Newspaper Delivery Changes
Feb 4, 2018, 9:50 pm
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Several FS Marriott and Renaissance have recently told me that they've stopped carrying the USA Today because it didn't meet their "brand standard". This exacerbates the shortage of WSJ.
Feb 5, 2018, 6:19 am
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Georgetown Marriott in Washington, D.C., has a generous amount of newspapers -- Washington Post, Wall Street Journal -- in the lobby and at the M Club lounge by 6 a.m. every morning. I saw a few delivered to rooms, but I never received one.
Feb 6, 2018, 12:18 pm
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At the Marriott Marquis San Francisco, I asked during checkin for a WSJ each morning. She said they didn’t provide papers anymore. I asked to speak to a manager, who said there were a small number of papers available each morning at the bell stand, but I should come down early because they go fast. If they are so popular, then why not have more of them?
I received a call shortly after entering room and was told that since I was a Platinum, a paper would be delivered each morning, and it was .
I received a call shortly after entering room and was told that since I was a Platinum, a paper would be delivered each morning, and it was .
Feb 6, 2018, 6:07 pm
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It would seem that Marriott International is allowing properties not only to stop delivering newspapers to rooms, but to have no newspapers whatsoever in the lobby or lounge. At least limited-service properties. It seems full-service properties still have some newspapers in a lobby or other central point. Pathetic.
Feb 6, 2018, 8:10 pm
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Feb 7, 2018, 6:53 am
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You might as well remove telephones since nobody uses them anymore. We've seen Marriott and some other brands also stupidly remove desks, chairs, dressers and closets because supposedly nobody uses them anymore. Then they backtracked and started putting desks and chairs back into new room designs.
Feb 23, 2018, 6:02 am
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Morrison House, Autograph Collection in Alexandria, Virginia (suburban Washington) has about a dozen copies each of USA Today and The Wall Street Journal in the lobby every morning.
Feb 23, 2018, 2:02 pm
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Feb 24, 2018, 5:38 am
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Yeah I miss the newspaper delivery. Online newspapers are great for selective reading, but if you want to flip through the whole newspaper, paper is a superior technology. I especially like it in a hotel where breakfast is likely in the club lounge, hotel restaurant, or Starbucks and an ideal place to peruse a newspaper and take a short break from technology too.
Feb 24, 2018, 7:09 am
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Feb 24, 2018, 8:57 pm
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Look. It costs the hotel nothing and it's a basic service that most expect from a quality hotel. Plus, they can certainly build the 50 cents or $1 into the room rate or charge guests for the service.
You might as well remove telephones since nobody uses them anymore. We've seen Marriott and some other brands also stupidly remove desks, chairs, dressers and closets because supposedly nobody uses them anymore. Then they backtracked and started putting desks and chairs back into new room designs.
You might as well remove telephones since nobody uses them anymore. We've seen Marriott and some other brands also stupidly remove desks, chairs, dressers and closets because supposedly nobody uses them anymore. Then they backtracked and started putting desks and chairs back into new room designs.
Times change.
Feb 25, 2018, 1:01 pm
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Feb 25, 2018, 6:33 pm
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Attn parallel universes in 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's, 2,000's and dude Kenny; After Delta recently announced that Delta Sky Clubs would no longer be stocked with daily newspapers, Delta now tells customers that it's heard their complaints and is immediately reversing the decision. Newspapers back at your local Sky Club. Now back to the 2010's. No More Newspapers in SC Maybe still some hope at Marriott?
Second, I don't think airline lounges and hotels are comparable on this. Newspapers in airline lounges are often taken onto the plane, and read during take-off/climbing, when onboard WiFi is not available and thus there's no other way to read a newspaper other than a physical copy (unless you managed to get the whole newspaper downloaded onto your laptop or mobile device beforehand, not just one or two articles, but AFAIK that's not possible with most online). But hotels don't have the same issue that people can't access WiFi.
Feb 25, 2018, 7:40 pm
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Newspapers in airline lounges are often taken onto the plane, and read during take-off/climbing, when onboard WiFi is not available and thus there's no other way to read a newspaper other than a physical copy (unless you managed to get the whole newspaper downloaded onto your laptop or mobile device beforehand, not just one or two articles, but AFAIK that's not possible with most online).
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Newspapers in airline lounges are often taken onto the plane, and read during take-off/climbing, when onboard WiFi is not available and thus there's no other way to read a newspaper other than a physical copy (unless you managed to get the whole newspaper downloaded onto your laptop or mobile device beforehand, not just one or two articles, but AFAIK that's not possible with most online).
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