The following information forms the basis of participation in the VOILÀ Hotel
Rewards program (the “Program”). Program membership and its benefits are offered
at the sole discretion of Hospitality Marketing Consultants LLC ("HMC") its subsidiaries
and affiliates, the owners of the participating hotels and each of the foregoing
entities' officers, directors, partners, employees and agents. Hotel brands (“Brands”)
currently participating in the Program (see website
brand listing) are (collectively, “VOILÀ Hotels”). Brands may be added or deleted
at the sole discretion of HMC. Membership in the Program (“Membership”) is subject
to these Terms and Conditions, which supersede all previous loyalty program rules
and/or conditions.
These Terms and Conditions are intended to protect the Members of VOILÀ and HMC.
Your participation in this Program is subject to these Terms and Conditions, and
it is your responsibility to read and understand all of them. The Terms and Conditions
include the Program’s Privacy Policy which governs
the use of the data that you provide to us. The Program Terms and Conditions
are governed by and are to be construed under the laws of the State of California,
U.S.A. The Program Terms and Conditions set forth here in supersede all prior Program
Terms and Conditions. Membership in and application for membership in the Program
is void if prohibited by applicable law.
Earning of VOILÀ points and redemption of Program Rewards are subject to all
applicable laws and regulations.
IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS, YOU MUST ELECT NOT TO JOIN THE VOILÀ HOTEL
REWARDS PROGRAM. YOUR CONTINUED USE OF THE PROGRAM FOLLOWING THE POSTING OF
CHANGES TO THESE TERMS WILL MEAN THAT YOU ACCEPT SUCH CHANGES.
General Membership Rules
1. Program Operator
- The Program is operated by Hospitality Marketing Consultants LLC, 4701
Von Karman Ave. Suite 300, Newport Beach, CA 92660, U.S.A. and is administered
on its behalf by the appropriate VOILÀ Hotels.
- The rights and obligations of HMC under the Program may be assigned
or transferred by HMC to any other related or unrelated entity at any time,
and performance thereafter shall be the responsibility of that entity.
- VOILÀ membership is an exclusive membership privilege granted by HMC,
and its benefits are offered at the sole discretion of HMC.
- Neither the Program nor any benefit offered by the Program creates,
constitutes or gives rise to any legal or contractual rights by members
against HMC.
- Nothing in the VOILÀ Program Terms and Conditions is intended or shall
be construed to create or establish any agency, partnership or joint venture
relationship between HMC and the partners mentioned therein.
- In case of fraud or abuse involving VOILÀ, HMC will have the right to
take appropriate administrative and/or legal action, including termination
of membership.
- HMC and our Program affiliates are not responsible for: (1) loss or
misdirection of, or delay in receiving, any Membership application, correspondence,
Awards or award certificates; (2) theft or unauthorized redemption of VOILÀ
points or Rewards or use of a Reward caused by circumstances beyond the
reasonable control of us or our agents; (3) any acts or omissions of third
parties (including participating properties); or (4) any errors published
in relation to the Program, including, without limitation, any pricing or
typographical errors, errors of description, errors regarding participating
properties and Program affiliates, and errors in the crediting or debiting
of VOILÀ points from Member accounts. We reserve the right to correct, without
notice, any errors.
2. General Program Terms and Conditions
- HMC and its hotel/travel partners have the right to add, change, limit,
modify or cancel Program Rules, regulations, rules for earning and redeeming
VOILÀ points, rewards, reward levels, redemption levels, processes, benefits,
and Program affiliates at any time, with or without notice, even though
such changes may affect the value of points already accumulated, the ability
to use accumulated points, or the ability to obtain certain rewards.
- HMC and its partners may, among other things: (1) increase or decrease
the number of points received for a stay or required for a reward; (2) withdraw,
limit, modify, or cancel any reward; (3) add blackout dates, limit rooms
available for any reward at any participating hotel, or otherwise restrict
the continued availability of rewards; (4) change program benefits, travel
partners, hotel partners, locations served by VOILÀ or its travel partners,
conditions of participation, rules for earning, redeeming, retaining, or
forfeiting points, or rules governing the use of rewards; and (5) change
or cancel its travel partner rewards. You will be bound by any such changes.
- The accumulation of points does not entitle members to any vested rights
with respect to points, rewards, or program benefits.
- In accumulating points, members may not rely upon the continued availability
of any reward or reward level. All Membership benefits are subject to availability.
- Each Member is responsible for remaining knowledgeable as to the Program
Terms and Conditions and as to the number of points in his or her account.
- If participating VOILÀ hotels or any partner improperly denies a Member
an accrual or benefit, the liability of HMC or the partner will be limited
to the equivalent value of that accrual or benefit as determined solely
by HMC.
- We make no warranties or representations, either expressed or implied,
and expressly disclaim all liability (including consequential damages) with
respect to type, quality or fitness of goods or services provided through
the Program.
- All interpretations of Program Terms and Conditions shall be at the
sole discretion of HMC.
- We endeavor to keep the information on our website current, including
the links from these Terms and Conditions, but you should contact your regional
Member Services office via email for the most current information.
We are not responsible for any information that has not been updated.
- These Terms and Conditions are governed by and shall be construed in
accordance with the laws of the United States of America and the state of
California, and are subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the applicable
courts in Orange County, California.
- Membership, and the earning and redeeming of VOILÀ points are subject
to all applicable local laws and regulations. Membership, Membership benefits,
and awards are offered in good faith, however they may not be available
or are subject to change if prohibited or restricted by applicable law or
regulation.
