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Written by: RJ
VTW is reporting Marriott is making changes to their suite night awards
- Hotels will get paid more by Marriott
- Starting next year hotels will receive reimbursement based on the hotel’s revenue per available room on a given night.
- More room options will be available.
- More brands will participate.
- Suite Night awards will become eligible for use at Ritz-Carlton, EDITION, Protea, Aloft, and Element hotels next year. Most Aloft and Element properties really don’t have much in terms of upgrades to offer, however.
- Selling more upgrades for cash.
- Potentially changing the 5 day window for clearing upgrades.
- They’re considering changing the current window to fulfill upgrades which currently starts 5 days prior to arrival and continues until a day prior to check-in. That decision will be made later this year.
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Thoughts
These seem like decent changes. We’ll have to see how it plays out in practice to be sure.