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Old May 28, 2012, 6:06 am
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Openly advertise competitor chains.....

Staying at the HEX Belfast. Was fairly puzzled when I seen that the two public use computers in the reception were openly advertising Accor hotel brands as their screen saver.

Surely that's a school boy error........
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Old May 28, 2012, 6:19 am
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It may be that the franchise owners also owned those hotels under a different brand, it is not that unusual.
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Old May 28, 2012, 6:31 am
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Yeah the owners also own Club Carlsons RB and PI in the city, as well as the Ibis.

First time I have ever come across such a thing (and i stay away c.150 nights a year). Sure the franchise issuers wouldn't be best pleased.
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Old May 28, 2012, 6:33 am
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This is a fairly common sight if the hotel has its own website as well as the PC one
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Old May 29, 2012, 6:18 am
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Not quite the same thing, but I see this quite frequently on shuttle vans when the same outfit owns multiple/adjacent hotels in different chains.
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Old May 29, 2012, 9:45 am
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Or some prankster simply changed the screensaver? I often do put FT as starting page on browsers when deleting my history, if itīs allowed.
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