriott's loyalty program. I also can't imagine Marriott International would be against the property joining, as presumably it was the owner and not Marriott International that kept the property from being in the loyalty program in the first place.

This is just very bizarre. Someone based in Singapore should try and find out additional information.

As for who manages the property, I believe Marriott's subsidiary, the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, manages it. I think there is only one Ritz-Carlton property, Kuala Lumpur, not managed by corporate.

I've always wondered if the Raffles Hotel makes more off guests or from the selling of Singapore sling cocktails.