UAE is the same unfortunately, I am at one and only now in zaabel and it's like 500-600 per night and simply not worth it. Payment system sucks, no fresh juice at breakfast unless you ask specifically, concierge barely picks up the phone.
Costes hotel in Paris was great but 1k a night.
And Bangkok still amazing even at 400-500 a night.
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A big cause of this is that the hotel isn't actually opered by the "brand" so owners can do whatever they want quality-wise beyond what the website promises
wrote about it here:
Marriott has its name on 9,805 reported properties. It owns or leases 51.
Why would the world's largest hotel company avoid owning hotels?
Because a hotel building and a hotel system are two very different businesses. One consumes capital. The other scales.
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one relevant explanation: post-pandemic, hotel ownership groups are applying immense pressure to lower service standards in managed property arrangements. basic stuff like turndown service frequency and standards. they learned wrong lessons from pandemic disruptions and are trying to convert to cost savings.
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