Quote Originally Posted by DetroitPlanner View Post
Add to that 10-12 years ago the hotel next to the Westin was closed now it is open as a Holiday Inn.

Now if we can only get classy establishments like Motel 6 or Knights Inn downtown!
Hey, I have stayed at many a motel over the years! They serve a purpose, and should constitute a "second wave" of hotels outside of downtown, by interstate exits, and by destinations [[like colleges, for example) where the average traveller is looking for a "clean, comfortable room" at a much lower rate than the big boys downtown. It is largely a different crowd that is using a motel outside of downtown than is using a class-A hotel downtown, so there is not too much cannibalism. And service sector jobs at hotels [[and restaurants) are perfect for unskilled workers to enter the workforce, with a good shot for talent and hard work to advance [[most higher paid hospitality positions are filled by people who worked their way up). That's how I started [[disherwasher, age 14), The more motels in Detroit, the merrier.