- All disputes which cannot be resolved between the parties, and causes
of action arising out of or connected with the Program, shall be subject
to the Program’s Limitation of Liability.
- A membership number is required when making reservations.
3. Notice of Changes
- Changes to these Terms and Conditions will be posted on the
VOILÀ Member Website web site and will be effective
immediately unless stated otherwise. HMC is under no obligation to notify
members of changes except by the posting on such site.
4. Membership Eligibility and Fee
- Membership in the Program is available to individuals (“you”) as stated
in these Program Terms and Conditions.
- There is no enrolment fee for this Program. Entry-level (Gold-tier)
Membership is free of charge and is available to individuals over the age
of majority residing in jurisdictions that legally permit participation
in frequent stay programs.
- Companies and/or other entities cannot enroll.
- Members cannot maintain membership in or earn points on multiple accounts.
You may maintain only one account.
- We may refuse Membership to, or terminate Membership of, any individual
without giving a reason.
- You will be enrolled in the Program and become a Member from the date
we receive your completed application
- An active member is defined as any member having point activity (accrual
or redemption) within the last 24 months.
5. Membership Cancellation
- HMC reserves the right to cancel VOILÀ membership and revoke any and
all unredeemed VOILÀ points collected by any Member who appears to be using
the Program in a manner inconsistent with the Terms and Conditions or intent
of the Program or any portion of the Program, and for reasons that include,
but are not limited to: 1) violation of these Terms and Conditions; 2) misrepresentation
of any information or any misuse of this Program; 3) violation of any national,
state or local law or regulation in connection with the use of membership
privileges; 4) failure to pay for hotel charges; 5) a check to a participating
hotel brand that is returned for insufficient funds or is invalid for any
reason; 6) commission of fraud or abuse involving any portion of this Program;
7) more than one active account per member, multiple accounts for each member must be merged as described in Section 14 below; or 8) action, in any other way,
to the detriment of the Program or any of its alliances; all as may be determined
by HMC in its sole discretion.
- Members who do not earn points in any 24 consecutive months may be
removed from the VOILÀ Program and will forfeit all accumulated points.
- You may cancel your Membership at any time by giving written notice
of cancellation to your regional Customer Contact
Centre. If you do this, all unredeemed VOILÀ points will be forfeited
immediately and may not be reinstated or transferred.
6. Program Availability
- The Program has no predetermined termination date and may continue until
such time as HMC decides to terminate the Program, at any time, with or
without notice.
- If the Program is terminated, all unredeemed points shall be forfeited
without any obligation or liability, and no award claims shall be honoured
after the conclusion of any notice period.
7. Limitation of liability
- HMC shall not be liable to any person for any action taken or neglected
to be taken with respect to the Program, except for errors in posting VOILÀ
points to Program accounts.
- The sole remedy available to you in connection with the Program (whether
your claim is based in law or equity) shall be the crediting or re-crediting
to your Program account of VOILÀ points in an amount no greater than the
number of VOILÀ points at issue. In no event shall we be responsible or
liable for special, consequential, extraordinary or indirect losses or damages,
including any lost profits.
- HMC will attempt to send correspondence to active Members to advise
them of matters of interest, including notification of Program changes.
However, neither HMC, nor companies participating as partners in the Program
will be liable for any failure to do so and will not be responsible for
incorrect or inaccurate transcription of entry information, for problems
related to any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized
by the Member, for any human error, for any interruption, deletion, omission,
defect, or line failure of any telephone network or electronic transmission,
for problems relating to computer equipment, software, inability to access
any Web site or on-line service, for any other technical or non-technical
error or malfunction, for lost, late, stolen, illegible, incomplete, garbled,
misdirected, mutilated or postage due mail or other mail for whatever reason.
8. Data Privacy: In order to join the Program,
you must agree to the Membership Privacy Policy.
We also draw your attention to our Internet Privacy
Policy which applies to your use of our web sites.
9. Account access
- You are able to use usernames, passwords, or other codes or devices
to gain access to restricted portions of the
VOILÀ Member Website.
- We maintain a personal preference profile for VOILÀ members, containing
information provided by you.
- We will use this information to expedite reservations, check-in, and
check-out processes.
- If you provide credit card information, hotels will use it to
guarantee your stay and will apply your stay charges to that credit
card. You can change your credit card authorization for future
transactions by logging into your VOILÀ account online.
- The content contained in such restricted areas is confidential to HMC,
and is provided to you for your personal use only.
- We reserve the right to prohibit the use of such access codes on your
behalf by third parties where we determine that such use interferes with
our site's operation or results in commercial benefits for other entities
to our detriment.
10. Address Changes: Each Member is responsible for advising VOILÀ
of any address changes. We shall have no responsibility for misdirected or lost
mail or any consequences thereof.
11. Taxes:
- Membership benefits and rewards may be subject to income or other taxes.
- The recipient is responsible for paying all such taxes and for making
all applicable disclosures to third parties, including the party who paid
for the transaction from which you earned VOILÀ points.
- We will not be liable for any tax liability, duty or other charges in
connection with the issuance of Membership benefits or rewards.
12. Service Fee: These fees cover the costs incurred by VOILÀ Hotel
Rewards in servicing your travel reservation.
