fredlisancnc

Actually it's two. Burlington and Newton

SkiAdcock

Well that makes it better (the rolleyes is directed towards marriott, not you).

While I'm pretty laidback I do have to admit that when I hear of the large scale exclusions, I think it's a devaluation of the promo/program.

Cheers.

rylan

Oh I forbot about the burlington one also... lol. Seriously though... nobody is going to use an EEO at burlington or especially not at the newton marriott.

pinniped

Sweet...I am pumped... I'm moving my planned romantic weekend getaway from hanging out by LaGuardia to hanging out in Burlington!!

ntamayo

Actually I find it ironic now that all 3 Marriotts in *MOSCOW* are valid for EEO's but neither Boston nor DC does.

TrojanHorse

man the OP is right, EEO's are a big joke if all of this is true

the only reason I didn't notice as I guess I'm not affected is b/c I've stopped staying at FS Marriott Properties since the mandatory club lounge closures on weekends

SkiAdcock

Given the price of rooms in Moscow , the EEOs are quite helpful to those staying there.

But I agree that eliminating basically Boston, NYC & DC is a devaluation of the EEOs.

Cheers.

rylan

Just in case anyone is curious as to the full list of exclusions

Marriotts:
Non-participating U.S. locations:

- Annapolis Marriott Waterfront
- Baltimore Marriott Waterfront
- Boston Marriott Cambridge
- Boston Marriott Copley Place
- Boston Marriott Long Wharf
- Boston Marriott Peabody
- Boston Marriott Quincy
- Charleston Marriott Town Center
- Charlotte Marriott SouthPark
- Crystal Gateway Marriott
- Delray Beach Marriott
- JW Marriott Washington, DC
- Key Bridge Marriott
- Key West Marriott Beachside Hotel
- Long Island Marriott Hotel & Conference Center
- Le Merigot,A JW Spa
- Marriott at Research Triangle Park
- Monterey Marriott
- Mystic Marriott Hotel & Spa
- Napa Valley Marriott Hotel & Spa
- Newark Liberty International Airport Marriott
- New York LaGuardia Airport Marriott
- New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge
- New York Marriott Downtown
- New York Marriott East Side
- New York Marriott Marquis
- Newport Marriott (R.I.)- Palm Beach Gardens Marriott
- Philadelphia Airport Marriott
- Raleigh Marriott City Center
- San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina
- San Francisco Marriott Fisherman's Wharf
- Santa Ynez Marriott
- South Beach Marriott
- Spartanburg Marriott at Renaissance Park
- Springfield Marriott
- Teaneck Marriott at Glenpointe
- Washington Marriott
- Washington Marriott Wardman Park
- Williamsburg Marriott
- Wentworth by the Sea, A Marriott Hotel & Spa

Renaissance:

* - Renaissance Asheville Hotel
* - Renaissance Charleston Hotel Historic District
* - Renaissance Hotel 57
* - Renaissance New York Hotel Times Square
* - Renaissance Newark Airport Hotel
* - Renaissance Boston Waterfront Hotel
* - Renaissance Washington, DC Dupont Circle Hotel
* - Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel
* - The Mayflower® Renaissance Washington, DC Hotel

socrates

I'm sure you were told this by someone but they were mistaken - this isn't correct, the decision to be open or closed on weekends is a local decision - the only requirement is that lounges must be open Sunday Evening through Friday Morning

aaupgrade

LOL This listing probably covers about a half dozen Marriotts by itself.

hhoope01

I think this issue was started because of MC's statement below:

While you may be "technically" correct in that Marriott has not "forced" all hotels to close CLs on weekends, telling them to "not overachieve" is pretty darn close (and probably amounts to the same thing.)

ohmark

I assume the OP's reference to mandatory weekend lounge closures is to the policy that Marriott put into place during the height of the financial downturn, and which was confirmed by the Marriott Concierge in a thread here, to the effect that fs properties were advised by Marriott corporate to not open lounges on weekends and not to provide weekend breakfast coupons. Shortly thereafter, most properties that had been open on weekends or provided breakfast coupons, changed course and closed the lounges and eliminated the coupons. Seems that recently, from postings in various threads, that some of those properties have again reversed course, and are open on weekends, or are providing breakfast coupons.

NJUPINTHEAIR

Calm down, you are getting hysterical for no reason.

The following all participate in this Quarter's EEO's:

Renaissance Washington, DC Downtown Hotel
Washington Marriott at Metro Center
Crystal City Marriott at Reagan National Airport
Renaissance Arlington Capital View Hotel
Bethesda Marriott
Baltimore Marriott Inner Harbor at Camden Yards

Philadelphia Marriott Downtown
Renaissance Philadelphia Airport Hotel
Philadelphia Marriott West

Renaissance Meadowlands Hotel
Newark Liberty International Airport Marriott
RENAISSANCE WESTCHESTER
WESTCHESTER MARRIOTT
Stamford Marriott Hotel & Spa

Providence Marriott Downtown
Renaissance Providence Downtown Hotel

Boston Marriott Burlington
Renaissance Boston Patriot Place Hotel & Spa
Boston Marriott Newton

Portland Marriott at Sable Oaks

Yes, the list has been lenghthened, but the sky is hardly falling.

TrojanHorse

thank you ohmark

this is what I was referring too

socrates

I do believe the Concierge team could have worded things a little better...Marriott has never put an emphasis on "not overachieving" the brand standards, infact the opposite is often true

One thing about the Hospitality Industry to know is the successful organizations realize this is a "street corner business" and they allow local managers to do as they feel is best (Marriott does this at it's managed hotels and allows their franchised hotels to do this as well)....organizations that run things from HQ often struggle.....this reminds me of one of Bill's hotel tours a few years ago, he was touring a hotel which was formerly owned/managed by MI but was now franchised....the hotel had just completed a top to bottom renovation and the regional manager for this franchise company was showing Mr Marriott around - his was very proud of the fact that 10% of their guest rooms at the time had HSIA in them (yes it was this long ago - it wasn't even a brand standard at the time), after a few minutes Mr. Marriott finally asked - is 10% good? To which the manager stated matter of factly YES! Mr. Marriott's response was very interesting, "it certainly is interesting on how your company determines success - at Marriott we only consider 100% being successful" (yes this franchise company has been mentioned repeatedly on FT)

Short sighted operators will struggle and be less than successful - operators who go the extra mile will continue to win customers and revenue over their competitors