You can subscribe to Marriott travel deals with your favorite RSS news reader. According to the site, “With eBreaks you get last-minute weekend rates that are at least 20% off at Marriott hotels in the U.S., Canada, the Caribbean and Latin America.”
Very interesting! The feed address is http://blog.digitalimpact.com/marriott/index.xml. I checked it with my feed reader and it works just fine.
Go here to get more information.
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Marriott has signed an agreement with travel search engine SideStep that will direct consumers to Marriott brand websites to book their travel. SideStep.com is a travel search engine that allows users to search multiple travel sites to find deals on hotels, flights and rental cars.
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Just picked up on this release from Marriott detailing their special arrangements to airlift guests out of Cancun after Hurricane Wilma. Now that’s a Marriott reward!
I wonder if they got miles or points for the flight.
Marriott has added the ability for travelers to make hotel and car reservations, as well as hotel reservations, directly from their website at http://www.marriott.com. They’ve added “Find A Flight” and “Rent A Car” links to the main page, basically creating a one stop shop. I’ll have to try this out when I book my next trip.
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You can now buy those new mattresses, sheets, robes and other signature items from refurbished Marriott hotels. Head over to http://www.shopmarriott.com/ and let your fingers do the walking.
Marriott has announced a new hybrid hotel and upscale fitness club which they are dubbing Renaissance ClubSport. Fifteen locations are expected worldwide over the next seven years.
The JW Marriott in New Orleans reopened yesterday. Just one positive sign that New Orleans will come back from this difficult catastrophe.
Marriott has opened a swanky new Vacation Club resort in Las Vegas between the Aladdin and MGM Grand hotels.
Marriott has unveiled a “live billboard” in Times Square, New York City designed to highlight the company’s hip new room design. Apparently, this is some sort of a window display of a guest room, located at street level and wired for sound.
The way it sounds, the updated room design isn’t anything that we haven’t heard before. Marriott will be focusing on more updated technology and improved bedding when designing their new rooms. The stodgy furniture will be replace with sleeker, more modern sets.
This all sounds great. I can’t wait to actually stay in one of these newly designed rooms.
This Businesss Week interview details the efforts of Marriott to update it’s image to appeal to a younger demographic.