Originally Posted by
deer
In the contrary - my quote would be: Get out of America, such an unfriendly place (or something like that...). And open up in Portugal, Spain, Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Italy and Norway instead!
Nice theoretical idea - but in fact, the owner has not sold, he has just fired GHM as the hotel management company for the Datai. Furthermore, the Datai with 100+ rooms is too large for the Aman brand. And since both Aman and GHM have Zecha as their spiritual leader, there will be little chance that an owner hands over one management contract from GHM to Aman...
I stand corrected on the Datai. I do not claim to be an expert like you guys. But I am becoming an Amanjunkie (in theory) for their Asian resorts. No interest in the European ones, being a European myself (Brit) I want to travel to more exotic places.
I know of the proposed Gabon locations (Gombe beach and Kongou Falls), but why have Aman not ventured into Africa before now? Amanikhas and to a lesser degree Amanwana proves that Aman can do wildlife expeditions and safaris. Would love something small on the scale of the Orient-Express properties in the Okavango Delta, Botswana.
Any reason why Aman is seemingly concentrating more on certain continents than others?