13. Program Violations: Program violations, fraud or abuse in relation
to point credit or reward usage is subject to appropriate administrative and/or
legal action by appropriate governmental authorities and by HMC, including, without
limitation, the forfeiture of all point transfers, rewards, or Award Nights issued
pursuant to point redemptions and any accrued points or miles in your account, as
well as cancellation of the account and your future participation in the Program.
14. VOILÀ Membership
- Only individuals are eligible for VOILÀ membership, and each individual
may maintain only one account.
- Merging accounts
- Multiple accounts belonging to the same unique individual may be
merged
- The member’s surviving account will become the beneficiary of the
merged accounts’ accrued points and room nights
- Verification of accounts to be merged is at the sole discretion of
HMC customer service and HMC customer service may request verification
of personally identifiable information and/or submission of hard-copies
of documentation to validate ownership of each account to be merged
- Merging of verified accounts will be competed at the sole discretion
of HMC and processed within 60 days of verification of all accounts to
be merged.
- Corporations, groups and/or associated entities cannot enrol as VOILÀ
members.
- You should not give your Membership number or password to any other
person.
- You are responsible for all activity in your Program account through
the use of your password by another person, whether a member of your family,
household, staff or otherwise.
- After applying to the VOILÀ program, a membership number will be assigned
to each applicant. Upon receiving this number, an individual becomes eligible
to earn VOILÀ points.
- We maintain a personal preference profile for VOILÀ members, containing
information provided by you. We will use this information to expedite reservations,
check-in, and check-out processes. If you provide credit card information,
hotels will use it to guarantee your stay and will apply your stay charges
to that credit card.
- You can change your credit card authorization for future
transactions by logging into your VOILÀ account online.
- You should notify us if your authorized credit card is lost, stolen,
invalidated or has expired.
- By using your Membership card or your Membership number to earn or redeem
VOILÀ points, you agree that (i) you have read, understood and accepted
these Terms and Conditions, (ii) you are eligible for Membership; and (iii)
you consent to HMC processing data that is personal to you, and disclosing
such data to third parties, in accordance with the
Membership Privacy Policy.
- If you require clarification or further information, you may send an
e-mail to web.help@vhr.com. Please note however, Program Terms and Conditions
cannot be superseded or changed except in writing from HMC.
- Our waiver of any breach of these Terms and Conditions by you shall
not constitute a waiver of any other prior or subsequent breach of these
Terms and Conditions. Our failure to insist upon strict compliance with
these Terms and Conditions by any Member, shall not be deemed a waiver of
any rights or remedies that we may have against that or any other Member.
15. Points
- The accumulation of VOILÀ points is subject to the VOILÀ Program Rules.
- Each member is responsible for reading the VOILÀ Terms and Conditions,
newsletters, and account e-statements in order to understand his or her
rights, responsibilities, and status in the program.
- To earn VOILÀ points for hotel stays, a Member must be a registered,
paying guest at a participating VOILÀ hotel and meet all of the conditions
described in the Terms and Conditions, including providing a valid membership
number at the time of booking.
- VOILÀ points have no cash value and we will not pay you cash for any
forfeited or unused points.
- Accrued points and Award Nights or other Membership benefits may not
be sold, bartered or transferred (other than by HMC). Any attempted
transfer, sale or barter by you or on your behalf will be void.
- We and/or our Program affiliates may refuse to honour or recognize any
VOILÀ points, Award Nights, rewards or Membership benefits which we or
they conclude have been transferred, sold or bartered.
- Any points, Award Nights or benefits which VOILÀ deems to have been
transferred, sold, bartered or assigned in violation of Program Terms and
Conditions may be confiscated or cancelled.
- Except as specifically provided herein, neither accrued points nor
Award Nights
are transferable in the event of death, divorce, as part of a domestic relations
matter, inheritance or otherwise by operation of law.
- VOILÀ points can be earned only at participating VOILÀ hotels or other
partners. Participating hotels and partners are subject to change at any
time, without notice. Please visit VOILÀ Member Website
for a list of all participating VOILÀ hotels. Additions and deletions to
the list of participating hotels will be announced from time to time.
- If a hotel ceases to be a Participating Hotel, all stays subsequent
to such date will not be eligible to earn VOILÀ points regardless of when
the reservation was made.
- The awarding of VOILÀ points and the redemption of VOILÀ Rewards are
void where prohibited by law.
16. Points for Stays
- A Stay is defined as one night or total consecutive nights spent at
the same participating hotel, regardless of frequency of check-in/check-out.
- At all participating VOILÀ hotels worldwide, you will receive ten (10)
points for each USD dollar or local currency equivalent - exclusive of any
promotional or other type of bonus - paid toward Eligible Charges on your
individual hotel room bill ('folio'). Eligible Charges will vary by
hotel and may be listed on each hotel’s reservation page.
- “Paid” shall mean “receipt of good funds”.
- Accordingly, if you stop payment on a check, if a check bounces, or
if you dispute a credit card bill, you have not “paid” and you will not
earn VOILÀ points on that transaction.
- You can collect points on all Eligible Charges for multiple hotel rooms
per stay, provided those rooms are used in conjunction with the member's
stay at the same hotel, and that their VOILÀ member number is recorded on
each reservation, and the charges from those multiple room reservations
are paid on one folio. Base point credit will be earned for all eligible
folio charges incurred on all rooms. Bonuses issued on Base points or total
folio charges, including tier bonuses (25% or 50%, depending on member tier)
will apply to the total Base point credit earned or folio charges incurred
for all rooms. For any other bonuses, including VOILÀ partner bonus points
and other promotional bonuses, bonus points will be awarded on one room
only.
