Originally Posted by
rthib
Just curious by this statement from you,
I thought Marriott only owned a handful of hotels so the assumption is that in almost every case it is a franchised.
Have they increased the number of hotels they own?
a large portion of MI's business model is managing hotels for others (has been since around '93...doesn't tie of as much cash just managing a hotel) - they are still the largest operator of MI flagged hotels
But no things haven't changed - they still own relatively few hotels (heck the family trust owns more than the company does)