Sheraton Lake Como Hotel, Italy [Master Thread]
Dec 30, 2014, 12:19 am
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Sheraton Lake Como Hotel, Italy [Master Thread]
The Grand Hotel di Como
http://www.grandhoteldicomo.com/
is joining Sheraton on April 1 as the Sheraton Lake Como Hotel
Source:
http://www.starwoodhotels.com/sherat...ll/detail.html
http://www.grandhoteldicomo.com/
is joining Sheraton on April 1 as the Sheraton Lake Como Hotel
Source:
http://www.starwoodhotels.com/sherat...ll/detail.html
Dec 30, 2014, 3:36 am
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I love staying on Lake Como. It's a challenge to find a decent property as so many are old, small, and not very well maintained. I'll be interested to read FTers reviews of this property. For now, here are the Trip Advisor reviews. It appears this is not immediately on the lake but across from it? or a couple blocks back?
Dec 30, 2014, 3:54 am
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I love staying on Lake Como. It's a challenge to find a decent property as so many are old, small, and not very well maintained. I'll be interested to read FTers reviews of this property. For now, here are the Trip Advisor reviews. It appears this is not immediately on the lake but across from it? or a couple blocks back?
Anyway, any new hotel in Europe is highly appreciated, we even take 1* properties in a heartbeat these days.
Dec 30, 2014, 8:08 am
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Nice news ^
Italy has lost over a dozen hotels in the last 2-4 years and gained only St Clemente in Venice which Cat 7 (
). We tend to go on 3 weeks vacation at a time and while I average about 200K points a year, I view Cat 7 more like a curious animal. I hope this one is Cat 4 or 5. Everything has become Cat 6 nowadays which is 67% difference in points to Cat 5.
Italy has lost over a dozen hotels in the last 2-4 years and gained only St Clemente in Venice which Cat 7 (
). We tend to go on 3 weeks vacation at a time and while I average about 200K points a year, I view Cat 7 more like a curious animal. I hope this one is Cat 4 or 5. Everything has become Cat 6 nowadays which is 67% difference in points to Cat 5.
Dec 30, 2014, 11:27 am
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Nice news ^
Italy has lost over a dozen hotels in the last 2-4 years and gained only St Clemente in Venice which Cat 7 (). We tend to go on 3 weeks vacation at a time and while I average about 200K points a year, I view Cat 7 more like a curious animal. I hope this one is Cat 4 or 5. Everything has become Cat 6 nowadays which is 67% difference in points to Cat 5.
Italy has lost over a dozen hotels in the last 2-4 years and gained only St Clemente in Venice which Cat 7 (
). We tend to go on 3 weeks vacation at a time and while I average about 200K points a year, I view Cat 7 more like a curious animal. I hope this one is Cat 4 or 5. Everything has become Cat 6 nowadays which is 67% difference in points to Cat 5.
Dec 30, 2014, 5:24 pm
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ahh....time to come full circle! My first trip to Italy in 1997 started my SPG account (then it was ITT Sheraton) and I got a glorious upgrade right on the main calan next to the Doge's Palace, at the Danieli. I think the suite cost me about $214 a night with my "status" as member. What a glamorous place, and as frequent Lakes visitors this is very welcome news! We love to tool around Como and Garda and find a place to check into on a whim. We are overdue for a return to Venice, too.
Dec 31, 2014, 1:36 am
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Dec 31, 2014, 6:41 am
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Hmm... Might the property be planning more reliance on business/conference/wedding traffic than luxury-seeking individual travelers? I don't think Starwood's brandings are random and maybe they recognized they couldn't do justice to Luxury Collection or Westin.