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With the official merge of the programs on August 18th, much of the Marriott site has been limited over the past few days. Prior to August 18th, you would have had a balance of SPG points and another balance of Marriott Rewards points. As of today, you can combine these
As we know, in August, Marriott, Ritz and SPG will be combined into one program and there will be a single points currency. Also in August, SPG members will see their point balances triple. Want to know what that new points balance can get you? Here is the award chart
There was big news today with respect to the loyalty programs of Marriott Rewards, Ritz Carlton Rewards and Starwood. The main piece being that Marriott will introduce one set of unified benefits across all three loyalty programs in August of this year. Some highlights of the changes coming are as follows…
Remember, if you link your SPG and Marriott Rewards accounts you can transfer between the two programs. I linked my SPG account and my Marriott Rewards account awhile ago. I just recently did my first transfer between my two accounts. Recall that the points transfer at a three-to-one ratio if
It’s official! Marriott International and Starwood Hotels and Resorts merged into one company. Now members of SPG, Marriott Rewards and The Ritz Carlton Rewards are able to link their accounts at members.marriott.com. Despite the union, Marriott doesn’t expect to have a fully combined loyalty program until 2018, so the
Shareholder approval for the merger happened yesterday. Today, Marriott sent the below email about the upcoming merger… “We’re excited to announce that we’ve secured shareholder approval for Marriott International to join together with Starwood Hotels & Resorts—a significant milestone towards creating the world’s largest lodging company and strongest loyalty program
Yesterday, shareholders of Marriott International and Starwood Hotels and Resorts voted to approve the merger between the two companies that will create the largest hotel chain in the world. Recall Marriott recently won the bidding war to acquire Starwood and this approval was the next step in the merger process.
The saga continues and it looks like its over. Anbang is abandoning its $14 billion bid for Starwood “due to various market conditions.” It looks like Marriott will once again come in, and this time at the higher $13.6 billion offer that it had to come up with when Anbang
Once again, China’s Anbang Insurance Group Co. offered a superior competing bid to Marriott’s bid. This time Anbang made a 14 billion dollar bid which exceeded Marriott’s latest 13.6 billion dollar bid. Starwood is considering the offer and I look forward to seeinf what Marriott’s next move will be. However,
Recall last November, Marriott and Starwood announced a merger. The deal was set to close at the end of this month, but earlier this week there was another offer for Starwood. A group led by China’s Anbang Insurance Group Co. offered a superior competing bid to acquire Starwood. Marriott had
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