I concur with the explanations other folks have noted. All true based on my experience working in hotels in Minnesota and Florida.
Originally Posted by
Traveler56789
My hypothesis is that these rooms are so expensive (think $10K+/night) and reserved for celebrities who have a team of people who take care of hotel reservations and won't be booking through Marriott.com like the rest of us.
One hotel I used to work has a gorgeous 3,500 square foot (335 square meters) Presidential Suite with four bedrooms, fireplace, full kitchen, grand piano, and other amenities like a room for your butler. When I was there, the only way to book was via our in-house Reservations Office or through our Sales Department. I just looked online. The hotel is now affiliated with Hyatt and that suite is bookable online. It's about $4,000/night. (That's about $1,000 less than what I remember the going rate to be when I was there.)
I certainly met a number of celebrities while I worked at that hotel as Night Manager. But more often than not, that Presidential Suite was populated by Fortune 500 CEOs and non-famous wealthy people. Outside of a few hotels in very specific places, I'd bet that these top tier suites in high-end hotels aren't typically housing guests with names the general public would recognize.