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18. Man, am I relieved to hear this!!

Tue Apr 22, 2025, 06:59 PM

Apr 22

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My favorite hotel in Europe is a Marriott, namely the one in Brussels.

They have changed managers only a few times in 20 years, and the international staff is among the best I know of at any hotel. There are Latin Americans, at least one Turk, a Latvian, a Greek, two (count'em!) Belgians, a few Italians, an Italian-speaking Algerian at the omelet counter at breakfast, and a few fabulous Filipinos that I practically count as family. They must treat their employees well, because in 20 years there has been extremely little turnover. It is not a 5 star place or super swank by any means, but they are clean, efficient, and take care of their guests like no other place I have ever stayed. A hotel is finally only as good as the people who run it, and this place is REALLY well-run!

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Bravo Marriott! [View all] malaise Apr 22 OP

Bravo! SheltieLover Apr 22 #1

DEI needs a catchy theme Mopar151 Apr 22 #2

DEI, Mr. Evil Apr 22 #3

DEI Failures... rubbersole Apr 22 #13

Call it JEDI... druidity33 Apr 23 #29

Nope us DEI BattleRow Apr 23 #33

Uh oh. progressoid Apr 22 #4

Be openly racist or... lame54 Apr 22 #5

The Resistance is strong. Martin68 Apr 22 #6

I thought Delta gave 1 million Libloom Apr 22 #7

This is GREAT news. spanone Apr 22 #8

Indeed malaise Apr 22 #9

We do too! spanone Apr 22 #14

Me three! OMGWTF Apr 23 #30

And Marriott BumRushDaShow Apr 22 #10

K&R William769 Apr 22 #11

DEI is equal to "all men are created equal," Mr.Bee Apr 22 #12

oh wow. thanks for this. I need another hotel chain to use, The other two big ones push time shares too much Demovictory9 Apr 22 #15

Marriott is the largest hotelier in the world and is my go-to chain. OMGWTF Apr 23 #31

we fought for fifty years for inclusion and now the r rascals want to take that away. AllaN01Bear Apr 22 #16

This message was self-deleted by its author AllaN01Bear Apr 22 #17

Man, am I relieved to hear this!! DFW Apr 22 #18

One of my siblings and her hubby only stay at Marriott malaise Apr 22 #19

I don't have a hard and fast rule DFW Apr 22 #23

Sweet malaise Apr 22 #24

malaise............ Upthevibe Apr 22 #20

I love this! PatSeg Apr 22 #21

Thank you Marriott! Initech Apr 22 #22

Always appreciate it when a CEO stands with the good guys. calimary Apr 22 #25

Marriott, always took excellent care of their employees. Bluethroughu Apr 22 #26

Let's hope the Hilton family of properties follows suite. CoopersDad Apr 22 #27

Delta! I did not know that. LNM Apr 22 #28

Apple. efhmc Apr 23 #32