(j3.2006) What Marriott wants

[Bill Long]

On 10/4/12 5:27 PM, Keith Bierman wrote:
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> On Oct 4, 2012, at 1:19 PM, Van Snyder <Van.Snyder at jpl.nasa.gov> wrote:
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>> Now that we've lost Valerie,
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> The tradition was to shadow her. We moved many times. Only place we picked without her (during my tenure) was Arizona Charlie's.  don't go back
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Unfortunately, Marriott seems to have moved Valerie into the "premium 
price" part of their offerings.

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>> Is it time to think about moving along to a different venue?
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>> I've gotten several solicitations from La Quinta, just a block down the
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> Probably our former contact :) either her new home or she gave your info to a friend

Maybe someone quit at Fairfield Inn (or Emerald)  and now works at La 
Quinta.

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> The la Quintas that I've been to we're ok and usually had acceptable biz features. But always best to check specific properties
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> "Corkage fees" are a hotel tradition.
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> J3 isn't big enough to have much leverage
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So, the $50 rooms at Bellagio are still out of the question.  Bummer.

Cheers,
Bill


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