- Points awarded for stays at participating hotels outside the U.S. will
be based on local currency converted to U.S. dollars. Local currency will
be converted into U.S. dollars weekly, using a published rate of exchange
in effect at time of conversion. This rate will be determined at HMC's sole
discretion, based on standard currency conversion methods but may vary from
currency conversion rates used by credit card companies.
- Points may not be earned when redeeming a VOILÀ Reward, awards of travel
partners or other promotional offerings using discount or Award Nights,
unless otherwise stated on the Award Night terms and conditions.
- When redeeming a reward, the member may earn points for incidental charges
for the stay at participating VOILÀ hotels, which may vary by hotel.
- Any points offered in conjunction with specific hotel stays will be
considered earned when the stay has been fully paid.
- Points will not be available for redemption before the stay has been
paid and the points have been reported to the Member.
- We reserve the right to deduct any VOILÀ points credited to a VOILÀ
Membership account in error without notice. If refunds are made to you in
respect of goods or services for which you received VOILÀ points, HMC will
adjust the number of VOILÀ points awarded.
- No other person except the member may earn points for his/her account.
- Points for a stay will only be awarded to one VOILÀ member regardless
of the number of members occupying a room.
17. Eligible Stay
- An “Eligible Stay” is one or more consecutive nights at the same participating
VOILÀ property, whether or not you checked-out and checked back in, during which
you paid an Eligible Rate and presented your VOILÀ account number at registration.
- An "Eligible Night" is each night during an Eligible Stay.
- All stays and nights are deemed to occur on the date of check-out.
- Stays in which you used a Award Night or paid through a pre-paid third
party channel, do not count as “Eligible Stays” as you did not pay an Eligible
Rate.
- Stays in which you presented a frequent flyer card from a participating
airline or other reward or bonus program do not qualify as an Eligible Stay.
- Eligible Rates include the following room rates paid for hotel room nights:
non-discounted room rate, standard corporate rate, worldwide sales negotiated
rate, national/regional/local government rate and specified leisure rates. Eligible
rates vary by hotel. Please refer to the hotels website for all eligible and non-eligible rates and charges.
- Points will be awarded for rooms booked through participating VOILÀ hotels
central reservation offices, participating VOILÀ hotels web sites, VOILÀ’s website
or directly at participating VOILÀ hotels and when a valid membership number
is presented at booking.
- No point or stay credit or credit toward tier status will be awarded for:
i. Wholesale/tour operator packages and group rate, room rates
that are master billed or paid at tour operator rates, wholesaler rates, including
WFNR, travel industry staff rates, TAED rates, and crew room rates, contracted airline
crew rates, room rates for group commercial or group leisure bookings (where rooms
are booked as part of a conference or organized tour or where the bookings for six
or more rooms are linked), complimentary rooms (including, but not limited to, any
Award Nights earned through the program or otherwise), travel industry rates (including
but not limited to travel agent discount rates), distressed passenger rate, complimentary
or barter rooms, employee discount rate, stays on NET Group, Series Group or IT
Group rates, contracted Entertainment or Encore rates and stays using airline percent-off
award certificates.
ii. Stays and pre-paid rooms that are booked by an agent or via
third party websites in which you pay for that booking directly to such third party,
such as tour or tour operators, and pre-paid channels, including, but not limited
to priceline.com, expedia.com, hotels.com, hrn.com, hotwire.com, lastminute.com,
site59.com, orbitz.com, travelocity.com, cheaptickets.com, quickbook.com, travelweb.com,
lodging.com, yahootravel.com, and msntravel.com, irrespective of rate paid, for
the purpose of earning points or stay credit toward Elite status.
iii. Stays booked via "opaque" channels where the brand is unknown
at the time of purchase are not Eligible Stays for the purpose of earning points,
or stay credit toward Elite tier status, or the receipt of Elite tier benefits such
as upgraded accommodations / amenities or access to health clubs.
- No point or stay credit or credit toward tier status will be awarded for
"no show" situations when a member has made a reservation guaranteed with a
credit card but then does not check in to the hotel--irrespective of whether
or not the member's credit card is charged for any portion of the reserved stay
per the hotel's "no show" policy.
- VOILÀ points are not awarded for fractions of a U.S. dollar spent, or for
dollars spent on tax, VAT, GST, service charges, gratuities or hotel incidentals.
Any applicable federal, state or local taxes, including city occupancy tax,
will be omitted for purposes of point accrual for hotel stays.
- Charges not billed to your room, fees paid such as parking, business centre,
green fees, gift shop/retail store purchases, and meeting charges will not be
eligible for VOILÀ points. Selected participating hotels may omit, for
purposes of point accrual, incidental charges or charges to the Member's room
for non-affiliated hotel entities which are not owned and/or operated by the
hotel including, but not limited to, food and beverage outlets, gift shop, drugstore,
clothes, gallery or specialty stores, and recreational or entertainment concessions.
- Taxes, gratuities, service charges and other applicable charges, such as
energy charges, and resort fees are not eligible for VOILÀ points.
- A Member whose individual hotel bill is billed directly to a company and
the Member is responsible for authorization for settlement at check-out is eligible
for VOILÀ points. However, group master-billing arrangements where charges for
multiple rooms are placed on one hotel bill and billed to a company or common
address or settled at check-out by one individual are not eligible. Incidental
charges (those charged to a Member's room) paid for directly by the Member at
check-out may be eligible for point credit. Incidental charges billed to a master
bill are not eligible for point credit.
