Hotels That Move Around

[wriddle082]

Thought this thread was about hotels with a moving floor feature, such as a restaurant on the top floor.  These seem to be going the way of the dinosaur.

Very disappointing thread, 0/10 do not recommend!

[Rothman]

I grimace at the fact that downgrades have been more common than upgrades in my experience.  Parent companies just seem to be bleeding brands dry.

[roadman65]

Thought this thread was about hotels with a moving floor feature, such as a restaurant on the top floor.  These seem to be going the way of the dinosaur.

Very disappointing thread, 0/10 do not recommend!

Tampa Airport still has that revolving rooftop cocktail lounge so everyone can view the planes as one side faces the terminal.

What gets me is how the waiters find their tables as a different part of the dining room is outside the kitchen each time you walk through the door.

[wriddle082]

I grimace at the fact that downgrades have been more common than upgrades in my experience.  Parent companies just seem to be bleeding brands dry.

Me too, but on rare occasions there are full gut and rebuilds for brand upgrades.  There is a Doubletree in North Charleston, SC on Ashley Phosphate Rd. with a prominent view from I-26 that used to be something else.  Probably an old Ramada or Holiday Inn.  It's just a big rectangular block facing the highway, which they built a lot of back in the day, and in the back they have a Homewood Suites attached.

[CNGL-Leudimin]

I have a map of all Ibis hotels in France. There are three types ("plain" Ibis, Ibis budget and Ibis Styles, which I refer to with the color of their logos: red, blue and green respectively). So far I've noted two cases of such hotel moves: An Ibis Styles in Bordeaux which moved around the corner, and one case near Toulouse where an Ibis budget became Ibis Styles and a few years later the Ibis budget was rebuilt nearby.

[formulanone]

I grimace at the fact that downgrades have been more common than upgrades in my experience.  Parent companies just seem to be bleeding brands dry.

Always bet on entropy.

[hotdogPi]

I don't really have a problem with downgrades; it makes visiting other cities more affordable.

It wasn't a hotel, but my most recent B&B (for froggie's Albany meet) was $57 for one night after fees. It was kind of barebones, but I would definitely have taken that over a fancy $150 B&B or hotel.

Housing seems to be doing the exact opposite; all new apartments seem to be branded luxury. This is pricing people out.

($57 per day is less than monthly rent where I live, by the way.)

[JayhawkCO]

I believe we've had a member or two here that worked in hospitality which mentioned brand standards to be kept up. Or sometimes it's easier to downgrade or just "shift laterally" to another brand if they insist on a new property. (Search is bugged out on my phone.)

I was the F&B Director at the Jacquard Hotel & Rooftop, which is an Autograph Collection hotel by Marriott. We had to have certain standards (elite breakfast, room service, etc.) to be allowed to remain in that group (and charge accordingly). But, thankfully Autograph Collection meant we had a lot of independence on offerings. If you're a "Marriott Marriott", you have to have certain brands of alcohol, certain snacks in the pantry/gift shop, certain uniforms, etc. None of that applied to us.

[Road Hog]

I heard about a "moving hotel" of sorts that I thought went bankrupt a decade ago.

https://vonlane.com/

[michravera]

https://maps.app.goo.gl/K5kS786LQvC6gwi3A
Here is a Holiday In and Days Inn next door to each other in 2012.

Here are the same two properties in 2022.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/4PoykZjYS8fojStc9

Notice the Days Inn moved into the former Holiday Inn.

What's even more ironic is that the current Meadowlands View Hotel ( former Days Inn) was previously another Holiday Inn.

How many move up a few lots or properties from their original?

I mentioned in a thread called something like "two of the same business viewable from the same location" that Motel 6 bought a Howard Johnson's a couple hundred meters down the street, signed them both as "Motel 6".

[CtrlAltDel]

https://maps.app.goo.gl/K5kS786LQvC6gwi3A
Here is a Holiday In and Days Inn next door to each other in 2012.

Here are the same two properties in 2022.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/4PoykZjYS8fojStc9

Notice the Days Inn moved into the former Holiday Inn.

What's even more ironic is that the current Meadowlands View Hotel ( former Days Inn) was previously another Holiday Inn.

How many move up a few lots or properties from their original?

The Meadowlands View Hotel is now a Ramada. And not a good one, from what I can glean from the reviews. Incidentally, I stayed at this hotel when it was the Days Hotel, and I thought it was fine. My room had recently been redone, and everything was still brand new.