Hi,
I'm holding luncheon at Marriott too, Oct08. I'm very comfortable with my co-ordinator which is a main factor that I chose Marriott among the few hotels that I have viewed.
For luncheon event, a lot of hotels actually do not have free flow of beer, wine, freebies etc.
If I rem correctly, PP, MC, GH, ConrXd do not have too. These are the hotels that I have viewed before I decided on Marriott.