Dec 22, 2018, 4:05 pm
Last edit by: rustykettel
As of January 1, 2020 the 10 night credit per meeting has ended. Events will only earn points after Jan 1. Room blocks will still earn night credits per T&C.
Rewarding Events offers pointsand nights for events/meetings booked at 25 brands of Marriott hotels
Marriott Rewarding Events
Participating brands:
Ritz Carlton, St. Regis, JW Marriott, The Luxury Collection, W Hotels, EDITION, Marriott Hotels, Sheraton, Marriott Vacation Club, Delta Hotels by Marriott, Le Meridian, Westin, The Autograph Collection, Renaissance, Tribute Portfolio, Gaylord Hotels, Courtyard by Marriott, Four Points by Sheraton, Springhill Suites by Marriott, Protea Hotels by Marriott, Fairfield by Marriott, AC Hotels by Marriott, Aloft, Moxy Hotels, Element
Non-participating brands:
TownePlace Suites, Residence Inn, Marriott Executive Appartments, and Design Hotels
How to Book a Rewarding Event
There is an online interface to get quotes for meetings. Or you can call the sales office of each hotel you are interested in directly for a quote.
Rewarding Events Online Booking
Rewards
2 points per $1 USD or 1 mile per $1 USD spent per qualifying event (base members can earn up to 60,000 points; while Platinum Premier Elite members can earn up to 105,000 points per qualifying event).
Get 10 Elite Qualifying Nights for the first meeting — and achieve Silver Elite status automatically.
Earn one Elite Qualifying Night for every additional 20 room nights booked — up to 20 Elite Qualifying Nights per contract.
Note: Money spent on events reportedly does not count towards the $20,000 spend needed for Ambassador status.
Changes from Old Program
10 elite nights are earned only for the first meeting every year. Previously, it was 10 elite nights per meeting.
FAQ
Do I have to show up? - Maybe. Some people have no-showed at events and still had them post. Others have had no-shows that did not post.
What is a good rate? - Around $100 is considered a good rate for a meeting that lasts an hour or two.
What should I ask for if book a meeting just for the 10 elite nights? - It is recommended to ask for a meeting room for 2 people for 30 minutes or an hour. You can say it is for an interview. No audio/visual or catering is needed, and the meeting time is flexible.
Which hotels have the lowest rates for meetings? - Typically, the lower priced brands like Fairfield, Courtyard, etc., have small meeting rooms that can be less expensive. But it depends on the location.
Rewarding Events offers points
Marriott Rewarding Events
Participating brands:
Ritz Carlton, St. Regis, JW Marriott, The Luxury Collection, W Hotels, EDITION, Marriott Hotels, Sheraton, Marriott Vacation Club, Delta Hotels by Marriott, Le Meridian, Westin, The Autograph Collection, Renaissance, Tribute Portfolio, Gaylord Hotels, Courtyard by Marriott, Four Points by Sheraton, Springhill Suites by Marriott, Protea Hotels by Marriott, Fairfield by Marriott, AC Hotels by Marriott, Aloft, Moxy Hotels, Element
Non-participating brands:
TownePlace Suites, Residence Inn, Marriott Executive Appartments, and Design Hotels
How to Book a Rewarding Event
There is an online interface to get quotes for meetings. Or you can call the sales office of each hotel you are interested in directly for a quote.
Rewarding Events Online Booking
Rewards
2 points per $1 USD or 1 mile per $1 USD spent per qualifying event (base members can earn up to 60,000 points; while Platinum Premier Elite members can earn up to 105,000 points per qualifying event).
Earn one Elite Qualifying Night for every additional 20 room nights booked — up to 20 Elite Qualifying Nights per contract.
Note: Money spent on events reportedly does not count towards the $20,000 spend needed for Ambassador status.
Changes from Old Program
FAQ
Do I have to show up? - Maybe. Some people have no-showed at events and still had them post. Others have had no-shows that did not post.
What is a good rate? - Around $100 is considered a good rate for a meeting that lasts an hour or two.
