If you were trying to annoy reigning travel guidebook guru Arthur Frommer, it wouldn't take much. In fact, all you'd really need to irritate the 80-year-old founder of the eponymous book series is two simple words: boutique hotel.

Not only does the phrase make him cringe, but "any Courtyard by Marriott is better," Frommer tells the Los Angeles Times in a recent interview.

If you were trying to annoy reigning travel guidebook guru Arthur Frommer, it wouldn't take much. In fact, all you'd really need to irritate the 80-year-old founder of the eponymous book series is two simple words: boutique hotel.

Not only does the phrase make him cringe, but "any Courtyard by Marriott is better," Frommer tells the Los Angeles Times in a recent interview.

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