Amazon's Growing Power In The U.S. Economy“Never say no when a client asks for something, even if it is the moon. While "hotelier to the kings" Cesar Ritz, the "king of luxury hoteliers," created late 19th-century palaces, each grand in a different way, monuments to the cities they were located, the new king of luxury hotels took a very different path. One might say, it's the antithesis of uber luxury which was Ritz's forte, where waste is acceptable as the artisan works to create something unique and special. Yet today, every way you slice and dice it, Marriott means luxury, all types of luxury, from grande dames to the endless party and the more mundane type. The coupling created not only a giant hotel company but a large footprint of luxury brands, eight or nine depending on how you count them.

Source: Forbes December 05, 2016 05:10 UTC