What should I ask for if book a meeting just for the 10 elite nights? - It is recommended to ask for a meeting room for 2 people for 30 minutes or an hour. You can say it is for an interview. No audio/visual or catering is needed, and the meeting time is flexible.
Which hotels have the lowest rates for meetings? - Typically, the lower priced brands like Fairfield, Courtyard, etc., have small meeting rooms that can be less expensive. But it depends on the location.
Marriott Bonvoy Events program between Aug 18, 2018 and end of 2019
Aug 18, 2018, 12:19 pm
#106
Join Date: Apr 2005
Programs: Starwood:Lifetime Platinum, Air Canada:Basic, Asiana:Lifetime Diamond Plus, ANA: Basic
Posts: 980
There are other more important factors for meeting planners to consider - like meeting room size needed , facilities, pricing, amenities, client preference. The points and nights is lower on the consideration list. Hotel coordinators also have soft skills they deploy from a birthday card on your birthday, fruit basket during X'mas, chocolate basket during easter to tickets to a local sports game..etc that can send to your department office that is far more influential and effective than some nights and points.
Aug 18, 2018, 12:25 pm
#107
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: South Florida
Programs: AA LTG (EXP), Hilton Silver (Dia), Marriott LTP (PP), SPG LTG (P) > MPG LTPP
Posts: 11,329
There are other more important factors for meeting planners to consider - like meeting room size needed , facilities, pricing, amenities, client preference. The points and nights is lower on the consideration list. Hotel coordinators also have soft skills they deploy from a birthday card on your birthday, fruit basket during X'mas, chocolate basket during easter to tickets to a local sports game..etc that can send to your department office that is far more influential and effective than some nights and points.
Aug 18, 2018, 12:30 pm
#108
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: British Columbia
Programs: AS MVPG100K, Marriott Marriott Titanium Elite, Hilton Gold
Posts: 7,263
I wouldn't say that a $50.00 4:00 am 1 hour meeting for a no-show is really a win-win.
James
James
Aug 18, 2018, 12:47 pm
#109
Join Date: Apr 2005
Programs: Starwood:Lifetime Platinum, Air Canada:Basic, Asiana:Lifetime Diamond Plus, ANA: Basic
Posts: 980
Sounds like you are describing a hotel function like the Sales Department. Rewarding Events is for members that schedule events at properties, either for themselves or their company. RE was established to encourage them to choose Marriott properties for the perks, just like us road warriors out there doing real live stays.
My point was just there is the core product - meeting room size, food options, location...etc etc that are most important factors. Then when those satisfy your minimum requirements, then you look into secondary factors like pricing and hotel staff's promotional skills and how stress-free the transaction is for Accounts Payable. (like if you're acct depart tells you avoid xxx hotel like a plague, you won't use them unless there are no alternatives). All the niceties of cards, gifts allows staff to keep the hotel in mind. Only after a hotel's core product is sufficient for needs, then Rewarding Events is among many ways to attract business (they only need to submit a portion of revenue to Marriott Corp).
Aug 18, 2018, 1:04 pm
#110
Join Date: Apr 2005
Programs: Starwood:Lifetime Platinum, Air Canada:Basic, Asiana:Lifetime Diamond Plus, ANA: Basic
Posts: 980
I know there were previous discussions on pre-Aug 18 terms and conditions that do not require rooms booked. Just keep imaging and work with me.
Say you're the hotel Event Coordinator and you call the Marriott Corp Franchisee support hotline. 90 minutes later they have a rep. Then they transfer you to the Marketing and Revenue Management department and you ask them of Rewarding Events and how to work and under no uncertain terms, they say you need hotel rooms in addition to meeting rooms. You drop down the name of the staff from Corporate Marriott and notes on the date & time ofconversation. So now you have a customer that wants to book a 1 hour meeting at $100 (with a possibility of a no-show) and insisted on some term & conditions and reference Flyertalk.
