Does Hilton need a lower end chain
Jan 13, 2013, 8:26 pm
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Does Hilton need a lower end chain
With Hampton inn getting nicer and nicer it is almost competing with HGI. I actually like Hampton now the problem is they are not in the smaller cities like they use to be. So does Hilton need to start a new brand for the smaller cities that were originally served by Hampton or lower the Hampton standards, which is highly unlikely since the have been raising them recently? Any other thoughts about what to do in the smaller cities?
Jan 13, 2013, 8:40 pm
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With Hampton inn getting nicer and nicer it is almost competing with HGI. I actually like Hampton now the problem is they are not in the smaller cities like they use to be. So does Hilton need to start a new brand for the smaller cities that were originally served by Hampton or lower the Hampton standards, which is highly unlikely since the have been raising them recently? Any other thoughts about what to do in the smaller cities?
Springhill Suites, Courtyard, Fairfield? (Except that you don't get breakfast at CY).
How much more basic than Hampton could you get? Threadbare sheets? No TV? No internet? Outhouse? If such a "brand" existed, I doubt I would stay there. There's a reason I don't stay at Days Inn, Comfort Inn, and Holiday Inn.
Jan 13, 2013, 9:29 pm
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HGI is my preferred choice.
There is simply no comparison with Hampton when it comes to business travel, with the bar, restaurant, etc.
The difference between their breakfasts is night and day.
Hamptons vary between poor and okay, but if I just want a bed, they are fine.
That said, on the Marriott side, I will never stay at a Fairfield if I can find a Springhill, so I guess there's an option for Hilton to do something similar. Hamptons just feel too old-school, even the newer ones.
Edit: Doubletrees are wildly inconsistent, and often more expensive than HGI.
Embassies are fine when they are not zoos. But they are horrible when they are zoos, and that happens all too often.
There is simply no comparison with Hampton when it comes to business travel, with the bar, restaurant, etc.
The difference between their breakfasts is night and day.
Hamptons vary between poor and okay, but if I just want a bed, they are fine.
That said, on the Marriott side, I will never stay at a Fairfield if I can find a Springhill, so I guess there's an option for Hilton to do something similar. Hamptons just feel too old-school, even the newer ones.
Edit: Doubletrees are wildly inconsistent, and often more expensive than HGI.
Embassies are fine when they are not zoos. But they are horrible when they are zoos, and that happens all too often.
Jan 13, 2013, 10:06 pm
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HGI is my preferred choice.
There is simply no comparison with Hampton when it comes to business travel, with the bar, restaurant, etc.
The difference between their breakfasts is night and day.
Hamptons vary between poor and okay, but if I just want a bed, they are fine.
There is simply no comparison with Hampton when it comes to business travel, with the bar, restaurant, etc.
The difference between their breakfasts is night and day.
Hamptons vary between poor and okay, but if I just want a bed, they are fine.
However, when I have a say, I do NOT choose to stay at Hampton Inn. Some locations I've been to can be compared to Best Western at worst and Holiday Inn Express at best.
Jan 14, 2013, 1:20 am
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Jan 14, 2013, 4:53 am
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Those are the ones that are being forced out of the system in the smaller towns. I do not like the hotels either, but I rather have Hilton something versus a holiday inn express.
Jan 14, 2013, 5:00 am
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+1. I can't fathom the difference between the brands. I get the feeling that the difference between two hotels of the same brand can be greater than the differences between two different brands.
Jan 14, 2013, 6:23 am
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Jan 14, 2013, 6:31 am
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As for Hamptons not being in smaller cities anymore, try proving that: make a list of Hampton property adds and departures over the last five years. If anything, the Hampton footprint has grown.
The idea that Hilton needs a brand lower than Hampton? I reject it heartily. Let Best Western and Holiday Inn Express do the bottom-fishing.
Jan 14, 2013, 7:23 am
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http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/hilto...g-dropped.html
Has it actually happened? Not completely, per a quick scan of this thread:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/hilto...corridors.html
but to what degree?
That's the only scenario (if largely true) that I could envision that (in certain parts of the country) could possilbly cause a "mass exodus" of Hamptons from smaller cities.
Jan 14, 2013, 8:09 am
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Hampton is an ok brand, but I do find it trivial that in many cases they are more rxpensive than DT and HGI in the same markets. Why would I stay there and only get 1000 bonus points and a crappy breakfast.
HI was fine as an upscale more econical brand..
A big what if here...... What if Hilton took on say LaQuinta as a budget friendly brand?
HI was fine as an upscale more econical brand..
A big what if here...... What if Hilton took on say LaQuinta as a budget friendly brand?