Comments on: Why I like Marriott

By: Donna

Donna — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 01:49:40 +0000

I travel with frequency, and when not staying at a trendy niche hotel special to an area, I frequently rely on Marriott!

By: Nancy

Nancy — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:55:59 +0000

I’m a huge fan of Marriott too! They operated as a responsbile, sustainable business long before it was chic to do so. Over the past several years, I’ve had the good fortune to work with a few of their very smart and dedicated executives — like Mari Snyder, who has responsbility for many of Marriott’s community programs and I’m sure much more I don’t know about. I do know that Mari reads this blog so I hope she sees my post about how fabulous she is!
It’s my experience that Marriott often is too quiet about some of the great things they are doing — but, that’s no surprise given their understated corporate culture. That quiet nature just leaves more opportunity for us to sing their praises for them.
On a very personal note, my entire extended family recently stayed at Marriott Residence Inn in Old Town Alexandria for nearly a week when they were in town for my wedding. They couldn’t stop raving about the place — the people, the service, the way they felt so welcome, the convenient location, the great price, the yummy breakfast and on and on. I guess those employees feel well cared for and, in return, they took great care of my family.
Thanks Marriott!

By: david berg

david berg — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 02:42:35 +0000

I noticed in your article about Marriott that there was no mention whatsoever about their timeshare business. I have been an avid and loyal owner of Marriott timeshares for approximately 15 years, own their stock, an have almost 2,000,000 marriott points (something not many can proudly say)and I, along with hundred and hundreds of other Marriott timeshare owners are of the opinion that we are being used and abused by the company. In particular, we refer to the Aruba Ocean Club, with a myriad of problems and anger from the owners. I would welcome your communications and the opportunity of talking with you about, in my humble and very personal opinion, this disaster that we owners are dealing with, has been creating.
You can reach me at my email address, or my cell phone – 954-254-3464
thanks, in advance for reviewing this, and hopefully bringing the problem out in the open
Dave Berg