[mannykannot]

Be that as it may, Marriott now owns it - literally. Just before this news broke, there was evidence of disarray in one or both company's systems in the kerfuffle over the awards system. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18558876

It might be a case of years of technical debt coming due with a vengeance. I wonder if the technical people of either party to the acquisition were aware of the size of the problem beforehand, and if so, what they said about it and how it was received.