Originally Posted by
KRSW
I hope that "being competitive" with Hampton Inn doesn't mean copying their interior design choices. The rolling barn-style bathroom door with 2" gaps all the way around doesn't block light/sound/smells and sometimes slides open by itself is a terrible design. The lack of drawers and flat surfaces to lay things out on is inexcusable.
The Hampton Inn I stayed at recently was a few years old and had a conventional door for the bathroom, but I wouldn't be surprised to see a sliding barn door for the bathroom at the newest Hampton Inns.
Marriott's development website shows the current brand standards for Fairfield by Marriott, including a sample room with a conventional bathroom door:
https://hotel-development.marriott.c...ld-inn-suites/
However, the development website shows a sliding barn door for the bathroom at Fairfield's hip cousin, MOXY:
https://hotel-development.marriott.c...s/moxy-hotels/