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Old Sep 9, 2014, 11:47 am
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writerguyfl
 
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Reality Check

Unless it is near 100%, standardization is ineffective as it then becomes X percent of hotels and a list of exceptions.

Renaming a hotel takes money: new signage, marketing materials, labor costs to handle everything, and potential loss of business when stays chooses a competitor with "airport" in the name because other chains don't follow this rule of standardization.

Given that there would be no immediate tangible benefits and will actually create a competitive disadvantage for both the franchisee or Marriott, the only way this standardization happen at 100% of hotels is if it's funded by an external source.
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