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Old May 31, 2016 | 10:44 pm
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bhrubin
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Originally Posted by DJ_Iceman
I disagree. Do you have a source for these assertions?
There are many but none that I can find off the cuff. But anyone who knows anything about hotels knows already that Starwood was the leading luxury and upper upscale hotel group with the most properties in those rate determining brand spaces. See http://www.investopedia.com/articles...rts-marhot.asp for some stats that relate much of that information.

As the article also notes, Marriott's Courtyard, Fairfield, SpringHill, and Residence Inn brands--all of which are below the upper upscale and luxury spaces--account for over 3,000 of the total Marriott hotel portfolio--compared to just over 1,000 on the upper upscale and luxury space. Starwood's entire portfolio almost is in the upper upscale and luxury spaces, in stark contrast.

As those brand categories are defined by the average room rates commanded by properties, it should be obvious that Starwood therefore commanded higher average room revenues at its hotels than Marriott ever possibly could. Over 3/4 of Marriott's properties are in brands commanding less than upper upscale hotel rates.
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