Dec 30, 2015, 10:18 am
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Ten (10) Elite Nights are given for each meeting held in a participating hotel under the "Rewarding Events" program. See below for non-participating brands. Information about the Rewarding Events program may be found at https://www.marriott.com/meeting-eve...els/rewards.mi
The 10 elite nights per meeting are independent of any hotel rooms booked in conjunction with the meeting. In fact, no hotel rooms have to be booked as part of the meeting in order to receive credit for 10 elite nights.
Although the Rewarding Events webpage refers to room nights for meeting participants, the most important section is the one that states 10 Elite Nights, regardless if you or your guest is paying for it
In general, a written contract is required (or should be obtained). In many cases, the meeting is booked through a central Marriott group sales office instead of directly with a hotel. If booked through a central Marriott group sales office, there is a three-page contract that makes reference to the Rewarding Events program on page 2 of the agreement. A MR member number should be included in this area of the contract by the group sales office.
FAQs:
Q: What brands participate in the Rewarding Events program?
A: AC Hotels by Marriott, Aloft, Autograph Collection, Courtyard by Marriott, Delta Hotels by Marriott, EDITION, Element, Fairfield by Marriott, Four Points by Marriott, Gaylord Hotels, JW Marriott, LeMéridien, The Luxury Collection, Marriott Hotels, Marriott Vacation Club, Moxy Hotels, Protea Hotels by Marriott, Renaissance Hotels, The Ritz-Carlton, Sheraton, St. Regis, Tribute Portfolio, W Hotels, & Westin.
Residence Inn by Marriott, TownePlace Suites, & Marriott Executive Apartments do not participate in the program.
Q: How do I find a hotel that participates?
A: Click on the link to the Rewarding Events page and then in the "Plan" section of the page click on the "Find a Hotel" box. Enter the city you'd like to have your meeting in, purpose of event (Business) and then check the "I need meeting/event space" box. Enter the size of your meeting (2 attendees should work) and then click the "Find" box. Leave the start date and end date blank. A list of potential hotels will be shown. The smallest meeting room is not usually shown online --- you may need to call each hotel to find out which one has a boardroom or other small meeting room. Once you've found a small meeting room, then request a quote online.
Q: How quickly will Marriott respond with a quote?
A: Usually within a day or two --- and usually via email. The email should contain a telephone number of the group sales contact. Give them a call and tell them you'd like to follow up on the quote and you're interested in booking the smallest room available for a 2 person meeting for an hour. If they quote a price that's higher than you want to pay, ask them if they can get approval for a lower priced meeting (e.g., a recent quote was for $75 for an 8 hour use of a CY boardroom). They accepted a counter of $50 for a one-hour meeting in the room (plus service charge plus local sales tax). Urban hotels may charge significantly higher rates for meeting space than a smaller, less congested city.
Q: Is a contract required?
A: The terms of the program suggest "yes" --- although there are reports that 10 elite nights have been granted without contracts. A best practice would be to obtain a contract.
Q: How long do points and EQNs take to post after the event is over?
A: Generally, this takes 3+ business days. According to Marriott, it can take 15 business days. If you do not see anything post after 15 business days, contact the hotel before contacting Marriott customer support. The hotel has to be the one to post it.
You will get an e-mail with a subject line Your Rewarding Events Award has Posted: EVENT NAME
Q: Will the hotel know what I am talking about when I say points and elite night credits?
A: Probably not. They may know about the rewarding events points being 3x per dollar spent, but not always. Usually they know of only the Marriott system (Group Posting Tool) where they input how much you spent and when. This is done after the event and is usually authorized by the sales or general manager.
Q: The contract doesn't say anything about points, will I still earn them?
A: YMMV but so far all the electronic contracts from the website state it, but some fail to read it. The paper contracts usually talk about points, but some reports that they don't, but still post. Remember this is a Marriott Rewards benefit that the hotels don't seem to be footing the bill for.
The 10 elite nights per meeting are independent of any hotel rooms booked in conjunction with the meeting. In fact, no hotel rooms have to be booked as part of the meeting in order to receive credit for 10 elite nights.
Although the Rewarding Events webpage refers to room nights for meeting participants, the most important section is the one that states 10 Elite Nights, regardless if you or your guest is paying for it
In general, a written contract is required (or should be obtained). In many cases, the meeting is booked through a central Marriott group sales office instead of directly with a hotel. If booked through a central Marriott group sales office, there is a three-page contract that makes reference to the Rewarding Events program on page 2 of the agreement. A MR member number should be included in this area of the contract by the group sales office.
FAQs:
Q: What brands participate in the Rewarding Events program?
