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Renovation Programs Need Present and Future-State Discipline
The portfolio review placed a current photograph, an approved rendering, a construction notice, and a target opening date beside one another without saying which customer could rely on which one.
Renovation governance protects confidence when present, future, phased, uncertain, and verified property states remain distinct.
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Portfolio renovation involved many authorities
Host Hotels disclosed significant 2022 capital spending and a transformational Marriott program across several properties. The company-specific disclosure did not establish priorities or returns for every portfolio.
It illustrated the coordination problem. Owners, brands, managers, designers, contractors, operators, sellers, and distributors needed reliable property context while retaining authority over different parts of the program.
Today remained commercially essential
Guests could arrive before construction, during a phase, after partial reopening, or after final completion. Routes, noise, views, services, amenities, access, and temporary operation needed a visible date and period.
Present-state communication did not diminish the improvement. It gave customers an honest basis for choosing the property being sold now while renderings remained clearly identified by design status, assumption, approval, exclusion, and target.
A date needed to say what “completed” meant
Permits, procurement, labor, weather, inspections, and field discoveries could change timing. Target, approved milestone, contractual commitment, forecast, opening, and operational verification were different statements.
The FTC required truthful, evidence-based advertising claims, while the ADA standards addressed alterations and paths of travel under applicable conditions. Legal, marketing, accessibility, and project professionals determined what could be said. An accessible-looking rendering could not certify the finished result.
The four states received their own authority
SiteSee could connect each approved property state with its effective context while owners and operators retained authority over schedule, disruption, access, and release.
The photograph, rendering, notice, and target date could remain on the same screen. Once each carried its own time, owner, and permitted use, the customer no longer had to guess which version of the property had made the promise.
Sources and evidence
- Host Hotels & Resorts, Third Quarter 2022 Earnings Release (opens in a new tab), November 3, 2022.
- Federal Trade Commission, Advertising and Marketing Basics (opens in a new tab).
- U.S. Department of Justice, 2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design (opens in a new tab).
- Bogicevic and colleagues, “Virtual reality presence as a preamble of tourism experience†(opens in a new tab), Tourism Management, 2019.
- Tussyadiah and colleagues, “Virtual reality, presence, and attitude change†(opens in a new tab), Tourism Management, 2018.
Last updated: 2026 08 22