Are you going to put your career in risk on helping this customer and trust him over what Marriott Corp rep says? What will my accounting department say if a charge this person's credit card and he/she didn't show up at all? Do we have case if the customer dispute the charge with the credit card - what if it's a scam credit card? If the person is a no-show, what if Marriott cracks down by an audit - should I lie or should we tell our staff to lie? We might get risk in getting penalized or kicked out of the franchise... Geez. I don't even get any bonus for a small $100 meeting and it's a dip in our 10,000 meeting goal.
Conclude: Better not risk it. Tell the customer to go somewhere else.
Aug 18, 2018, 1:19 pm
#111
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: South Florida
Programs: AA LTG (EXP), Hilton Silver (Dia), Marriott LTP (PP), SPG LTG (P) > MPG LTPP
Posts: 11,329
But $50 for 10 night credit is equivalent to $5/night rooms which I doubt you will find anywhere. And if those 10 nights puts you over the next tier in time for an upcoming stay where paying to upgrade to a club room could cost you $50 is a win. And I'd bet if you book the room with no F&B or AV requirements, the property will not put more than five minutes effort into the booking, that could be a win too. It is a way to pay for status, which I am against, but that's how the rules read for now.
Aug 20, 2018, 7:19 am
#112
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: GVA
Programs: BA Silver (OW Sapphire), A3 Gold (*G), Bonvoy LTTE, HHonors Diamond, LeClubAccor Silver, UA Silver
Posts: 1,778
Quick data point: a couple of my meetings (pre-08/18) have posted today, and no EQN has been awarded, so I guess that corroborates the point that only the first meeting gets 10 EQNs (likely 'st meeting ever).
Now, whether I'll be able to get those EQNs posted per the old T&Cs is a different story...
Now, whether I'll be able to get those EQNs posted per the old T&Cs is a different story...
Aug 20, 2018, 7:24 am
#113
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: South Florida
Programs: AA LTG (EXP), Hilton Silver (Dia), Marriott LTP (PP), SPG LTG (P) > MPG LTPP
Posts: 11,329
Quick data point: a couple of my meetings (pre-08/18) have posted today, and no EQN has been awarded, so I guess that corroborates the point that only the first meeting gets 10 EQNs (likely 'st meeting ever).
Now, whether I'll be able to get those EQNs posted per the old T&Cs is a different story...
Now, whether I'll be able to get those EQNs posted per the old T&Cs is a different story...
Aug 20, 2018, 7:28 am
#114
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: GVA
Programs: BA Silver (OW Sapphire), A3 Gold (*G), Bonvoy LTTE, HHonors Diamond, LeClubAccor Silver, UA Silver
Posts: 1,778
There is a lot of clean up that still needs to happen so don't bow out yet. Any meetings held before 8/18 should post as specified. Some have been able to get confirmation that meetings booked before 8/18 will get the nights. AND, as I read the T&Cs that's 10 nights per contract, which has been the case all along. We will have to wait and see.
PROPERTY NAME: CY XXX
EVENT DATES: 08/16/2018 - 08/16/2018
REFERENCE NUMBER: XXX
DATE POSTED: 08/19/2018
BASE POINTS EARNED: 125
ELITE POINTS EARNED: 94
PURCHASED BONUS POINTS: 0
PURCHASED DOUBLE & TRIPLE POINTS: 0
TOTAL EARNED & PURCHASED POINTS: 219
ELITE QUALIFYING NIGHTS:
This meeting or event will count toward your qualification for Elite membership.
Last edited by RafKa; Aug 20, 2018 at 11:06 am
Aug 20, 2018, 7:59 am
#115
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Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: South Florida
Programs: AA LTG (EXP), Hilton Silver (Dia), Marriott LTP (PP), SPG LTG (P) > MPG LTPP
Posts: 11,329
I agree, and am hoping that's a case of botched IT... the confirmation mentions I am getting EQNs (althought none posted).
PROPERTY NAME: CY XXX
EVENT DATES: 08/16/2018 - 08/16/2018
REFERENCE NUMBER: 6440848
DATE POSTED: 08/19/2018
BASE POINTS EARNED: 125
ELITE POINTS EARNED: 94
PURCHASED BONUS POINTS: 0
PURCHASED DOUBLE & TRIPLE POINTS: 0
TOTAL EARNED & PURCHASED POINTS: 219
ELITE QUALIFYING NIGHTS:
This meeting or event will count toward your qualification for Elite membership.
