David Oreck seems to have the right philosophy and I think him buying the company back would be enough to turn things around.
I've never seen an Oreck in a hotel... Every hotel I've ever seen has had a Sanitaire with a shake out bag, a Windsor Sensor S12, or an orange plastic hard case Royal. The Windsors seem to hold up the best.
The classic Oreck is too loud and under powered in my opinion... plus it leaks dust at the pipe that goes from the floor head to the bag, it has a flat belt that stretches, and the brushroll can't be turned off for bare floors. They need to fix those things to be taken seriously... and stop condemning and then copying the competition. Now they have machines with on board tools, machines that have swivel steering, and bagless machines... I'm not saying those are all bad things, but they spent so much time condemning the competition and now they are copying them. It makes them seem flaky...