Originally Posted by
MSPeconomist
It's not just a matter of the total number of properties in the program, but rather how many hotels there are in which I want to stay. I hate the idea of some bunch of Fairfields or Courtyards replacing Des Indes or Furstenhof or a StR. For me, this is the issue. Most of Starriotts 6700 hotels are ones where I hope I never have to stay.
More like the JW Maldives, Solaz, and 40 other high end destination type properties ....
https://www.forbes.com/sites/douggol.../#7cd804969957
The Mandarin in LV is now a Waldorf/Hilton ... does anyone think MO is falling apart?
Properties leave for all sorts of reasons ... sometimes they don't want to renovate, sometimes their are too many Marriott family properties in the area and they don't want to share Marriott loyalists, sometimes they want to leverage a deal with another Hotel company ....