Their ingenious plan for the domination of the hospitality world during a time of unprecidented budget cuts in the corporate world and tightening of personal spending.When every single hospitality dollar is in competition.
Marriott is a publicly traded company.And Shareholders would never go for a plan which puposely alienated business=any business these days.

There is one more catagory=the Marriott apologists/blind loyalist(" high-paying, high-tolerance guests")who fails to see that Marriott is showing nothing but disdain for its frequent guests and best customers and yet is willing to give Marriott money anyway.