On 2007-11-08 12:31:21 +0000, Mathew Newton said:

On 8 Nov, 05:31, Andy Hall wrote:

Generically, airport hotels and those close to railway stations are
almost always bad, regardless of who they are. I've never worked out
quite why, but pretty much always eliminate them unless there's no
choice.

It is because they are competing successfully on location alone and
not quality.

Mathew

Indeed.

It's the same basis under which certain Best Western properties just
about creep into 4* ratings. They do the barest minimum to tick the
boxes