Starting today, we are rewarding guests for their weekend stays at Courtyard hotels with a $20 Visa® Gift card. All you have to do to get one of these gift cards is stay at a Courtyard hotel in the U.S. or Canada and make sure the stay includes a Friday or Saturday night. This offer is available until September 13, 2009 by using the booking code CYS at www.courtyard.com/giftcard.
With the current economic difficulties we’re all experiencing, we know guests are looking to add value to their hotel stays. You may remember that earlier in the year, we gave guests a $20 Target™ GiftCard with a weekend stay. That was an immensely popular promotion so we decided to repeat it for the summer. But this time we wanted to give our guests the option to choose where to use their gift card, and the beauty of this card is it can be used anywhere in the world Visa® is accepted.
The launch of this promotion got me thinking, “What . . .
A few weeks ago, on June 1, we opened a Courtyard hotel on Waikiki Beach in Hawaii. This was a very meaningful opening for the brand not only because this is Courtyard’s only hotel in Hawaii, but it makes Courtyard the very first Marriott brand to have a hotel open in all 50 U.S. states.
This is a huge milestone for Courtyard and it really shows the brand’s size and strength. With over 830 hotels worldwide, Courtyard has some of the most loyal guests in the hospitality industry. They have come to rely on and . . .
Today, I attended the grand opening of our newest Courtyard hotel in the Washington, D.C., area, the Courtyard by Marriott Washington, D.C./U.S. Capitol. It’s located in a new area of the city called NoMa, which stands for “North of Massachusetts Avenue.” Today’s event was fantastic and I’m so excited that this beautiful hotel is now open.
It is a hotel of many firsts. To begin with, it is the first Hispanic-owned hotel in Washington, D.C. Diversity is a big part of our culture at Marriott and we’re thrilled to add another minority-owned hotel to our portfolio. It is also the first hotel to open in the NoMa district and the first hotel in Washington, D.C., to feature the new Refreshing Business lobby design. And finally, it is the first Marriott hotel in D.C. to have a green roof. We’ve been . . .
It’s almost summer and at Courtyard we know that many of your are looking to get away and take a break to escape the tough times we’re experiencing right now. That’s why we just launched our Global Rate Break. Courtyard and nine other Marriott brands around the world are offering guests 20% off weekend stays throughout the summer. All you have to do is book by June 2nd using . . .
I’m excited to share with you the latest TV spot featuring the new Courtyard lobby. It premiered this past Monday on cable channels like ESPN, Comedy Central, The History Channel, CNN, FX, USA, Investigative Discovery, Spike and Bravo.
It shows guests using the lobby space as many of the new elements unfold before them. I really love the unfolding effect – it makes it interesting to watch and reminds me of origami!
I’ve posted it below, so please take a look and leave a comment to let us know what you think!
