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Old Nov 3, 2005 | 11:50 am
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Originally Posted by camachinist
Remember, very few Marriott's are corporate owned. Staff at non-owned properties, including those who send information to MR, are trained by Marriott but managed and employed locally. They often can reflect the corporate culture of the owners/managers rather than that of Marriott, unfortunately.

IME, about 8% of our stays require some sort of follow up. Most are at select service properties, and all follow-ups have been at such.

Pat
Pat,

I just want to clarify, just because MI doesn't own a hotel doesn't mean they don't operate it under a management agreement, MI actually does manage a good % of the total portfolio
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