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@Pangolin – I think maybe you just haven’t chosen the right ‘boutique’ hotels which are also described above as being “chintzy” which isn’t the reality, and anyway chintz designs and things like arts and crafts are very in fashion. Fine, if you like chain hotels but to diss ‘boutique’ or small independent hotels is unreasonable. It’s the difference between battery/caged eggs and free range eggs. I prefer the free range version of hotels particularly as, unlike the eggs, you get much better taste and overall experience at a lower cost. But each to their own.
The funny thing about chains that we observe is that they have become really rather expensive and poor value vs their chain friends and particularly for the likes of RC, WA, St R vs genuine luxury (only) groups.
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