Originally Posted by
JBord
I'm not following the logic here. When one company owns more of the market, they have less competition. In this case, SPG has effectively been eliminated so that's less incentive for Marriott to decrease prices. I think there's virtually no chance there will be any kind of brand or category decrease.
As for my opinion, they will likely stay the same, with a few adjustments where a hotel was over or under priced. Then you'll see the normal annual changes, which tend to be mostly increases (at least for the properties I seem to care about
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I guess my Logic was with more focused on the SPG properties! So I always have been told and read on here category numbers are based on a few things but mainly the amount of people staying there a year! Besides the loyalists, I feel like a SPG customer will be more inclined to go stay at the regular Marriott then the Sheraton. Which will result in the Sheraton dropping down category level's. Why would someone stay in a Four Points when they can stay in a Courtyard for the same price? In my city the regular Marriott and the Aloft are the same price. The Marriott is hand's down the better property!
I should of been more clear! I think the higher end brand's will stay the same but the lower level brands like, Courtyard, Fairfield Inn, Residence Inn, Aloft, TownPlace, Four Points, and Sheraton could see decreases in their category levels!