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Old Jan 31, 2010 | 2:16 am
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Originally Posted by paul2
Well I did have a little chuckle with your wild cards residentx!
Six Senses (including Soneva) are quite inconsistent across their collection of Hotels, don't you think ? Physical plant is at times poor and service patchy IMHO although I quite like their locations most of the time. ...
There's an interview with Six Senses owner Sonu Shivadasani in today's German Sunday paper "Welt am Sonntag". Although not everyone likes their rustic design style his list of his personal third-party hotel (non)favourites looks interesting as it seems to comply with the majority of this board's opinions :

1. Most admired hotel entrepreneurs: Tim and Kit Kemp of Firmdale Hotels with "Soho Hotel" and "Covent Garden Hotel" being his favourites.

2. Where to stay in NYC: Four Seasons as in his view it's the most flawless and soundless hotel in the world.

3. World's best beach resorts:

North Island, Seychelles and Amankila, Bali

4. Most overrated luxury resort: Royal Palm, Mauritius

5. the 5*hotel he left right after arrival out of disappointment: Bora Bora Lagoon

6. Last hotel to stay before you die: "Villa San Michele" for the heavenly views of Florence
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