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Old Mar 12, 2011 | 5:14 am
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Originally Posted by SkiAdcock
I heard it was supposed to be the 'flagship' & has to conform to higher standards than regular Marriotts. I'm not sure on what planet JW was going to compete w/ real RCs (prior to Marriott acquiring them).

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which is exactly why MI purchased RZ (originally before JW WAS opened Bill had wanted to honor his father, that's where the name actually came from but it had been decided to move into the Luxury segment short after...)
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