- You may earn VOILÀ points for Eligible Charges paid by you during your stay
even if the room charge was not an Eligible Charge. However, if the room charges
are not Eligible Charges, the stay will not count as an Eligible Stay or Eligible
Night towards elite levels of VOILÀ Membership or for threshold bonuses and
promotions.
18. Currency Conversion
- Currency rates are based on publicly available sources and should be used
as guidelines only.
- Room rates are guaranteed only in hotel's local currency.
- Currency quotes are updated once a week only.
- The currency information supplied by the VOILÀ web sites is believed to
be accurate, but HMC and/or its parent, subsidiaries and affiliates do not warrant
or guarantee such accuracy.
19. VOILÀ Amenities
- A number of services and benefits ('Amenities') are available to VOILÀ Members.
- These amenities are offered solely at the discretion of HMC, and the individual
participating hotel, and may change from time to time.
- Not all amenities or services are provided by all participating hotels.
- Should a Member be improperly denied an amenity by a participating hotel,
liability will be limited to the equivalent value of that amenity as determined
solely by HMC
Current VOILÀ Amenities may include:
i. Gold Tier Amenities:
- Complimentary Weekday Newspaper: Delivered to the Member's guestroom
door or available at reception on weekdays.
- On-line hotel reservation and Priority Check-In: Available to all VOILÀ
Members for whom have room preference information and a valid credit card
number on file in their account. Participating VOILÀ hotels may reserve
credit against a guest's credit card for costs of services in addition to
applicable room rates.
- VOILÀ Manager Assistance: Each participating VOILÀ hotel will have a
Volià Manager to assist guests.
- Online reward redemption request: Log on to your account online and
click on the “Exchange Points” tab.
- Exclusive members-only offers, not available to the public: Each month
we will send you member exclusive specials, bonus point offers, special
room rates, promotions, new partner announcements, and program news. To
receive these offers, click on the “Newsletter” link on the bottom of this
page.
ii. Platinum Tier Amenities:
- All Gold Tier Amenities.
- Early check-in (1:00 p.m.): Must be requested and is based on availability.
- Late check-out (4:00 p.m.): Must be requested and is based on availability.
- Upgrade to next best room category at no charge: Based on availability.
If the reserved room type is not available at check-in, or in the event
room upgrades are not available, you will receive an upgrade to the best
room available. Upgrade excludes suites.
- Complimentary access to Health Club or Fitness Centre: Based on availability
and if operated by hotel.
iii. Black Tier Amenities:
- All Gold and Platinum Tier Amenities.
- No blackout dates: Based on availability.
- Priority reservations: Black tier members will receive priority reservations.
- Special welcome amenity (specific items): Amenities vary by hotel.
- Complimentary access to Executive Lounge: Lounge access is not available
at all VOILÀ hotels worldwide. If access to the Executive Lounge is not
available, you will receive complimentary continental breakfast during your
stay.
- 24-hour Guaranteed Availability: Guaranteed reservations
availability at all participating VOILÀ hotels when reservations are
made before midnight hotel local time, one day (24 hours) prior to
intended arrival, except during special events that result in
extraordinary room demand, as determined solely by the hotel. Guarantee
applies to only one room occupied by the Black member and to
reservations made with a valid credit card. Please note that this
guarantee does not apply to rates - if a rate for which you are normally
eligible is not available, your reservation will be subject to the
hotel's prevailing rate for the accommodations requested. The member
will not be charged more than the prevailing rate for the accommodation
requested, and the member is not entitled to a rate less than the
prevailing rate. Please also note that in some instances, the guarantee
may be subject to booking conditions such as length of stay
requirements. In the event the Member does not arrive as scheduled, or
does not call to cancel and obtain a cancellation number, the credit
card will be billed for one night's room and tax. Reservations Guarantee
applies to reservations made through VOILÀ website or with the hotel
directly, and does not apply during publicly recognized events which
result in extraordinary room demand as determined solely by the hotel,
such as during major sporting events, New Year's Eve, etc.
- Priority reservations for your requested type of room (subject to availability
at participating locations). To be eligible, your VOILÀ membership number
and a valid credit card number must be part of your reservation.
20. Earning Tier Status
- Members can earn or maintain tier status based on qualifying hotel nights
in any rolling 12-month consecutive period.
- Once a member attains a tier level, it will remain in effect for 12 consecutive
months.
- Members must re-qualify for Platinum and Black status.
- Only nights personally stayed and individually billed at participating hotels
are credited toward Platinum and Black membership and renewal.
- Accounts may not be combined to achieve tier upgrade and/or maintenance.
- To reach Platinum or Black tier status, the following number of personal
nights must be stayed in a consecutive 12-month period at participating VOILÀ
hotels.
| Membership Tier |
Gold |
Platinum |
Black |
| Qualifying Annual Nights |
0 to 9 nights |
10 to 19 nights |
20 or more nights |
- Reward stays do not count toward Platinum and Black membership.
- Hotel charges without a personal overnight stay will not earn room night
credit toward Platinum and Black membership.
- HMC and its travel partners reserve the right to add, change, modify, limit,
or cancel program rules, regulations, rewards, reward levels, tier-level benefits
and/or qualifications at their sole discretion, anytime with or without notice.
This may include increasing levels or number of points required for a reward,
changing rewards or points/miles earned, adding unlimited blackout dates, limiting
rooms available for reward redemptions, changing participating hotels, eliminating
any benefit or changing or cancelling our travel partner rewards without notice.
