Le Parker Meridien about to leave Starwood?

Updated: October 30, 2018

Published: January 7, 2013

I’ve never actually stayed at either the Le Parker Meridien New York or Palm Springs (now the Parker New York and Parker Palm Springs), though I’m certainly not a fan of the former. About a month ago they added a $10 “facilities charge,” essentially the city hotel equivalent of a resort fee. This set an awful precedent and was enough to convince me not to stay there, given how many great properties there are in New York.

Well, it seems that “facilities charge” was the least of their concerns. Via the New York Post, this property is in trouble with Starwood:

The owner of the swanky Le Parker Meridien New York ripped off more than $1 million by cooking the books to claim fraudulent reimbursements from Starwood Hotels & Resorts, a suit filed yesterday alleges.

Workers at the Meridien “falsified records and fabricated room reservations for fictitious guests” in order to boost payments from the customer loyalty program of Starwood, the suit alleges.

Over/under on when they’ll no longer be a Starwood property? 😉

(Tip of the hat to Jamison)

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Andy Guest

January 9, 2013, 1:09 pm

@Rob, Are you a spg gold or platinum member? they have no reason to charge an elite member. Plus, even if they do charge non-elite members, they should tell you beforehand.

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January 9, 2013, 1:07 pm

i just receivd an email from le meridien arlington's general manager to apologize and gave me 500 spg points to compensate a full breakfast they owed me Tuesday morning. is the 500 spg point worthy of a full breakfast? plus, i saw my amex spg card had a temporary charge $243. my hotel bill showed $191. if the card temp charge became permanent, i am going to file another complaint. this troublesome le meridien!!! i have to waste a lot of time to track and follow up. all the purpose is to earn extra 2,000 sog points per stay? is this really worthwhile? should i cancel my remaining reservations with this hotel (reserved two nights per week until 2/28/2013)?

Rob Guest

January 9, 2013, 3:45 am

I've stayed at Le Parker Meridien in NYC. I find the location excellent, great staff and elite recognition. However, some stuff they do is a bit shady, like charging you for using the swimming pool?!?!?

January 9, 2013, 2:42 am

I stayed at Le Meridien twice last Dec to earn the promotion points. Monday(1/7/13) I stayed again at Le Meridien Arlington. I booked breakfast rate $174 offering two breakfast. The restaurant staff refused to gave me two and only gave me one. I filed a complaint to SPG and SPG just replied sorry without any acutal help or compensation. Terrible experience with Le Meridien also occurred in Dec for my breakfast. I am not surprised at all to read your post and find this hotel is close to evil ... In the past when I filed a valid complaint with Marriott or Radisson, marriott always gave me 20,000 points and Radisson gave me 30,000 points. The Le Meridien is really a shameful chapter of SPG.

Joe Guest

January 8, 2013, 4:33 pm

I've always considered the NYC Parker Meridien an impersonal and insincere hotel at best. My last stay there two years ago, during which I was put in a room that seemed to be directly above the very noisy loading and garbage dock that was very active at 4am. No apology when I told the front desk. Good riddance I say.

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