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Whether you are paying $300 or $1,300 a night, hotel rooms across the globe have increasingly succumbed to "blanding" = a phenomenon where unique, localized, or character-driven design is stripped away in favor of a homogenized, predictable, or minimalist aesthetic.

For more, Carol and Tim Stenovec, spoke with Brandon Presser, Bloomberg Pursuits Travel Columnist.