Originally Posted by hhoope01

I don't think Marriott "forces" hotels to not exceed the standard, but they definitely do make recommendations like that.

Check out the following post (a while back, but from Marriott's official representative): https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/11062254-post41.html The post was almost 10 years ago, but I think Marriott still manages this same way. They don't "force", but they will encourage and recommend. And of course, Hotel management takes it and tells regular staff this is what Marriott Corp is telling us to do (i.e. forcing us.)