http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/schuster80/10701 The Holiday Inn Select in downtown Bakersfield may soon become a Marriott.&nbsp; An estimated $6 million renovation project to upgrade the hotel is underway and is expected to be complete by late September.&nbsp; What do you think?&nbsp; Is a more prestigious hotel in downtown a step in the right direction?&nbsp; Would a Marriott help lure more visitors and conventions to downtown and help improve the image of downtown? The Holiday Inn Select in downtown Bakersfield may soon become a Marriott.&nbsp; An estimated $6 million renovation project to upgrade the hotel is underway and is expected to be complete by late September.&nbsp; What do you think?&nbsp; Is a more prestigious hotel in downtown a step in the right direction?&nbsp; Would a Marriott help lure more visitors and conventions to downtown and help improve the image of downtown? en-us Wed, 13 Jun 2007 08:20:25 PDT No. http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/schuster80/10701/#c_104240 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/schuster80/10701/#c_104240 No. I hope the hotel improves the computer access systems so they work. We had an awful time getting the Internet to work at a recent convention.<br /> <br /> <br /> Maybe I just had a bad experience at the Marriott in Portland, but that chain is not high on my list. I prefer Hiltons to almost all others although Shilos are really good. http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/schuster80/10701/#c_104244 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/schuster80/10701/#c_104244 I hope the hotel improves the computer access systems so they work. We had an awful time getting the Internet to work at a recent convention.<br /> <br /> <br /> Maybe I just had a bad experience at the Marriott in Portland, but that chain is not high on my list. I prefer Hiltons to almost all others although Shilos are really good. I didn't know the Holiday Inn Select was *not* prestigious.   Why would a so-called upgrade bring more people to Bako?  They either want to visit or they don't.  If it were Super 8 to Marriott, that might be worth talking about.  It'll take more than a hotel change to spiff up our image. http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/schuster80/10701/#c_104264 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/schuster80/10701/#c_104264 I didn't know the Holiday Inn Select was *not* prestigious.   Why would a so-called upgrade bring more people to Bako?  They either want to visit or they don't.  If it were Super 8 to Marriott, that might be worth talking about.  It'll take more than a hotel change to spiff up our image. Will this mean that dumb people can stay there now? :) http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/schuster80/10701/#c_104267 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/schuster80/10701/#c_104267 Will this mean that dumb people can stay there now? :) I know that if I&nbsp;was looking for a vacation destination, traveling to visit The Kern County Museum and CALM, and staying at a Marriott, would be pretty tempting. http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/schuster80/10701/#c_104283 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/schuster80/10701/#c_104283 I know that if I&nbsp;was looking for a vacation destination, traveling to visit The Kern County Museum and CALM, and staying at a Marriott, would be pretty tempting. Hopefully, Marriott will take on the Holiday Inn Select hotel. Wishful thinking would include another top flight hotel concern (Hyatt or Westin) putting in a big imprint in that area to suck up and rid the blight around 19th after the Federal Court House gets approved and built. http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/schuster80/10701/#c_104546 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/schuster80/10701/#c_104546 Hopefully, Marriott will take on the Holiday Inn Select hotel. Wishful thinking would include another top flight hotel concern (Hyatt or Westin) putting in a big imprint in that area to suck up and rid the blight around 19th after the Federal Court House gets approved and built. With all of the Mormans in this town no wonder the Marriott would take over the Holiday Inn Select. http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/schuster80/10701/#c_105409 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/schuster80/10701/#c_105409 With all of the Mormans in this town no wonder the Marriott would take over the Holiday Inn Select. <p>As long as the management of the new Marriott keeps up with the new change, it would help lure new visitors to downtown area.&nbsp; </p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/schuster80/10701/#c_123969 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/schuster80/10701/#c_123969 <p>As long as the management of the new Marriott keeps up with the new change, it would help lure new visitors to downtown area.&nbsp; </p>