Originally Posted by
khabah
If Hilton is in a race to some sort of bottom, why is Marriott doing the same?
They probably believe that all they have to do is be slightly better than their competitors, or at least no worse. Being a lot better may be seen as a waste.
Remember the old joke about two guys in the woods when a bear starts running at them? The punchline is: I don't have to outrun the bear, I just have to outrun you. That's the thinking about competition.
Originally Posted by
kaizen7
Hopefully this pandemic made Marriott realise that their hotel owners dying when there are no guests staying.
So going forward they have to woo these guests back.
Are you suggesting cost cutting is not enough to turn a profit, that you also need revenue? That's an innovative thought that obviously hasn't occurred to management.