Iconic Miami hotel attempts, fails to oust Marriott management in early-morning coup
Skift Take
Hotel owners that spent significant amounts of money prior to the economic downturn in 2008 aren't seeing the numbers that they hoped they would and they're pointing a finger at management teams for not making their revenue dreams come true.
Marriott International is suing the owner of the Eden Roc hotel after a dramatic but unsuccessful early-morning effort by ownership to remove the company's Renaissance brand from management.
Renaissance, which is also a plaintiff in the suit filed Monday in New York, is contracted to manage the 631-room hotel at 4525 Collins Ave. through 2030. A judge granted a temporary restraining order barring the hotel's owner from trying to replace or interfere with Renaissance and set a hearing for mid-November.
Sunday's attempted ouster, which happened before 2 a.m., "included storming the hotel with uniformed security guards while there were guests present, threatening to fire hote
