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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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Yes, everything between now and August 1 is as-is. There is no official word on what Rewarding Events will be post-August 1. Nobody in Marriott corporate sales or in property sales offices can tell me anything.
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I've had luck scheduling a small meeting room at a local Marriott on Tuesday evenings from 5pm - 9pm (I have a social group that gets together and actually uses it). I point out that it's the evening and they certainly have nothing else to do with the room... I've been getting a $100 rate (plus, of course the 30% fees and gratuity)... so I'm out the door for about $130. I'm in the Detroit area, by the way.
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Hey - I'm in the Detroit area too. You were able to get your 10 nights out of this? I'm about 20 stays out of lifetime platinum this year (trying to get bumped into LT Platinum Premier for the combined program.. This looks like a better option than me booking cheap 7,500 pts a night rooms in Windsor (cheapest I could find in the metro area).
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Thanks:-)
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I got $75 in the tristate NYC area.
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As I posted elsewhere, it would seem no changes are being made to Rewarding Events, as of August 1:
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/29700522-post683.html
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/29700522-post683.html
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Hmm... I haven't tried weekends! The Southfield Marriott used to give me $100 weekday evening rates, but they stopped honoring it last year. I'll have to try a weekend... thanks!
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$104 for this Friday night. $109 with 1,000 bonus points.
$93 for later this month.
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I would assuming that booking a meeting room in the executive lounge is not participating in the rewarding events?
I also got the idea from Marriott insiders that we might suggesting to put words under signature of our contracts that we would like to be posted via group posting tools, in case the staff who posted your bill only posting points. But I think not every hotel is willing to do so or familiar with it.
So anyone have successful experience for rewarding events in Thailand?
I also got the idea from Marriott insiders that we might suggesting to put words under signature of our contracts that we would like to be posted via group posting tools, in case the staff who posted your bill only posting points. But I think not every hotel is willing to do so or familiar with it.
So anyone have successful experience for rewarding events in Thailand?
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As I checked the response from previews older pages, if I book the meeting room in the same hotels in different days, as long as I ask the hotel to book and posted each as separate event, I also pay in separate bill, we are good to go and would receive 10 nights for each events , is that correct? Because those info are found in older pages in 17 so I would like to confirm again If I missed anything.
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I would assuming that booking a meeting room in the executive lounge is not participating in the rewarding events?
I also got the idea from Marriott insiders that we might suggesting to put words under signature of our contracts that we would like to be posted via group posting tools, in case the staff who posted your bill only posting points. But I think not every hotel is willing to do so or familiar with it.
So anyone have successful experience for rewarding events in Thailand?
I also got the idea from Marriott insiders that we might suggesting to put words under signature of our contracts that we would like to be posted via group posting tools, in case the staff who posted your bill only posting points. But I think not every hotel is willing to do so or familiar with it.
So anyone have successful experience for rewarding events in Thailand?
As I checked the response from previews older pages, if I book the meeting room in the same hotels in different days, as long as I ask the hotel to book and posted each as separate event, I also pay in separate bill, we are good to go and would receive 10 nights for each events , is that correct? Because those info are found in older pages in 17 so I would like to confirm again If I missed anything.
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If you are paying for a room, whether in the executive lounge or a ballroom, then it is eligible for Rewarding Events. It doesn't matter where the room is located. The only possible issue is that some international hotels give guests one hour of complimentary meeting time in an executive lounge boardroom. As many people have told you, it doesn't matter the country either. As long as Rewarding Events is in the contract you will get the credit.
Each contract is supposed to be posted separately because each contract has a unique reference number.
Each contract is supposed to be posted separately because each contract has a unique reference number.
I tried setting up meetings in several HKG hotels all quoted me the exec meeting room and all stated NO points will be issued for such meetings by them...
I gave up. The contracts they sent me did not mention rewarding events and I asked them for a quote that included it but did not hear back after that.
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I tried setting up meetings in several HKG hotels all quoted me the exec meeting room and all stated NO points will be issued for such meetings by them...
I gave up. The contracts they sent me did not mention rewarding events and I asked them for a quote that included it but did not hear back after that.
I gave up. The contracts they sent me did not mention rewarding events and I asked them for a quote that included it but did not hear back after that.