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Jun 30, 2008 | 8:29 am

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Originally Posted by holtju2

I don't believe that there is much money to be made on the super budget chains. Hilton has Hampton Inn's, SPG has aLoft, Hyatt has Hyatt Place etc. I guess that only Marriott has one Fairfield Inn or something similar that probably qualifies as a budget chain.

I don't aloft is a budget, or even a semi budget chain. Maybe there is something in the idea that isn't really much money in a super budget chain.

It'll be interesting to say how Air Asia goes with their chain of Tune hotels. They have plans to open more than 100. They look something like Formule 1.

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