Time for a new Starwood in BVI?
Jun 22, 2015, 7:05 am
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Time for a new Starwood in BVI?
Set on 140 acres, Biras Creek Resort on Virgin Gorda has closed...come on Starwood, here is an opportunity to expand in the Caribbean.
Jun 22, 2015, 7:36 am
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When a resort closes, there's usually a good reason...
Jun 22, 2015, 7:39 am
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Jun 22, 2015, 2:20 pm
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In this case, I would say it was mostly because the offering was just too narrow.
A reburb & expansion of existing facilities, while maintaining & maybe building on Biras Creek's culinary excellence, would be a great addition to the *wood portfolio in this part of the Caribbean. Maybe a St. Regis?
Cheers,
A reburb & expansion of existing facilities, while maintaining & maybe building on Biras Creek's culinary excellence, would be a great addition to the *wood portfolio in this part of the Caribbean. Maybe a St. Regis?
Cheers,
Jun 22, 2015, 2:37 pm
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Sorry I just dont get threads such as this one. We know *W is presently trying to Sell the props it owns, so why would they start to buy new ones. Im sure *W would like to have a hotel in many places where its Franchisee decided for whatever reason to deflag
A thread like this would maybe make sense if a hotel somewhere tried to join *W and was turned down, even thou it met all the T&Cs of the program.Otherwise my only suggestion is go out raise the neccesary $$$ and get the hotel and join *W.*W is getting out of the biz of owning hotels and till you find someone willing to buy the hotel and bring it up(if needed) to *W specifications nothing is going to happen
A thread like this would maybe make sense if a hotel somewhere tried to join *W and was turned down, even thou it met all the T&Cs of the program.Otherwise my only suggestion is go out raise the neccesary $$$ and get the hotel and join *W.*W is getting out of the biz of owning hotels and till you find someone willing to buy the hotel and bring it up(if needed) to *W specifications nothing is going to happen
Jun 22, 2015, 2:43 pm
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Sorry I just dont get threads such as this one. We know *W is presently trying to Sell the props it owns, so why would they start to buy new ones. Im sure *W would like to have a hotel in many places where its Franchisee decided for whatever reason to deflag
A thread like this would maybe make sense if a hotel somewhere tried to join *W and was turned down, even thou it met all the T&Cs of the program.Otherwise my only suggestion is go out raise the neccesary $$$ and get the hotel and join *W.*W is getting out of the biz of owning hotels and till you find someone willing to buy the hotel and bring it up(if needed) to *W specifications nothing is going to happen
A thread like this would maybe make sense if a hotel somewhere tried to join *W and was turned down, even thou it met all the T&Cs of the program.Otherwise my only suggestion is go out raise the neccesary $$$ and get the hotel and join *W.*W is getting out of the biz of owning hotels and till you find someone willing to buy the hotel and bring it up(if needed) to *W specifications nothing is going to happen
Cheers,
Jun 22, 2015, 3:08 pm
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As I said if say the owners of the prop in BVI asked *W about joining and *W answered we dont want any locations there, then I fully could understand a thread such as this.Otherwise its useless as Im sure *W would love to have props all over, go and find them willing owners that meet *Ws qualifications.