Quite interesting, Bill. Kind of surprised Wyndham would comment negatively about the hotel's ownership in the article.
... It seems that Wyndham officials have already had pointed discussions with the private company that owns the Wyndham Checkers and operates it as a franchisee. By what both sides said was mutual agreement, the Wyndham name is coming off the property.
Minibar pricing was partly at issue in the decision to haul down the Wyndham flag when the Los Angeles hotel didn't go along with a new policy requiring across-the-board price reductions, Mr. Kleisner said.
He explained, "One of the core issues I had was, while it's a very interesting and with-it hotel, when we franchise our name you must subscribe 100 percent to our brand requirements
We'll see if Hilton can "tame" the owners.
[This message has been edited by Craig6z (edited 10-29-2002).]