Investors Are Snapping Up Shabby Hotels and Whipping Them Into Shape

The Wall Street Journal, Aug. 25, 2026-Will Parker

Dissatisfied guests at a Hilton Garden Inn in downtown Austin, Texas, have reviewed the hotel as “very run down” and “janky,” in reference to faulty elevators. One guest said the beds were “rock hard,” and another called the place “a complete nightmare from start to finish.”

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