Marriott just signed two more all-inclusive resort deals, bringing its portfolio to 38 properties with 16 more in development. The brand promise is luxury, personalization, and 13 dining venues per property... the question is what happens when the owner runs the staffing model.
Marriott signed two more all-inclusive deals with Catalonia Hotels & Resorts, adding 793 rooms in Jamaica and Tanzania. The management fee math on a 522-room conversion versus a 271-room new-build reveals what Marriott is actually optimizing for, and it's not what the press release emphasizes.
Sandals turned a forced hurricane closure into a $200 million blank-canvas renovation across three Jamaica properties. The interesting question isn't whether the rooms look better... it's what happens to the tech stack when you rebuild everything from the ground up.
