...Not sure what it means, but it definitely seems to be consistently applied.
Cheers.
They have a long history of not including any reference to Le Meridien as a brand on their own web site, even when Le Meridien was not part of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide.
It is one of the reasons that there is no direct link from their Starwood homepage:
http://www.starwoodhotels.com/lemeri...ropertyID=1911
To their own web site. If the question then becomes "why do they do this", I would have to refer you directly to them for that answer.
Best regards,
William R. Sanders
Online Guest Feedback Coordinator
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide
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