Marriott International is dropping Internet access fees for
all rewards program members at properties across most of its brands in the
Asia/Pacific region.
Effective immediately, the perk applies to rewards members
staying at JW Marriott, Marriott, Renaissance and Courtyard properties in
Australia, China, Hong Kong, Guam, India, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea,
Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
Although Internet access fees
remain the norm at upscale hotels, Marriott and other multibrand hotel
companies increasingly have moved toward waiving the fees for preferred guests.
Marriott earlier this year began waiving globally the charge for Marriott
Rewards gold and platinum elite members, including properties in its luxury
Ritz-Carlton brand.