After several years at Starwood, I've returned to Marriott. Some quick impressions:

1. I'd forgotten about Marriott's fabled consistency. It's nice to avoid surprises which, almost always, are unpleasant.

2. I like the new TVs and, particularly, the HDMI input. Now I can watch my own movies on my laptop (which has an HDMI port) in high def.

3. Marriott's room service food quality is higher than I've remembered. I'm three-for-three on some excellent room service dinners.

All in all, I'm happy to be back.