A: AC Hotels by Marriott, Aloft, Autograph Collection, Courtyard by Marriott, Delta Hotels by Marriott, EDITION, Element, Fairfield by Marriott, Four Points by Marriott, Gaylord Hotels, JW Marriott, LeMéridien, The Luxury Collection, Marriott Hotels, Marriott Vacation Club, Moxy Hotels, Protea Hotels by Marriott, Renaissance Hotels, The Ritz-Carlton, Sheraton, St. Regis, Tribute Portfolio, W Hotels, & Westin.
Residence Inn by Marriott, TownePlace Suites, & Marriott Executive Apartments do not participate in the program.
Q: How do I find a hotel that participates?
A: Click on the link to the Rewarding Events page and then in the "Plan" section of the page click on the "Find a Hotel" box. Enter the city you'd like to have your meeting in, purpose of event (Business) and then check the "I need meeting/event space" box. Enter the size of your meeting (2 attendees should work) and then click the "Find" box. Leave the start date and end date blank. A list of potential hotels will be shown. The smallest meeting room is not usually shown online --- you may need to call each hotel to find out which one has a boardroom or other small meeting room. Once you've found a small meeting room, then request a quote online.
Q: How quickly will Marriott respond with a quote?
A: Usually within a day or two --- and usually via email. The email should contain a telephone number of the group sales contact. Give them a call and tell them you'd like to follow up on the quote and you're interested in booking the smallest room available for a 2 person meeting for an hour. If they quote a price that's higher than you want to pay, ask them if they can get approval for a lower priced meeting (e.g., a recent quote was for $75 for an 8 hour use of a CY boardroom). They accepted a counter of $50 for a one-hour meeting in the room (plus service charge plus local sales tax). Urban hotels may charge significantly higher rates for meeting space than a smaller, less congested city.
Q: Is a contract required?
A: The terms of the program suggest "yes" --- although there are reports that 10 elite nights have been granted without contracts. A best practice would be to obtain a contract.
Q: How long do points and EQNs take to post after the event is over?
A: Generally, this takes 3+ business days. According to Marriott, it can take 15 business days. If you do not see anything post after 15 business days, contact the hotel before contacting Marriott customer support. The hotel has to be the one to post it.
You will get an e-mail with a subject line Your Rewarding Events Award has Posted: EVENT NAME
Q: Will the hotel know what I am talking about when I say points and elite night credits?
A: Probably not. They may know about the rewarding events points being 3x per dollar spent, but not always. Usually they know of only the Marriott system (Group Posting Tool) where they input how much you spent and when. This is done after the event and is usually authorized by the sales or general manager.
Q: The contract doesn't say anything about points, will I still earn them?
A: YMMV but so far all the electronic contracts from the website state it, but some fail to read it. The paper contracts usually talk about points, but some reports that they don't, but still post. Remember this is a Marriott Rewards benefit that the hotels don't seem to be footing the bill for.
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Dec 15, 2016, 4:25 pm
#1501
Join Date: Jun 2009
Programs: DL GM,Hyatt Explorist, Hilton Gold, Marriott Titanium, NEXUS
Posts: 281
Booked two meetings at a Fairfield, one for this morning, one for tomorrow morning. Paid $75 CDN ($56.25 USD) before provincial sales tax, no service charges. The 10 nights from this mornings meeting posted by 2pm the same day even though I didn't bother showing up. By the same time tomorrow I should be a platinum member.
Dec 16, 2016, 12:52 pm
#1503
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: DCA
Programs: DL: PM
Posts: 293
Booked two meetings at a Fairfield, one for this morning, one for tomorrow morning. Paid $75 CDN ($56.25 USD) before provincial sales tax, no service charges. The 10 nights from this mornings meeting posted by 2pm the same day even though I didn't bother showing up. By the same time tomorrow I should be a platinum member.
I still need to schedule more meetings if only one could find participating locations that will promptly post the 10 nights.
Last edited by Ewele; Dec 16, 2016 at 3:22 pm
Dec 16, 2016, 11:34 pm
#1504
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: GEG
Programs: Marriott Lifetime Platinum, Hilton Diamond, Lifetime SkyClub, AS MVP
Posts: 2,408
When I first booked a hotel meeting room at the property, paperwork came from someone in San Francisco. I've continued to work with that person to book meeting rooms at the proper type in Washington state.
Dec 17, 2016, 2:43 pm
#1505
Join Date: Aug 2011
Programs: Marriott Bonvoy Ambassador
Posts: 598
Question: If I book an event for two days, will that count as one meeting or two? I.E. so would I receive 10 night credits or 20 night credits?
Dec 17, 2016, 3:11 pm
#1506
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
The program is per event... So unless you book it as two separate meetings you are only entitled to one event giving 10 nights credit.
Dec 18, 2016, 5:23 am
#1507
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Chiang Mai
Programs: HH Diamond IHG Spire Amb MR PLAT
Posts: 228
Im in Bangkok has anyone done the meeting thing here??
