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.
MGM is bundling rooms, meals, shows, and parking at its two cheapest Strip properties for $330 a stay, calling it innovation. When you start packaging everything together at your value tier because nobody's walking through the door on their own, that's not a new product... that's a fire sale with better marketing.
The Boston Wine Expo packed 4,000 attendees and 100 wineries into the Boston Park Plaza over a single weekend. The real story isn't the wine... it's whether your property is capturing the economics of the large-format events happening in your backyard, or just absorbing the wear and tear.
