I have a new product that I hope to sell through the gift shops of the
leading hotel chains:
- InterContinental Hotels Group
- Cendant Corp.
- Marriott International
- Accor
- Choice Hotels International
- Hilton Hotels Corp.
- Best Western International
- Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide
- Global Hyatt Corp.
- Carlson Hospitality Worldwide
- Hilton Group plc

To sell this product, I need to understand how the buying works.  Do
the hotel chains outsource the stores to other vendors?  Are they
internally managed?  Who should I approach internally/externally to
introduce my product.  I do not need the name of the specific buyer.
Just a head start.

From a recent visit to a shop at an Accor Hotel (don't remember which
one of their chains), I'd say that this is a matter of franchise, and
that besides stadard stuff, I have found there local art.