Marriott

…As independent hotel margins have shrunk, franchise chains like Marriott, Hilton, and Hyatt have been exploding across the globe for the last decade.…

…Some brands, like Marriott, for example, Extended Stay would be a few, which again, the themes are always like, how do we take this new technology and make it better?…

…We had about 50 Marriott, mostly full 81 00:04:39,270 - > 00:04:46,665 service, about 50 Hilton, couple of Hyatt, IHE smattered in.…

…And we partner with the biggest brand there is, if it's Marriott Decor, Radisson, Thorn, Schendick.…

…The, the second one was, I would say, is when I held senior leadership positions for companies like Marriott, Hilton, Highgate and, InterContinental Hotels Overseas, where I, of course, worked in Pakistan as a country director.…

…know repurpose we also take hotels do dual brands sometimes we go ahead and reposition them but i mean a little bit of everything for over the last 25 years we started out with choice ihe hilton and marriott that's kind of our core of 135 hotels now we've got a few in the ground opened about four hotels this year so we're still pretty active i know what it's like to open one hotel but boy doing four at a time it's like you…

…Uh, my middle year I went out to Cleveland, Ohio, worked with Marriott for a year.…

…Um, from Hilton, Marriott and the Crown Plaza to the Cheesecake Factory.…

…in, within Atlanta to a general contractor that had a development arm, Harden Capital, and it was there that, I really began to develop relationships and learn, more about some of the larger brands, Marriott and Hilton for example.…

…No offense to the enterprise brands, but when you do a deal with a Hilton or an IHG or a Marriott, and that's your main product, you're gonna do whatever they need.…

…51 00:02:19,372 - > 00:02:22,852 So after business school, I went into consulting, and then when a 52 00:02:22,953 - > 00:02:26,711 job at Marriott popped up, it just felt like a full circle 53 00:02:26,752 - > 00:02:27,072 moment.…

…peaker C: I worked for Marriott for a while, about 12 years.…

…I've actually sold out to Marriott and such like that.…

…And they're people from the Marriott execs, the Hilton execs, people who are executives of big companies throughout the country.…

…I mean everybody, they know, the big brands, the Marriotts, the Hilton, I actually know that you have been working on, if you don't already have some of these big name hotels are, are affiliated with you or at least their brand is on your properties.…

…Willard Marriott example of what makes Marriott great.…