Originally Posted by
flyboy60
OK, so that means there are slightly more than half the number of hotel nights in Lyon than in Scottsdale (6.6 million in 2010). So Starwood has responded with 7 count 'em properties in Scottsdale, including several very high-end properties. and none in Lyon. Seems to be out of whack. How many hotel nights are there in Paris? It's easily an order of magnitude greater than Scottsdale, yet there are only 5 Starwood properties there. Perhaps Starwood does not consider Paris to be a significant tourist destination, on the order of Scottsdale or San Diego where there are 10 Starwood properties.
As I pointed out above, Starwood's likely clientele is different from Accor's and different from that of independent hotels in France. It's also different and smaller than their clientele in the USA. You can't just look at total numbers and assume that Starwood could get the same fraction of the Paris or French market as they can in the USA or Scottsdale without lowering prices drastically or providing costly incentives which would tend to make these locations unprofitable or at least not as profitable as other locations.