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# 2026-05-11 12:45:06

## Multi-branded Hotels

Notes on [[penner_2013_hotel-design#Chapter 5 Multi-branded Hotels]]:

Multi-branded hotels first appeared
as separate buildings on a shared parcel
with shared amenity spaces,
then later as a single building.

### Critique of Listed Advantages of Multi-branded Hotels

By my reading,
the only _inherent_ advantage of multi-branded hotels
is the shared investment.

Many of those listed in the text break down
when considered in comparison to a single-brand hotel
of size equal to the multi-brand in question.

> * Meeting space becomes more cost-effective.
>    A ballroom might not be feasible to build and operate for one hotel alone
>    but when shared by two, it becomes viable.

I suppose this makes sense if compared to the case
that the parcel was split between the two brands
and each built entirely separate facilities adjacent to each other,
but that just doesn't seem realistic.

Or maybe you're a hotel brand exec
deciding on the next construction project
and you really need another ballroom
but your budget for construction wouldn't normally allow it.