Downtown Omni Hotel Sold

[bl8jaxnative]

Real Hospitality Group owns the Southbank hotel, not Marriott.

Real Hospitality Group operates the Southbank hotel.

Maybe, depending on the franchise setup, they may have to have hire a 3rd party to operate it.  Or they have have a few managers that have gone through some Marriott required training.

It's a franchise.


It's a Delta hotel in the Marriott scheme.  This is a brand Marriott uses for hotels long in the tooth and gettin' rough where they can collect the franchise fees w/ out - hopefully - sullying the brand image.

[fieldafm]

No one claimed Marriot owned the Southbank hotel, but thanks for the franchise lesson Captain Obvious.

[jaxjags]

Marriott only owns a handful of hotels at this point. All are owned and operated by separate companies. This is different than a couple  decades ago when Marriott had essentially 2 business units. One owned hotels and one franchised the others.

[Steve]

Real Hospitality Group owns the Southbank hotel, not Marriott.

Real Hospitality Group operates the Southbank hotel.

Maybe, depending on the franchise setup, they may have to have hire a 3rd party to operate it.  Or they have have a few managers that have gone through some Marriott required training.

It's a franchise.


It's a Delta hotel in the Marriott scheme.  This is a brand Marriott uses for hotels long in the tooth and gettin' rough where they can collect the franchise fees w/ out - hopefully - sullying the brand image.

To the point about Marriott owning hotels, I think Marriott is down to less than 10 hotels they own.

Also, Delta is actually a strong brand in Canada. Marriott has bough a lot of brands for a regional footprint-Delta is one they bought for a foothold in Canada.

Interestingly, when I search through the Marriott app for the properly now, Delta doesn't show on this hotel.

Personally, I think it's a temporary thing while the new owners renovate and put a better-fitting Marriott flag.