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Marriott, Starwood and Ritz Carlton to combine loyalty reward programs this summer
5 monthes ago - By Los Angeles Times
If you have been accumulating loyalty reward points for Marriott, Starwood or Ritz Carlton hotels, in a few months it will be much easier to use those points for all of those hotel brands. Marriott International on Monday announced plans to combine the loyalty rewards program for the three hotel...
Read more ...Marriott announced a new loyalty program - and Starwood hotel loyalists are sure to be relieved
5 monthes ago - By Business Insider
Marriott International announced a set of unified benefits across the loyalty programs for its three major hotel brands - Marriott, Starwood, and Ritz Carlton.
Marriott acquired Starwood hotels in 2016, but has left Starwood's beloved loyalty program to operate independently.
While Starwood loyalists have mostly dreaded the changes, there was plenty of good news in the announcement.
The unified benefits will become effective in August. The three programs will continue to remain separate until they are rebranded in 2019.
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