Marriott Hotels to Market to the LGBT Community

[Carolyn Marie]

http://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/hotels/2014/06/02/marriott-lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgender-travel/9777605/

This is very nice. I wonder if their front line personnel have been educated at all about TG issues? Might be an avenue for some outreach.

Carolyn Marie

[VickySGV]

Considering that one of my GCS surgeon's recommendations for pre and post op follow-up stay was a Marriott hotel where I was treated very well, with legitimate smiles, I do not mind being in a group who is capitalized on for advertising. On the other hand, while not the center of an advo campaign, the Hilton Chains, Crowne Point Hotels, and one other have given me no problems at all even when I still had my old ID with the M on it. I have preferred customer cards from all of those chains, so my E-mail InBox has all sorts of advertising in it daily and the fact they know I am over 65 does not hurt either, since I keep getting the Senior Citizen packages. HOTELS WANT MONEY from ANYONE. Nice.