Marriott Bonvoy to Partner with MGM; Hyatt-MGM Partnership to End

Large adjustments are afoot at a few of the best-known resorts and casinos alongside the Las Vegas Strip.

Beginning in October, Marriott will accomplice with MGM Resorts on bookings, loyalty applications and even a gaming platform.

As a part of the long-term settlement, a dozen MGM-affiliated Las Vegas resorts and casinos will quickly develop into a part of the Marriott Bonvoy portfolio. The association will enable Marriott Bonvoy members to make use of the corporate’s reserving channels to guide stays, earn and redeem factors, and faucet into loyalty advantages when staying at sure MGM properties.

Among the many MGM-affiliated resorts affected are ARIA Resort & On line casino, Bellagio Resort & On line casino, Mandalay Bay Resort and On line casino, MGM Grand Resort & On line casino and The Signature at MGM Grand.

The Cosmopolitan, the lone MGM property already partnering with Marriott’s Autograph Assortment, will proceed its partnership.

5 different MGM resorts outdoors of Las Vegas are additionally a part of the deal.

As soon as the 2 corporations are linked up, MGM Rewards members will get pleasure from reciprocal loyalty advantages when reserving lodge stays within the Marriott Bonvoy portfolio.

Right here’s what to learn about MGM’s impending partnership with Marriott, its outgoing one with Hyatt, and the way this might have an effect on your future journeys to Las Vegas and past.

The partnership between Marriott and MGM Resorts will formally launch in October.

Although the deal will ultimately embody 17 MGM resorts and greater than 40,000 rooms nationwide, solely a number of properties shall be affected initially. The businesses count on a full rollout by the tip of the yr.

Extra sturdy particulars about linking accounts and loyalty advantages are anticipated nearer to the partnership’s launch, the businesses stated in a July 17 assertion. That goes for Marriott Bonvoy members reserving stays at these MGM properties and MGM Rewards members reserving stays at Marriott-affiliated accommodations.

By the tip of this yr, Marriott Bonvoy members ought to be capable of guide stays at 12 MGM Resorts properties in Las Vegas and 5 others all through the U.S. utilizing Marriott’s reserving channels — and vice versa.

As a part of the association, Marriott plans to kind a completely new assortment as a part of its world portfolio: MGM Assortment with Marriott Bonvoy. Every of the 17 MGM properties nationwide affected by this partnership shall be a part of that new assortment.

Nonetheless, Marriott can even add a handful of those self same MGM properties to a few of its current lodge collections, corresponding to The Luxurious Assortment and The Autograph Assortment.

• Bellagio Resort and On line casino (additionally becoming a member of The Luxurious Assortment).

• ARIA Resort and On line casino (additionally becoming a member of The Autograph Assortment).

• Park MGM (additionally becoming a member of Tribute Portfolio).

• The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas (additionally persevering with its affiliation with The Autograph Assortment).

• MGM Grand Resort and On line casino.

• The Signature at MGM Grand.

• Mandalay Bay Resort and On line casino.

• New York-New York Resort and On line casino.

• Excalibur Resort and On line casino.

The brand new partnership between Marriott Bonvoy and MGM Resorts impacts 5 properties past Las Vegas.

• Borgata (Atlantic Metropolis, New Jersey).

• Beau Rivage (Biloxi, Mississippi).

• MGM Grand Detroit (Detroit, Michigan).

• MGM Nationwide Harbor (Maryland, simply outdoors Washington, D.C.).

• MGM Springfield (Springfield, Massachusetts).

Marriott has additionally inked a loyalty settlement with BetMGM, the net gaming and sports activities betting arm of MGM Resorts.

As a part of this deal, Marriott and BetMGM will roll out methods to earn Marriott Bonvoy factors on sure gaming transactions and switch BetMGM Rewards into Bonvoy factors.

The businesses are anticipated to launch additional particulars on this collaboration someday this fall.

The partnership between Marriott Bonvoy and MGM Resorts means the tip of one other such deal.

Efficient Sept. 30, Hyatt loyalists can not guide stays by way of the corporate’s reserving channels at MGM properties.

Although all current reservations shall be honored, prospects received’t be capable of earn World of Hyatt factors or Tier Qualifying Nights for any stick with a checkout date past Sept. 30.

It’s an identical story for MGM Rewards members: no MGM Rewards Tier Credit for any {dollars} spent at Hyatt properties after Sept. 30.

Prospects in each loyalty applications who tier matched into the opposite’s loyalty program between March 1, 2023 and July 14, 2023 will retain their standing by way of Jan. 31, 2024 (for MGM Rewards standing) and Feb. 29, 2024 (for World of Hyatt standing).

Starting later this yr, Marriott Bonvoy and MGM Resorts will begin a brand new partnership. Most notably, the change will enable Marriott Bonvoy members to guide stays and faucet into loyalty advantages at a dozen Las Vegas resorts and casinos, plus 5 properties elsewhere within the U.S.

In the meantime, the change does spell the tip for MGM’s partnership with Hyatt. In case you’re a World of Hyatt elite with a keep stretching past the tip of September, you could need to add an MGM Rewards quantity to your reservation — or, when you’re in a position, a Marriott Bonvoy quantity.