Delta Hotels Nottingham Belfry leaves Marriott

As we have covered in earlier articles, the QHotels group seems to be slowly breaking all of its branding agreements as the contracts come up for renewal.

In late 2024, QHotels rebranded DoubleTree by Hilton Glasgow Westerwood Spa & Golf Resort, DoubleTree by Hilton Oxford Belfry and Delta Hotels Cheltenham Chase.

The group went into 2025 with just two branded properties – DoubleTree by Hilton Stratford Upon Avon and Delta Hotels by Marriott Nottingham Belfry.

In late June, readers with bookings at Nottingham Belfry – which has been with Marriott since 2019 – received emails saying that the hotel would operate independently from 1st July 2025. Stays from that date, they were told, would not earn Bonvoy points or elite night credits, and elite status would not be recognised.

Fair enough …. except, oddly, Delta Hotels Nottingham Belfry is still bookable on the Marriott website. It’s not clear what’s going on there, especially as the hotel now has its own booking website up and running.

It is no longer possible to book redemption nights via marriott.com so it is possible that Marriott has a clause in its contract to allow it to keep selling cash nights for a commission for a while longer.

It always seems short-sighted when hotels change brands and then refuse to recognise your old elite status benefits. Nottingham Belfry appears to have been honoring benefits for a week – until 7th July – but no later.

How can you justify emailing someone who went to the trouble of choosing your hotel to tell them that they can no longer have an upgrade, free breakfast and/or late check-out? A decent percentage of people will simply cancel their booking, purely because the hotel refuses to provide benefits it was happy to fund a few weeks ago ….

Let’s see how long DoubleTree Stratford Upon Avon remains a branded property, given that all other QHotels have now reverted to the parent name.

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How to earn Marriott Bonvoy points and status from UK credit cards (August 2025)

There are various ways of earning Marriott Bonvoy points from UK credit cards.  Many cards also have generous sign-up bonuses.

The official Marriott Bonvoy American Express Card comes with 20,000 points for signing up, 2 points for every £1 you spend and 15 elite night credits per year.

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