Post #574947 by bigbrotiki on Sun, Feb 6, 2011 3:07 PM

Well, that's the obvious difference between large chain and small individual ownership: The TIKI Motel owners have their own take on things and can act accordingly - that's how it used to be.

Thank you Cammo for a very thorough and logical (though depressing, what else) explanation. It solves the question of a.) why the Crown/Hanalei destroyed the Islands that late (after the place had lasted that long), and b.) ads another angle to the cookie-cutter way-of-thinking of mass-market chain businesses in general.

I have always wondered WHY Hotels in hotel chains seem to change chain-ownership so quickly, like the Hanalei after it had become a Red Lion becoming a Crown within a few years. The above reason shows that it's not necessarily because of direct economic success or failure, but because one chain decides that it needs a property in that area to make themselves more competitive for the "Recognized Travel Vendor" market. And I am sure there are other, even less "logical" reasons.