It wasn’t so long ago that all hotels pretty much looked alike.
Just another pretty face, or not so pretty.
There were some differences in the design of a luxury lobby and bar, versus, say the lobby and bar of a moderate-priced hotel chain. No one would confuse a Four Seasons with a Best Western.
But basically, the design standard and principles of hotel brands were fixed by Corporate with little flexibility and certainly no impulse to take many design chances.
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