This may result in certain rewards not being available.
21. Gold Membership
- Gold members can earn 10 VOILÀ points for each U.S. dollar or equivalent
of all Eligible Charges incurred and paid for by the Member at participating
VOILÀ properties.
- Gold membership materials will be sent to the member after the member’s
second night stay at a participating VOILÀ hotel.
- Gold Tier Amenities are available to Gold members.
22. Platinum Membership
- Platinum membership will be awarded to VOILÀ Members with a minimum of 10
qualifying nights during any rolling consecutive 12-month period.
- Once you have earned Platinum membership status, you will maintain such
status for 12 consecutive months.
- You must re-qualify Platinum membership status every consecutive
12-months to maintain your Platinum membership status.
- Platinum members can earn 10 VOILÀ points for each U.S. dollar or equivalent
of all Eligible Charges incurred and paid for by the Member at participating
VOILÀ properties.
- Platinum members will receive a 25% bonus on all base points earned during
the period in which they are VOILÀ Platinum members.
- Bonus points will be applied to stays in the order they are posted to the
Member's account.
- Bonus points for Platinum members apply only on the base points collected
by a member and not on any additional points received due to a special offer
or promotion.
- Platinum Tier Amenities are available to Platinum members.
23. Black Membership
- Black membership will be awarded to you if you have a minimum of 20 qualifying
nights stay during a consecutive 12 month period.
- Once you have earned Black membership status, you will maintain such status
for 12 consecutive months.
- You must re-qualify Black membership status every consecutive
12-months to maintain your Black membership status.
- Black members can earn 10 VOILÀ points for each U.S. dollar or equivalent
of all Eligible Charges incurred and paid for by the Member at participating
VOILÀ properties.
- Black members will receive a 50% bonus on all base points earned during
the period in which they are VOILÀ Black members.
- Bonus points will be applied to stays in the order they are posted to the
Member's account.
- Bonus points for Black members apply only on the base points collected by
a member and not on any additional points received due to a special offer or
promotion.
- Bonus points for Black members apply only on the base points collected by
a member and not on any additional points received due to a special offer or
promotion.
- Black Tier Amenities are available to Black members.
24. Account Activity Statement: Activity statements are available via
email each quarter. Members can also access this information by logging into
their accounts online.
25. Point Adjustments
- You are responsible for ensuring that your points or miles are properly
credited to your account.
- If you believe your account activity statement is inaccurate, send an email
to your regional VOILÀ Customer Service centre.
- Please be prepared to mail or fax a legible copy of the Member's hotel folio
(paid hotel receipt) to the VOILÀ customer service centre.
- Failure to supply the adequate and unaltered documentation may result in
denial of such point credit.
- For the Member's protection, all hotel travel documentation should be retained
by the Member until the point credit has appeared on his or her account.
- The points listed in your VOILÀ account are subject to change to reflect
actual stay information, any adjustments and Program changes.
- Allow approximately two to four weeks for the stay to be credited to your
account.
- Requests to add or modify VOILÀ stays must be received within 180 days of
the stay.
26. Air Mileage
- VOILÀ members may redeem points in exchange for frequent flyer miles with
any participating airline partner.
- VOILÀ members requesting a Mileage Reward must be a member of the relevant
airline frequent flyer program in order to receive a Mileage Reward.
- Once frequent flyer miles have been requested, miles will automatically
be transferred to the member's frequent flyer account, and the appropriate
number of VOILÀ points will automatically be deducted from the member’s VOILÀ
account HMC will not reissue or re-credit the exchanged VOILÀ points to the
member.
- The terms and conditions of the airline programs control the redemption
and distribution of the miles earned through VOILÀ.
- The frequent flyer program names are registered trademarks of the airlines.
- The airlines reserve the right to change the frequent flyer program at any
time with or without notice.
- The airline is not responsible for products or services promised or supplied
by other participating companies.
- For details on joining a frequent flyer program, please refer to the particular
airline’s terms and conditions.
27. Reward Redemption
- You can redeem your VOILÀ points for rewards at
VOILÀ Member Website.
- Rewards shown online may be redeemed while they remain available.
- You will receive an email confirmation, and your hotel reward Award
Night will be available upon check-in at your hotel.
- No paper certificate is required at the time of check-in.
- In order to qualify for a Reward, the VOILÀ member must have sufficient
points in his or her account to redeem the Reward from the current Reward chart.
- When a Reward is requested, the corresponding number of points for that
Reward level will be deducted from the Member's account.
- The reward may be issued to the Member, any person in the Member's family,
or to any other VOILÀ member. Once issued, rewards are not transferable and
may be used only by the individual named on the reward. If a person other than
the individual named on the reward documentation attempts to redeem the reward,
the reward will be deemed void and accommodations will be denied.
- Rewards may not be sold, auctioned, bartered, brokered or purchased except
with the express written consent of HMC. Any Rewards obtained in this manner
by any person or entity will be considered to have been fraudulently obtained
and will be deemed void if transferred for cash or other consideration.
- Altered Reward Confirmations are void and will not be honoured.
- Rewards will not be replaced, reissued or credited if lost, stolen or otherwise
destroyed.
- Reward usage is subject to capacity controls, which limit the availability
of rooms. Additionally, usage of Rewards may also be limited during certain
times of the year. Additional Blackout Dates may be imposed with or without
notice.
- It is solely the responsibility of the Member to be informed about the Program
and to request the specific Rewards online.
