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Hyatt Place Just Landed in Korea's Silicon Valley. The Courtyard Next Door Is Running 90% Occupancy. Marriott Just Put a Courtyard on an Okinawa Beach. That's Not a Resort Play. It's a Conversion Template. Curator Wants to Give Independents Enterprise Tech. The Real Question Is Who's Paying for Implementation. Palisociety Just Handed Marriott 16 Hotels and Called It Independence OTAs Are Becoming Ad Networks. You're the Product Being Sold. 80% of World Cup Host City Hotels Are Below Forecast. The Rate Strategy Made It Worse. IHG Has Spent $3.9 Billion Buying Back Its Own Stock Since 2022. That's Capital That Didn't Build Hotels. Hyatt Place Just Landed in Korea's Silicon Valley. The Courtyard Next Door Is Running 90% Occupancy. Marriott Just Put a Courtyard on an Okinawa Beach. That's Not a Resort Play. It's a Conversion Template. Curator Wants to Give Independents Enterprise Tech. The Real Question Is Who's Paying for Implementation. Palisociety Just Handed Marriott 16 Hotels and Called It Independence OTAs Are Becoming Ad Networks. You're the Product Being Sold. 80% of World Cup Host City Hotels Are Below Forecast. The Rate Strategy Made It Worse. IHG Has Spent $3.9 Billion Buying Back Its Own Stock Since 2022. That's Capital That Didn't Build Hotels.

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Palisociety Just Handed Marriott 16 Hotels and Called It Independence

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Palisociety Just Handed Marriott 16 Hotels and Called It Independence

Design Hotels' largest-ever portfolio addition brings 1,000+ Palisociety keys into the Marriott Bonvoy machine. The question every boutique owner should be asking isn't whether the distribution is worth it... it's what "keeping your soul" actually costs when you're paying fees to the world's largest hotel company.

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Elena Voss 3 min read · 4h ago