Originally Posted by FlyingBeanCounter

and that is why they may very well do nothing for those that are at risk for their status. Apparently marriott feels we will stay there no matter what due to this very fact. I tend to think they are correct. Hilton is old and dated and IHG is not exactly on the same level as marriott. There is hyatt, but they do not have the footprint. So for all the wailing and gnashing of teeth here marriott may very well underwhelm people with their approach.

five pages and it comes down to the fact that marriott is ambivalent to us as its largest consumers of its business by room nights.