- Rewards may not be combined with other certificates, discounts, packages
or promotional offers unless otherwise specified by HMC.
- Rewards cannot be redeemed for cash, prizes or credit.
- Rewards are not exchangeable.
- Points which have been deducted from the Member's account, may be redeposited
provided that Member cancels reward before the cancellation deadline. Points
used for Rewards will be redeposited into the original account from which the
points were deducted prior to the expiration date of the documentation.
- Promotional Rewards involving no point deduction will not be extended beyond
the validity date, exchanged or re-deposited for points or future use into Member's
account.
- Rewards are void where prohibited or restricted by law.
- VOILÀ Rewards may be substituted by HMC at any time without notice with
an equivalent Reward.
- Determination of Reward equivalency is at the sole discretion of HMC.
- HMC is not responsible for, and assumes no liability for, transportation
or other services our partners provide or fail to provide.
- Members residing in countries where redemption of points for VOILÀ rewards,
partner rewards or reward redemption is prohibited or restricted are not eligible
for such rewards.
- If a property ceases to be a Participating VOILÀ hotel, after you make a
reservation but before your stay, we will use reasonable efforts to have the
hotel honour the reservation or arrange equivalent accommodations nearby, however,
we cannot guarantee that any VOILÀ Award Night or upgrades will be honoured.
- You will not earn VOILÀ points, and special offers will no longer be valid,
after the date on which the property leaves the system or terminates participation,
even if your reservation was made prior to that date.
- HMC, participating VOILÀ hotels, our Program affiliates and any of our respective
subsidiary and/or affiliated companies, and our respective officers, directors,
and employees, in arranging and/or providing hotel accommodations or other services
such as tickets, or merchandise through certificates or otherwise, do so on
the express condition and agreement that none of us are or will be liable for
any loss or injury, including death, damage, accident, delay, irregularity or
expense arising out of, relating to, or resulting from, strikes, war, weather,
quarantines, sickness, accidents, government restrictions or regulations, or
from any act or omission of third-parties, including any individual firm or
corporation furnishing transportation, sightseeing or other service or goods
whether or not advertised, nor for any additional costs or expenses due to disruption
or change of schedules, rates, accommodations, or services or for any other
cause beyond their direct control.
- In addition, none of us are or will be responsible for refunds that may
be due to any person from ground transportation, boat tours, or other third-party
provider of services. All such claims for refunds must be made in accordance
with the rules and regulations of the party from whom such refund is due.
- All costs, rates, tariffs and other charges and program features are subject
to adjustment at any time without prior notice, and provisions of the hotel
accommodations, ground transportation, tickets and other services are subject
to availability.
- Performance is also subject to applicable laws, orders, or regulations of
any governmental authority exercising jurisdiction and the right is reserved
to withdraw VOILÀ Rewards should conditions warrant, as well as to refuse to
provide accommodations to any person in accordance with applicable laws.
28. VOILÀ Award Nights
- In addition to each hotel's specific terms and conditions, and VOILÀ’s Reward
Redemption Rules and the Program’s Terms and Conditions, the following are terms
and procedures for redeeming VOILÀ Award Nights. A “Award Night” is a one-night
stay at a participating VOILÀ hotel redeemed through accumulated Program points.
- To use your VOILÀ points for a hotel stay at a participating VOILÀ hotel,
please make your reservation online at the
VOILÀ Member Website.
- Members must be logged in to redeem points online for a VOILÀ Award
Night.
- Online Award Night reservations require a credit card to guarantee the
reservation.
- Some hotels may require a deposit in lieu of a credit card guarantee. Deposits
cannot be waived for Reward reservations.
- VOILÀ Award Night reservations can be cancelled online but, in some cases,
may not be modified.
- Accommodations are subject to capacity controls, which may limit the
availability of rooms offered at specific participating hotels or during
specific times of the year.
- Additional Blackout Dates may be imposed without notice.
- For the purposes of VOILÀ Reward redemption, a weekend night is defined
as either Friday, Saturday or Sunday night, unless specified otherwise on the
Reward Confirmation.
- Advanced reservations are required prior to VOILÀ Reward Redemption stay.
- VOILÀ Award Night reservations may be booked for multiple hotel rooms on
the same stay date at the same property provided the member’s VOILÀ membership
number is recorded on each reservation and the required points are redeemed
for each room.
- VOILÀ Award Nights are valid only in conjunction with individual travel
and are not applicable to group travel, package tours, conventions or other
special rates and/or package programs.
- Rooms are limited, subject to prior sale and availability of allocated resources
and may be unavailable during high demand periods.
- VOILÀ Award Nights are valid only for the expense of the guest room, unless
otherwise indicated.
- VOILÀ Award Night rooms do not include food and beverages, gratuities,
incidentals, or service charges. These charges are to be paid directly to the
hotel prior to check-out.
- Transportation costs to and from the hotel are not included.
- Any tax liability incurred in connection with the receipt and/or use of
VOILÀ Rewards, including, but not limited to, local or city occupancy taxes,
or individual income tax is the sole responsibility of the user.
- Incidental charges are the responsibility of the guest.
- Points required for hotel rewards vary for hotels and dates and are based
on availability and advanced reservations.
- VOILÀ point values for any hotel or destination may change at any time.
- VOILÀ points have no value until presented for redemption by the member.
- Failure to comply with this procedure may result in cancellation of reservations,
denial of accommodations or payment of published retail rate.
