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'''Crystal Hoteliers International''' is a corporation that builds, owns, and operates hotels around the world under various names that is wholly owned by the [[Akronism|Church of Akrona]]. It is a for-profit corporation, and the Church pays taxes on all income generated by the business. It is based in Crystal Coast, [[Tavaris]]. (Notably, the company’s usage of the word ''crystal'' in Staynish predates the 1970 decision by Crystal Province and the city to change their names from Tavari to [[wikipedia:British English|Staynish]].) In Tavaris, it is commonly known as "'''EKV'''," an acronym from the Tavari: ''V.K.'' ''Erísdoštril Kríštal Vokaikuvomobuni''.
==History==
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==Business Operations==
[[File:2014 Erywań, Hotel Armenia Marriot (02).jpg|left|thumb|300px|The Heartwood Hotel in Vällilä, [[Vesienväl]].]]
Because the Church operates the hotels as a business (and states publicly that it uses the revenue to fund Church operations), it does not generally use the hotels for the purposes of evangelism. Every EKV hotel room has two holy books: ''The First Edicts'' and ''The Akronist Declaration of Faith (1979)'', the latter being a relatively small book of 12 pages that is designed to be a brief summation of the central tenets of the faith. The books are always located inside drawers and never out in the open. Additionally, every mirror in every EKV hotel has a sticker that says “You Are A Gift!” and shows the Church’s website: akrona.org. These are the only evangelist materials the Church permits in the hotels, and all staff are instructed never to speak about religion unless asked first by a
Since a Tavari Supreme Court ruling in 1937, the Church no longer allows those employed at Akronist temples (including, according to the technicality of the law, members of formally incorporated cloistered orders like the Seekers of the Assumption) to work as employees in its for-profit corporation. The court case ruled that the Church could not claim not-for-profit status on its religious operations if its employees were also working in corporate operations. The Church of Akrona's policy since then has been to act as hand-off in the day-to-day administration of the business as possible—the relationship was described in 2018 by Matron [[Vana Dandreal]] as "they send us checks"—and to consider there to be a wall between the company and the rest of the Church (the so-called "Crystal Curtain").
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===Brands===
EKV has four primary brands, each designed to fit into a different price-point or market. From most to least expensive in general, they are: ''Heartwood'' (high end), ''Tropicalis'' (mid-tier, destination vacation), ''Paragon'' (business travel), and ''Good Morning Inn'' (budget). It also has several minor hotel chains that are either locally or regionally limited, and several standalone hotels of various price points. EKV is the market leader in several urban areas in Tavaris and across the world, and there are several countries on Urth whose only Church of Akrona-affiliated operations are for-profit hotels. Even inside Tavaris itself, as recently as 2005, there were more EKV hotels than there were Akronist temples in the capital [[Nuvrenon]]
===Financials===
Because it is privately-owned, the public reporting requirements EKV faces are minimal, with only a brief annual report of total revenue, EBIDTA, and other general statistics required. The Church does not have a policy of releasing more than the law requires. Location information is publicly released once every seven years when the Church of Akrona publishes its septannual Administrative, Financial, and Operational Report. In 2019, the Church operated 7,444 hotels, with at least one on every inhabited continent.
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