2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumFormerly known as "Trump"...New "Trump luxury hotels" will bear the brand name "Scion"
According to Travel + Leisure, new Trump luxury hotels will now bear the Scion name.
According to CEO Eric Danzinger, the new name reflects the family without using the brand name Trump has spent a lifetime building.
We wanted a name that would be a nod to the Trump family and to the tremendous success it has had with its businesses, including Trump Hotels, while allowing for a clear distinction between our luxury and lifestyle brands, Danziger said in a press release.
According to Executive Vice President of Development & Acquisitions, Ivanka Trump, Our business at Trump Hotels is stronger than ever and we are incredibly excited about the future of Scion, the newest brand in our hotel portfolio.
saltpoint
(50,986 posts)"Wild-Assed Narcissist," but at the end of the day decided on 'Scion.'
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)It doesn't matter. They aren't fooling anybody. You can call a turd a rose but it's still a turd.
saltpoint
(50,986 posts)from the git-go when he decided he didn't need to hire serious people to run a campaign.
He preferred a campaign staff of unstable sycophants. And he picked an impressive batch of them. As far as unstable sycophants go, Trump shows excellent judgment.
For everything else, though, he's bigly clueless.
forgotmylogin
(7,527 posts)That way they only need to change one letter.
saltpoint
(50,986 posts)Cha
(297,154 posts)inveterate asshole/sexual predator?
Fast Walker 52
(7,723 posts)either way, it's code for "stay away"
Fast Walker 52
(7,723 posts)saltpoint
(50,986 posts)easier to park downtown.
Gidney N Cloyd
(19,833 posts)greymattermom
(5,754 posts)Lexus. Foreign luxury, right?
NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)Your basic Russian car.
MountainMazza
(312 posts)Much in signage and branding at this point....sounds like putting lipstick on a pig
demigoddess
(6,640 posts)name. in other words, he's fired!! maybe..
elehhhhna
(32,076 posts)Scion | Definition of Scion by Merriam-Webster
Merriam-Webster dictionary scion
Full Definition of scion. 1 : a detached living portion of a plant (as a bud or shoot) joined to a stock in grafting and usually supplying solely aerial parts to a graft. 2a : descendant, child; especially : a descendant of a wealthy, aristocratic, or influential familyb : heir
If 1 he's obviously referring to his hair
If 2 his heirs
Works either way
renate
(13,776 posts)Great observation!
MADem
(135,425 posts)How long before they change their last name to Zelníčková (Ivana's family name)?
Tiffany will have to go with Maples, and Barron? He'd have to go with Knauss or some version thereof.
sci·on
ˈsīən/Submit
noun
1.
a young shoot or twig of a plant, especially one cut for grafting or rooting.
synonyms: cutting, graft, slip; More
2.
a descendant of a notable family.
"he was the scion of a wealthy family"
synonyms: descendant; More
Of course, there's that other definition--a cheapass car that Toyota doesn't want to put their logo on....
BSdetect
(8,998 posts)Word of mouth
dawnie51
(959 posts)so this ass can't just switch signs and go right on as before. The Trump name is for crap, and whatever moniker he slaps on stuff will stand for crap too. There will be no escape for this bastard.
tblue37
(65,334 posts)Down 59% since he declared his candidacy. Golf courses not doing well, either.
Generic Other
(28,979 posts)as in not falling far from the tree...
hatrack
(59,583 posts)NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)Disguising the name won't change anything. People will still KNOW it's his company.
TOYOTA should sue.
Vinca
(50,267 posts)Dark n Stormy Knight
(9,760 posts)Who don't seem any better than him.
unitedwethrive
(1,997 posts)...or John Baron
TheBlackAdder
(28,183 posts)Botany
(70,490 posts)"According to Executive Vice President of Development & Acquisitions, Ivanka Trump, Our business
at Trump Hotels is stronger than ever and we are incredibly excited about the future of Scion, the
newest brand in our hotel portfolio.
So if the brand and the business is so strong then why are you changing it Ivanka?
Miles Archer
(18,837 posts)Somehow, and I could be wrong, I don't think her immediate reaction to the news was "incredible excitement."
Madam45for2923
(7,178 posts)LIARS!
madamesilverspurs
(15,800 posts)"Ozymandias" has too many letters.
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elehhhhna
(32,076 posts)Dad we said SAYANARA.
AgadorSparticus
(7,963 posts)rickford66
(5,523 posts)OnDoutside
(19,953 posts)negative attention on the Trump brand. 2 or 3 months time would have been better surely ?
Rex
(65,616 posts)at the IRS. Wouldn't it be grand if they lost it all due to exposure?
spiderpig
(10,419 posts)All his properties were classy. His casinos were classy. His self-named products were classy.
As if fake gold bathroom hardware was ever "classy". (And how about that nightmare of a penthouse that has Louis VI screaming from beyond the grave?)
I won't insult my dog by saying she has more class than the entire Trump clan ever had.
Haven't heard The Donald use that term in quite awhile. It's been supplanted by "disaster" and insults to everyone other than himself.
I've never knowing contributed a dime to that huckster and never will.
Initech
(100,063 posts)Shhhhh!!!! Nobody tell him!
spiderpig
(10,419 posts)Maru Kitteh
(28,339 posts)Help me! Help me! I'm all out of lies . . . .
And ways to say goodbye . . .
spiderpig
(10,419 posts)moonscape
(4,673 posts)pipeline, for which there are contracts, and thus a salvage effort.
Going forward, to continue in the hotel business (assuming the brand is forever ruined), how would Trump do it? If there is not interest in his brand, and no banks want to loan him $$ ... ?
I can't imagine his brand having any/much value internationally, and domestically his supporters aren't exactly the same as his target market hotel patrons.
sunonmars
(8,656 posts)BobbyDrake
(2,542 posts)RBInMaine
(13,570 posts)Generic Brad
(14,274 posts)Now we know to avoid Scion properties too.
Donkees
(31,383 posts)BSdetect
(8,998 posts)no_hypocrisy
(46,080 posts)TheDebbieDee
(11,119 posts)mainer
(12,022 posts)Refuse to attend any conference at a Trump hotel. Refuse any Trump product. Boycott all of it, every last thing.
Trump's followers don't buy his things anyway, but those with resources do. But now they won't.
Is it evil that I want to see the Trump kids bankrupt and out looking for jobs like the everyone else?
spiderpig
(10,419 posts)for recreation?
I'm reserving judgment on Tiffany (on the rare times we see her she looks like she'd rather be anywhere else) and little Barron, who doesn't stand a chance.
The eldest 3 are frightening in their soulless disregard for everyone except themselves. Have you ever seen such dead eyes in people so young outside of movies like Village of the Damned?
ETA: Reminder - new season of The Walking Dead tomorrow. I need some refreshment after this miserable campaign season.
mainer
(12,022 posts)I dread finding out who got his/her head bashed in.
dalton99
(781 posts)BobbyDrake
(2,542 posts)Now also available as a terrible hotel!