COVID19: Marriott Launches Rooms for Responders Initiative in USA

Marriott, with support from American Express and JPMorgan Chase, is providing US$10 million worth of hotel stays for healthcare professionals leading the fight against COVID19 in the United States.

The Rooms for Responders initiative will provide free rooms in some of the areas most impacted in the USA, including New York City, New Orleans, Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Washington, D.C. and Newark, N.J.

To select exactly who benefits, Marriott has collaborated with the American College of Emergency Physicians and the Emergency Nurses Association to match doctors and nurses with free accommodations at participating hotels.

Marriott has also partnered with a number of hotel owners and franchisee partners to launch the Community Caregiver Program.

This initiative, available in the United States, Canada, Caribbean and Latin America, provides significantly discounted rates for first responders and healthcare professionals who want to book rooms at hotels in close proximity to the hospitals where they’re working. The special rates are available on Marriott's website at nearly 2,500 hotels.

Those who frequently stay with Marriott can also play their part in fighting COVID19. Through Marriott Bonvoy’s Giving Platform, members can donate their Marriott Bonvoy points to relief organizations that are active in COVID19 responses around the world and that Marriott is also supporting, including the American Red Cross and Red Crescent Society, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, UNICEF and World Central Kitchen.

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