- No credit or substitutions will be given for any rewards that are only partially
used.
- VOILÀ Rewards are not commissionable to travel agents.
- Hotel Reward stays do NOT count toward Elite tier qualification.
- Participating hotels may be added or deleted from any brand or destination
category at anytime. HMC reserves the right to restrict, suspend, modify or
substitute the Award Nights program at any time without notice.
29. Reward Cancellations
- VOILÀ members who cancel their VOILÀ Award Night reservation before the
cancellation deadline will have their points used for that reservation re-deposited
into the member's VOILÀ account, and may be subjected to a service fee.
- Participating VOILÀ hotels standard guarantee policies and cancellation
policies apply for all hotel rewards, as well as all other reservation and use
of services requirements. These requirements include standard reservation requirements
such as, but not limited to, minimum length of stay requirements and charges
for late cancellation.
- Cancellation policies vary by hotel. It is the member’s responsibility to
review the hotel’s cancellation policy prior to requesting the reward or making
reservations.
- VOILÀ members who do not cancel their VOILÀ Award Night reservation by
the cancellation deadline and do not use their reservation (no-show) are still
subject to a no-show charge for the first night of the reservation, plus tax,
per room, billed to the credit card used to guarantee the reservation upon booking.
The points redeemed for the no-showed VOILÀ Award Night reservation will NOT
be re-deposited into the member's VOILÀ account.
30. Award Nights
- Award Nights allow you to book your VOILÀ hotel reward as close as 48
hours in advance of your stay.
- You will receive an email confirmation of your reward booking. We recommend
taking a copy of the confirmation with you, when you check-in at the hotel.
- The hotel you reserved for the Award Night will also receive an email
and/or electronic transmission of your confirmation
of your reward booking.
31. VOILÀ’s Point Transfer Program
VOILÀ members may transfer points into another VOILÀ member's account, subject to
the conditions specified below.
- Point transfers are available in increments of 1000 points.
- The minimum transfer is 1000 points. Maximum transfer is 100,000 points.
- There is no charge for transferring points.
- All VOILÀ point transfer requests must be made online.
- An "Authorization to Transfer Points" form must be completed
and submitted in order to transfer the required number of points. By submitting
the Authorization to Transfer Points Form online, the Member acknowledges
and signifies his or her agreement with VOILÀ’s Point Transfer Program terms
and conditions.
- Once the authorization for transfer is received and processed, the transferor
relinquishes all rights to the transferred points.
- No cancellations or refunds are permitted.
- Members can not transfer points to upgrade or maintain tier status.
- The transfer and use of these VOILÀ points are subject to the rules, regulations,
terms and conditions of the VOILÀ Program, which are published from time-to-time
and which are subject to change without notice.
- The sale, barter, gift or assignment of VOILÀ points, point awards or other
benefits, other than by HMC, is expressly prohibited.
- Any improper usage of VOILÀ points pursuant to this Agreement and VOILÀ’s
Point Transfer Program, or any other misuse of points, shall be grounds for
immediate confiscation and forfeit of such points, and may be grounds for the
forfeiture of all points in the Member's account and the Member's ejection from
the VOILÀ Program.
- Other than as stated above, no transfer of points may occur.
32. Restricted by Law. This Program or participation therein is not valid
and/or the awarding of VOILÀ points or miles/credits and/or the granting of rewards
is void where prohibited or restricted by law.
33. Communications
- Each quarter, we will send you your VOILÀ points balance via e-mail.
- We may also send you promotions, offers and other communications from time
to time, which may include items from third parties. The items we send may be
targeted to you based on the information you have provided to us and additional
data we maintain.
- All Program communications will be sent to you at the mailing address and/or
e-mail address which you provide on your application form.
- Communications will be deemed to have been received by you if sent to that
address, 1 business day after sending if we sent it to the e-mail address provided
and 5 business days after sending if we sent it to the mailing address provided.
You are responsible for keeping your address current.
- You can view your VOILÀ points balance and transaction history, update your
personal details, and change your communications preferences at any time. Click
here to log into your account. Or you may contact our Customer Service
Centre. Click here for your region’s Customer Service Centre information.
If you telephone a Customer Contact Centre, for security reasons we may ask
you for your date of birth and/or other information to verify your identity.
We may monitor telephone calls to improve the quality of service.
34. Statements, Errors and Retroactive Claims
- We may at any time correct the amount of VOILÀ points shown as credited
to you, without notice.
- Click here (hyperlink to Points Adjustment section) if you are not properly
credited for a VOILÀ stay.
- If we improperly deny a VOILÀ point accrual or a VOILÀ Membership benefit,
our liability is limited to the proper posting of VOILÀ points to your account.
35. Supplier Terms and Conditions
Separate terms and conditions will apply to your reservation and purchase of
travel-related goods and services that you select. Please read these separate
terms and conditions carefully. You agree to abide by the terms and conditions
of purchase imposed by any supplier with whom you elect to deal, including, but
not limited to, payment of all amounts when due and compliance with the
supplier's rules and restrictions regarding availability and use of fares,
products, or services. You understand that any violation of any such supplier's
rules and restrictions may result in cancellation of your reservation(s), in
your being denied access to the applicable travel product or services, in your
forfeiting any monies paid for such reservation(s), and/or in our debiting your
account for any costs we incur as a result of such violation.
36. VOILÀ Member Services offices
If you have any queries about the VOILÀ Program, send an email or call
Member Services.
Revised: 27 October 2007