UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) announced on Tuesday that it intends to fine hotel giant Marriott International £99 million (about $123 million) for a data breach that exposed the sensitive data of 339 million guests. If you have yet to do so, you can check if you were affected. The news comes at the same time as…
Hotel chain Marriott has been sued by the District of Columbia on Tuesday over allegedly deceptive pricing practices. The chain added on hidden fees to hotel bills. The complaint says that Marriott has failed for a decade or more to disclose certain fees when it advertises prices for hotel rooms. These hidden fees sometimes add…
Marriott has a promotion that can earn you up to 2,000 points for Hertz car rentals. Offer Get discounts on the base rental price, plus you can earn up to 2,000 points by renting a car through the Marriott/Hertz exclusive partnership. Offer valid on rentals of two or more days at participating airport and off…
U.S. Travel Association’s Daily Getaways started on May 6th and they are offering new deals this week as well. You can check out DailyGetaways.com, where new deals will be offered every week. Today’s deal is a 20% discount on Marriott gift cards. Here’s the denominations: May 30: $100 Marriott eGiftCard for $80 – 20% OFF (1,070 total available) May…
Get a one-time $40 statement credit by using your enrolled Card to spend a minimum of $200+ on room rate and room charges at participating properties in the Marriott Bonvoy™ portfolio from 3/25/19 to 6/3/19. Book at marriott.com.
Ebates is offering once again an increased rate for Marriott Bonvoy bookings. You can earn 10% cashback or even 10X Membership Rewards on the room rate if you have signed up recently.
Marriott announced a three-year plan Monday to open more than 1,700 hotels around the world and return up to $11 billion to shareholders. It also plans to make a full-year profit of as much as $8.50 per share by 2021. Marriott already has 6,900 hotels worldwide.
Ebates/Rakuten is offering an increased cashback rate today for Marriott. The normal rate is only 2% and today they are giving out 10% cashback when you go through their site for a Marriott booking. The highest rate I’ve seen for Marriott is 12%, which is pretty rare. So if you have any Marriott stays planned,…
The Luxury Collection, a part of Marriott International, today announced its planned debut in the Seychelles with the signing of North Island – one of the world’s most luxurious private island resorts. Properties in The Luxury Collection are usually out of reach for most people price wise, but can present a great value when using…
Marriot revealed that it suffered a major data breach last year. The breach came from the Starwood brand database. It was first said that it affected over 500 million customers, but then the number was lowered to 383 million unique guests. The compromised information included guest names, postal addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, genders,…
Marriott recently unveiled Marriott Bonvoy, the new loyalty brand replacing Marriott Rewards, The Ritz-Carlton Rewards and Starwood Preferred Guest (SPG). Now they have announced the first hotel category changes under the new program. This is an annual tradition, but changes this year are much worse than usual. View from the Wing has the number. A…
Ebates is offering an increased cashback rate today for Marriott. The normal rate is only 2% and today they are giving out 10% cashback when you go through their site for a Marriott booking. The highest rate I’ve seen for Marriott is 12%, which is pretty rare. So if you have any Marriott stays planned,…
A class action lawsuit has been filed against Marriott over the recently discovered data breach. The hotel chain has already taken a few steps in notifying affected customers, setting up a website and even offering to cover passport renewal expenses for those whose numbers were stolen. But experts say that the breach, which started sometime…
Marriott has promised to pay for new passports for any of the 500 million Starwood customers whose personal information was exposed in a massive data breach.
If you have stayed at Marriott Hotels or any of their other brands then you might have had your personal information stolen. Marriott announced today that they suffered a major data breach affecting about 500 million customers. The breach came from the Starwood brand database. Apparently the hacking has been going on since 2014, but…