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Dtroit
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Posted on Saturday, March 10, 2007 - 11:23 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Does anyone know which "Major International Hotel Name" the Pontch will be changing its name to?
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Lmichigan
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Posted on Saturday, March 10, 2007 - 11:27 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Sheraton, I believe.
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Detroitplanner
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Posted on Sunday, March 11, 2007 - 12:17 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Motel 6
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Scs100
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Posted on Sunday, March 11, 2007 - 12:28 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Hampton Inn
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Mind_field
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Posted on Sunday, March 11, 2007 - 12:35 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Year Inn
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Psip
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Posted on Sunday, March 11, 2007 - 1:46 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Slipper Inn

/sorry
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Iddude313
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LOL @ Psip
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Ja1mz
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Posted on Sunday, March 11, 2007 - 8:35 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

"Buck a Minute Inn" or "Spray 'n' Stay"...one of the two..
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Michmeister
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Posted on Sunday, March 11, 2007 - 8:41 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Dew drop Inn?
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Catman_dude
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Econo Lodge?
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Bobj
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Posted on Sunday, March 11, 2007 - 9:40 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Bates Motel
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Urbanize
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Posted on Sunday, March 11, 2007 - 9:51 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

"Sheraton, I believe"

Lmichigan is right. I'm ashamed at you DYer's, don't even know the full name of an historic hotel. On the other hand, y'all would say Westin Book Cadillac in a second.

However, I will admit, I have fun reading your crazy answers.

(Message edited by Urbanize on March 11, 2007)

(Message edited by Urbanize on March 11, 2007)
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Urbanize
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The Fort Shelby will be a Double Tree (A member of the Hilton Hotel Family). So yes, Paris Hilton's Father will own two (or three) hotels in Downtown Detroit.
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Hotel Yorba East
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Posted on Sunday, March 11, 2007 - 12:13 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

No Tell Motel?
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Eric
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Posted on Sunday, March 11, 2007 - 12:24 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

quote:

The Fort Shelby will be a Double Tree (A member of the Hilton Hotel Family). So yes, Paris Hilton's Father will own two (or three) hotels in Downtown Detroit.



Actually he won't the Detroit hotels are franchises.


Also wasn't the Pontch supposed to have made the switch already? What's the holdup?

(Message edited by eric on March 11, 2007)
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Burnsie
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Any updates on the Fort Shelby deal? Nothing new about it on this forum since September.
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Detroit_stylin
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Red Roof Inn
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Matt_the_deuce
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La Quinta
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Burnsie
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AmeriHost Inn
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Hans57
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the brown trout.
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Jjaba
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Posted on Sunday, March 11, 2007 - 6:25 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Edsel Hotel.
A pig by any other name is still a.......

jjaba.
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Patrick
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Royal Jjaba Suites-West
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Shark
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La Casa Inn - South
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Scottr
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Bates Motel
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Lmichigan
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Posted on Sunday, March 11, 2007 - 9:33 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Someone beat you to it, Scottr.

Dew Drop Inn, Michmeister? Never heard that one, but it's funny. Please, Dew Drop Inn...
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Scottr
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Posted on Sunday, March 11, 2007 - 9:39 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

doh! i even double checked, and still overlooked it...
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Scs100
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Super 8
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Motel 6, we'll leave the lights on for ya. It keeps the cockroaches away.
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The new and improved Viking Motel
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Willmess01
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Hotel California....
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The Crown Plaza II
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Fastcarsfreedom
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I can't believe no one mentioned my favorite, The Alibi, which is on Gratiot out Roseville Way...great name.

Still I believe it's a Sheraton in all seriousness...giving Starwood two "anchors" on Washington Blvd with the Westin Book-Cadillac.
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Mallory
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Hotel Barden?

Coleman Young Towers?

Motown Motel?

The Axel Foley Beverly Hills Hotel East?
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Posted on Tuesday, March 13, 2007 - 10:36 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

HOTEL YORBA'S NEW HOME !!!!!
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Roomseller
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No Tell Motel
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Crew
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I've been looking for a pic of the seedy motel Mayor Quimby on the Simpson's frequents. What's it called? Off-Ramp Motel or something like that???
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Yorba...a classic Hkytwn. Being in the hotel business myself, the Yorba probably had a lot to do with that. My brother-in-law's family used to run the little cafe in the Yorba back in '69 or so, I remember going there as a kid and it was the most fascinating place I had ever seen. Spooky and just begging for exploration. Being only 10 or so I had no fear. Drove by there in January when I was visiting and just kept on driving.
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Bobj
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The all new Hotel Vermont
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Patrick
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Posted on Tuesday, March 13, 2007 - 4:04 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Coleman Young Inn

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