PROPERTY NAME: CY XXX
EVENT DATES: 08/16/2018 - 08/16/2018
REFERENCE NUMBER: 6440848
DATE POSTED: 08/19/2018
BASE POINTS EARNED: 125
ELITE POINTS EARNED: 94
PURCHASED BONUS POINTS: 0
PURCHASED DOUBLE & TRIPLE POINTS: 0
TOTAL EARNED & PURCHASED POINTS: 219
ELITE QUALIFYING NIGHTS:
This meeting or event will count toward your qualification for Elite membership.
Aug 20, 2018, 8:02 am
#116
Join Date: May 2013
Location: New York
Programs: UA Silver, Marriott LTPP, Hertz Five Star
Posts: 1,079
There is a lot of clean up that still needs to happen so don't bow out yet. Any meetings held before 8/18 should post as specified. Some have been able to get confirmation that meetings booked before 8/18 will get the nights. AND, as I read the T&Cs that's 10 nights per contract, which has been the case all along. We will have to wait and see.
- Someone has to hold an event under Rewarding Events post 08/18
- It has to post with Group Posting Tool
- They have to confirm whether or not it was the second meeting within the year/after 08/18 and if it posted 10 nights or not.
- They have to confirm whether or not this was intended behavior by Marriott or a bug;
- They have to post about all of this either here or elsewhere on the publicly visible internet.
Aug 20, 2018, 9:01 am
#117
Join Date: Aug 2018
Location: PIT
Programs: AS Peon
Posts: 202
I had 6 meetings, 2 each on 8/8, 8/9, and 8/10. This morning I got the 6 emails about them being posted on the GPT and only 1 of the six emails listed 10 elite qualifying nights. All 5 other emails left the EQN section blank, but do have the "This meeting or event will count toward your qualification for Elite membership" text at the bottom.
It doesn't seem likely that the EQN will automatically post, hopefully it isn't too much of a fight to get them posted since I did the meetings pre-T&C change.
It doesn't seem likely that the EQN will automatically post, hopefully it isn't too much of a fight to get them posted since I did the meetings pre-T&C change.
Aug 20, 2018, 9:04 am
#118
Join Date: May 2013
Location: New York
Programs: UA Silver, Marriott LTPP, Hertz Five Star
Posts: 1,079
I had 6 meetings, 2 each on 8/8, 8/9, and 8/10. This morning I got the 6 emails about them being posted on the GPT and only 1 of the six emails listed 10 elite qualifying nights. All 5 other emails left the EQN section blank, but do have the "This meeting or event will count toward your qualification for Elite membership" text at the bottom.
It doesn't seem likely that the EQN will automatically post, hopefully it isn't too much of a fight to get them posted since I did the meetings pre-T&C change.
It doesn't seem likely that the EQN will automatically post, hopefully it isn't too much of a fight to get them posted since I did the meetings pre-T&C change.
Let us know if you can get the posting corrected for the pre-08/18 meetings to get the 10 EQNs.
Aug 20, 2018, 9:23 am
#119
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: South Florida
Programs: AA LTG (EXP), Hilton Silver (Dia), Marriott LTP (PP), SPG LTG (P) > MPG LTPP
Posts: 11,329
It's starting to sound like the "cynical" read of the T&C (that the first meeting either ever or within a program year gets the 10 nights, all subsequent meetings don't provide nights automatically, only 1 EQN for every 20 related room nights, up to 20 EQNs per meeting) is the correct one.
Let us know if you can get the posting corrected for the pre-08/18 meetings to get the 10 EQNs.
Let us know if you can get the posting corrected for the pre-08/18 meetings to get the 10 EQNs.
Aug 20, 2018, 10:42 am
#120
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Toronto
Programs: AC, UA, IHG, SPG, Carlson
Posts: 193
Go to marriott.co.uk or marriott.com.au, and you will see they already posted.