Dec 18, 2016, 9:55 pm
#1508
Join Date: Aug 2011
Programs: Marriott Bonvoy Ambassador
Posts: 598
Just want to confirm that earning platinum very early in the year (Jan/Feb 2017) will still result in platinum status through Feb 2019? And earning plat this way has no restrictions on matching to SPG plat? Thanks!
Dec 19, 2016, 9:44 am
#1509
Join Date: Dec 2016
Programs: Marriott Rewards Platinum / Southwest
Posts: 2
Still waiting for the night to post, but...
I usually travel enough that I get Platinum renewed, but I was a little short this year. I had never had a need for using meeting space, but remembered they count for 10 nights, so I turned to Google. It led me to this forum and then I checked my area for meeting spaces. Some were outrageous, and most don't list prices. There were two Courtyards, one convenient to me with no prices listed and one a little bit of a drive that listed a half day meeting space, no catering or A/V at $75.
I filled out the request form for the convenient Courtyard listing my budget as $75 and included in the notes that I was flexible on days and times. They ended up giving me the space for what I offered on a day that they would have otherwise had the space go unused, even though they said it's lower than their usual rates, which I think they said were around $150?
So, for a little research on area pricing and offering flexibility on the time, I was able to extend my Platinum benefits for another year.
UPDATE: The 10 nights posted to my account this morning, a day after my original post.
I filled out the request form for the convenient Courtyard listing my budget as $75 and included in the notes that I was flexible on days and times. They ended up giving me the space for what I offered on a day that they would have otherwise had the space go unused, even though they said it's lower than their usual rates, which I think they said were around $150?
So, for a little research on area pricing and offering flexibility on the time, I was able to extend my Platinum benefits for another year.
UPDATE: The 10 nights posted to my account this morning, a day after my original post.
Last edited by michaelp33183; Dec 20, 2016 at 6:35 am
Dec 19, 2016, 10:48 am
#1510
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
Typically status is good for the year you earn it, the year after that, and then through Feb the year after that. And, as long as you have your accounts linked, you status should match. Now the unknown is what is going to happen to the program in 2018 and how they will merge the accounts. Presumption is if your status is set to carry through Feb 2019, then it will carry over that long in the new program. There is nothing stating this and it's up to the new program to decide.
Dec 20, 2016, 8:43 pm
#1511
Join Date: Dec 2010
Posts: 196
Can anyone post or PM me a hotel (& contact if available) where I can do a meeting without showing up for $100 or less?
I tried requesting quotes on the Marriott website & got no response. I called the closest one (a Fairfield Inn), the woman had to call Marriott to learn about the 10 EQNs (she told me I was confusing it with 10 MR points per dollar) & then quoted me $200 for half a conference room for an hour.
Any suggestions greatly appreciated.
I tried requesting quotes on the Marriott website & got no response. I called the closest one (a Fairfield Inn), the woman had to call Marriott to learn about the 10 EQNs (she told me I was confusing it with 10 MR points per dollar) & then quoted me $200 for half a conference room for an hour.
Any suggestions greatly appreciated.
Dec 20, 2016, 10:02 pm
#1512
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: HKG
Programs: MPC -> QFF
Posts: 205
I'm just in the final steps of securing a conference room at the Marriott Sukhumvit. Their minimum rate is THB3,000++ for 1 hour in a 10 person conference room. They were able to send me a contract within 1 business day, and it does mention that MRs will be posted after the event.
The sales manager is very nice to deal with. Initially she wanted to offer me free use of their meeting room in the executive lounge and was perplexed that I wanted to pay for a meeting room instead
Looking forward to staying there this weekend, and will probably use the hour in the conference room to answer some work emails.
The sales manager is very nice to deal with. Initially she wanted to offer me free use of their meeting room in the executive lounge and was perplexed that I wanted to pay for a meeting room instead
Looking forward to staying there this weekend, and will probably use the hour in the conference room to answer some work emails.
Dec 21, 2016, 11:12 pm
#1513
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Chiang Mai
Programs: HH Diamond IHG Spire Amb MR PLAT
Posts: 228
thanks fluffy dot... did you use the marriott website?? I'm not getting any response from them .. tried to book courtyard in bkk 3 different times 3000 is not bad please let me know how it worked out thanks
Dec 22, 2016, 12:13 am
#1514
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: HKG
Programs: MPC -> QFF
Posts: 205
Total estimated cost is THB3,531.-
I only needed two more nights to renew for Gold but this way is cheaper and faster.
Dec 22, 2016, 12:18 am
#1515
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Chiang Mai
Programs: HH Diamond IHG Spire Amb MR PLAT
Posts: 228
Thanks Fluffy i will do the same