Originally Posted by
dcstudent
(I'm not worried about the lower-end.) All the 4pts I've stayed at are complete crap so the Marriott brands must be competitive to the Hilton Family/Hyatt hotels I stay at on the lower end.
At the lower end, it's much harder to compare against SPG because there's nothing there.
It's much easier to compare against Hilton.
For example, Fairfield Inn is a very close match to Hilton's Hampton Inn (and pretty close match to IHG's Holiday Inn Express). SPG (and even Hyatt) have nothing in that space.