Paris Hilton Scaring Away Business? Paris Makes Me Loathe Staying at Hiltons
Jun 8, 2007, 1:33 pm
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Paris was sentenced by the Judge to go back to Jail, and serve out her Sentence. It gets better instead of the 23 days reduced sentence, He ruled she has to serve the entire 45 days she was originally sentenced to
Jun 8, 2007, 9:20 pm
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As I sit here on the 2nd of four weekends in Hilton hotels this month, I wondered if there was a thread of how bad Paris was making this brand look. I love the Hilton brand of hotels but have a hard time lately staying here knowing she benefits from every night I spend here... but unfortunately they're the only respectable hotel in all of the towns I frequent.
Jun 8, 2007, 9:25 pm
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Jun 8, 2007, 9:34 pm
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Paris Hilton is no better or worse than many other celebrity, give the girl a break.
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Jun 9, 2007, 6:53 am
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omegadeal - I've never stayed there, but I'm thinking since you posted that it could quite possibly make her scream and cry the same. 
I'm starting to feel sorry for Paris (as before I just didn't care). It sure seems her "celebrity" has gotten her more time for the crime, but who knows for sure with all the media distortion.
And as far as not staying at Hiltons because of Paris benefiting... this is business 101 people.
I'm starting to feel sorry for Paris (as before I just didn't care). It sure seems her "celebrity" has gotten her more time for the crime, but who knows for sure with all the media distortion.
And as far as not staying at Hiltons because of Paris benefiting... this is business 101 people.
Jun 9, 2007, 7:36 am
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Hampton Inns, which is Hilton's lowest-end brand, is roughly on par with Wingate Inns, which is Cendant's highest-end brand. The lower-end Cendant brands, including Days Inn, Ramada, Knights Inn, Travelodge, Super 8, and Howard Johnson, have absolutely no analogue in the Hilton system.
Not to stray too far off-topic, but it seems amazing and somewhat redundant that the same franchisor has 6 different hotel brands, all of which provide the same low-grade lodging and have no distinct brand identity other than being cheap.
Not to stray too far off-topic, but it seems amazing and somewhat redundant that the same franchisor has 6 different hotel brands, all of which provide the same low-grade lodging and have no distinct brand identity other than being cheap.
Do people really differentiate between these brands? I mean, do people really think "I'm a Days Inn guy...I try not to associate with those lowbrow Travelodge people."
Over on the Slickdeals board, there is a thread that has developed into its own little subforum - how to play the Triprewards Guarantee to score free rooms at the above brands. OK, so these people get free hotels rooms. But then they actually have to stay at a Knights Inn or whatever.
Uhhhh....no thanks...I'll go Mr. Moneybags here and pay my $70 for the Hampton Inn (assuming I'm roadtripping to a place where these brands exist).I don't get it. It seems like they would be better off blowing up 75% of those brands and focus on about 2 - a Baymont-type brand that roughly competes in the Hampton category and a Travelodge-type brand that covers the barebones roadside motel category.
I know there's some history with the Ramada and HoJo brands - I guess at one point in history they featured nice hotels. Side trivia: I seem to recall using Marriott Marquis(?) points to stay at a Ramada Inn outside of San Francisco in the early years of hotel rewards programs. For its era, it was an okay hotel - probably 2.5 stars by today's standards.
Jun 9, 2007, 7:44 am
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Jun 9, 2007, 8:39 am
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If they still had the Doubletree Club Miami they could have sentenced her to that - but IMO the CEO would be better. Fortunately, that dungheap has been demolished.
As to Paris, you'd think there was no other news in the world - but then, that's the media. But, I do some work with law enforcement, so here's the deal: most in Paris Hilton's situation get 10% of the sentence in time served - for 15 days, the average is about 2.7 days, so she was actually treated like anyone else (for once in her life.) L A Sheriff Lee Bacca has stated that as well, and made a statement she had some medically related problems. It would appear the judge has undermined the Sheriff's authority in this instance, and Paris Hilton is now in a secure medical facility undergoing evaluation (whilst her attorneys are trying to figure how to get her back home, and on a weekend at that.)
How does any of this affect my choice of Hilton family properties, (or my personal life for that mater?) Not one whit, because she is as important to me as a flyspeck on the glass of the Hilton San Francisco Executive Lounge - when I am in Tokyo at the Conrad, even as it appears the media could not exist without her.
As to Paris, you'd think there was no other news in the world - but then, that's the media. But, I do some work with law enforcement, so here's the deal: most in Paris Hilton's situation get 10% of the sentence in time served - for 15 days, the average is about 2.7 days, so she was actually treated like anyone else (for once in her life.) L A Sheriff Lee Bacca has stated that as well, and made a statement she had some medically related problems. It would appear the judge has undermined the Sheriff's authority in this instance, and Paris Hilton is now in a secure medical facility undergoing evaluation (whilst her attorneys are trying to figure how to get her back home, and on a weekend at that.)
How does any of this affect my choice of Hilton family properties, (or my personal life for that mater?) Not one whit, because she is as important to me as a flyspeck on the glass of the Hilton San Francisco Executive Lounge - when I am in Tokyo at the Conrad, even as it appears the media could not exist without her.
Jun 10, 2007, 9:45 am
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Jun 10, 2007, 12:16 pm
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Jun 10, 2007, 1:15 pm
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