Marriott Phuket Beach Club Owners Update March 2020

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A head of our trip on March 8th to the Marriott Phuket Beach Club we were invited and accepted an invitation to attend a 60 minute owner update sales presentation. Optional gifts were:

4,000 Baht in Marriott Vacation Club Gift Voucher
Rounds of Golf – green fee only
2 Tickets for Phuket FantaSea, with dinner, show and round trip transfer included.
1 Hour Mandara Spa Treatment (Thai massage) for 2 persons.
2 tickets for John Gray Sea Canoe Classic Caves Tour.
20,000 Marriott Bonvoy Points

Plus 2,000 THB voucher or 5000 Marriott Bonvoy Points if we signed up before arrival which we did.

We went with the 25,000 points

Key observations:
Marriott Rep was very professional and not pushy
Only on the job for 7 months
Times are difficult with reduction of Chinese tourists who are the biggest % of purchasers of AsiaPacific points at the property
Running around 20 presentations per day limited to the 10AM & 1PM timeslots. No 3PM timeslots being utilized.
All staff asked to take allotted vacation time. Not limited to Sales staff but also all staff at the JW Marriott, Renaissance Resort, Phuket Beach Club and Mai Khao Beach
Encore package 4 days / 3 nights discounted to $999 and included 110,000 Bonus Bonvoy points. We purchased.
Presentation started at 10AM ended at 10:50AM
Marriott Phuket Beach Club occupancy under 70%
JW Marriott occupancy under 35%
Mai Khao Beach occupancy under 30%
Renaissance Resort occupancy under 45%
Restaurants and pools were quite
Weather was beautiful and hot!
Staff was awesome as always
Resort looks great and beaches being kept clean

Going back over the Songkran holidays in April

 

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A head of our trip on March 8th to the Marriott Phuket Beach Club we were invited and accepted an invitation to attend a 60 minute owner update sales presentation. Optional gifts were:

4,000 Baht in Marriott Vacation Club Gift Voucher
Rounds of Golf – green fee only
2 Tickets for Phuket FantaSea, with dinner, show and round trip transfer included.
1 Hour Mandara Spa Treatment (Thai massage) for 2 persons.
2 tickets for John Gray Sea Canoe Classic Caves Tour.
20,000 Marriott Bonvoy Points

Plus 2,000 THB voucher or 5000 Marriott Bonvoy Points if we signed up before arrival which we did.

We went with the 25,000 points

Key observations:
Marriott Rep was very professional and not pushy
Only on the job for 7 months
Times are difficult with reduction of Chinese tourists who are the biggest % of purchasers of AsiaPacific points at the property
Running around 20 presentations per day limited to the 10AM & 1PM timeslots. No 3PM timeslots being utilized.
All staff asked to take allotted vacation time. Not limited to Sales staff but also all staff at the JW Marriott, Renaissance Resort, Phuket Beach Club and Mai Khao Beach
Encore package 4 days / 3 nights discounted to $999 and included 110,000 Bonus Bonvoy points. We purchased.
Presentation started at 10AM ended at 10:50AM
Marriott Phuket Beach Club occupancy under 70%
JW Marriott occupancy under 35%
Mai Khao Beach occupancy under 30%
Renaissance Resort occupancy under 45%
Restaurants and pools were quite
Weather was beautiful and hot!
Staff was awesome as always
Resort looks great and beaches being kept clean

Going back over the Songkran holidays in April

I don’t know if you were offered this Sean, I guess I assumed that all owners would be, but PBC have been offering an additional bonus for booking a presentation in a pre-arrival email
”2000 THB voucher OR 5000 Marriott Bonvoy Points on top of the thank you gift (1 of the choices as below)
However,the special offer (on top gift) will not be apply if you decide when you arrived the resort”