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user-inactivated  ·  3015 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Hilton Worldwide Changes the Game with a Revolutionary New Midscale Brand (check out the photos)

If I, being the crotchety old fart that I am, walked in and saw that hotel I would walk right out, not the name of the place and put that in my "not my style" folder. 15ish years ago when I traveled a ton, the only things I wanted in a hotel were access to the internet (rare but doable), clean water and a staff that understood that I was working 2nd and 3rd shift jobs and please don't barge in during the day.

A hotel is not an 'experience' for people like me who are in a hotel for work. Or hell maybe I'm the weirdo and this is going to sell like crazy.

To this day the best hotel experience I ever had was Comfort Suites. They did not service your room unless you asked, they were suites with a workable kitchen, and they understood that you were there working. No bull, no real frills, just a place to store your crap, a place to have gear mailed to if needed and a place to decompress at the end of the day.