Originally Posted by
Horace
It would certainly make sense for Marriott Hotels and Renaissance Hotels to be in the same category. In many cities, it seems the definition of a Renaissance Hotel is "we already have a full-service Marriott Hotel around here, so this other full-service hotel has been branded as a Renaissance Hotel."
Renaissance was a hotel chain that Marriott bought in 1997 (or 98). The reason some cities have both is because, in many cases, Renaissance was there first. That was one of the reasons Marriott bought the chain, to get a footprint in cities it didn't have it's signature hotels. It certainly as nothing to do with what was written here.
[QUOTE=Horace;23175063]The category is "Lifestyle/Collections." Apparently AC is "lifestyle" while The Autograph Collection is a "collection."/QUOTE]
This is simply a wild guess, not a factual statement, and even as a guess it makes no sense. Anyone who has stayed in both AC hotels and Autograph hotels would know that they belong in the same listing as would Four Seasons and Ibis.