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Old Dec 17, 2018, 2:28 am
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Originally Posted by amanuensis
The author brought up the topic of hotel brands (like Renaissance or Doubletree) that exist primarily as a place to reflag hotels that no longer fit the standards of the brand that they were previously affiliated with. But the author failed to develop that topic. Perhaps the editor trimmed some text to make the article fit a predertermined word count. And extended-stay hotel brands were not mentioned at all despite being shown in the article's graphics.
But then you have brand new Renaissance (Warsaw Airport). So it isn't like it now dropped below standard and is being rebadged.

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