Marriott International Inc. early Sunday morning lost control of a Honolulu hotel that was part of Edition, a trendy new hotel brand the company is trying to jump-start.

In a dramatic move, the owners of the Waikiki Edition in Hawaii said Sunday that in the early morning hours they installed new management and changed the signs and locks on the hotel to reflect a new name, the Modern Honolulu. The changes were made in spite of a contract that allows Marriott to run the hotel as an Edition for 30 years.

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