Originally Posted by
pricesquire
Correct. Having just stayed there, I did a bit of research on the Strand [I started thinking: 'GHM makes sense here, but there's NO Aman footprint whatsoever'
On a slight side-note: The Strand Yangon is incredible!
strand was aman. many official quotes and several first hand stays posted. was on aman website with aman's other historical properties that are no longer aman, and were dropped when colony controlled aman.
Originally Posted by Amanresorts
Completely renovated in the early 1990s, The Strand reopened in January 1994 as an Amanresort.
john reed began aman career there - F&B manager then GM
(by the time Sally Baughan arrived, may have become GHM)
bagnols >
Originally Posted by
Pausanias
utterly fabulous Chateau de Bagnols which Amanresorts managed in its first years of operation. That still might be the best hotel I've ever been to.
i feel like that was the second time someone posted something along those lines.
Originally Posted by
Pausanias
My French list would be:
Chateau de Bagnols near Lyons
L'Oustau de Baumaniere in Provence
Auberge de l'Ill & Hotel des Berges in Alsace
These are the three most beautiful hotels/restaurants I have ever been to, with food to match the surroundings which is unusual
Originally Posted by
vuittonsofstyle
Oh no, I promise you that when Aman managed Château de Bagnols it was superb! Wonderful service.
aman/maha and grays >
Originally Posted by
zigzag
Hacienda de San Antonio was perfect with the Grays in charge
oct 2000 > jan 2001 mahakua
feb 2001 > sep 2005 aman
india >
india timing (including opening but not ending of manor)
feb 2002 - acquired lodhi, seems like JV (with DLF affiliate?)
nov 1 2003 - opened amanikhas and umaid bhawan
ikhas included 1 night at manor with driver through may 2004
lodhi change's timing was in line with 1st attempted sale of aman
they'd started using 'lodhi suites' as apartments/etc 1 year prior
the change ended up only 1 year before sale of aman did close
bora bora >
think aman still owns it ? i'd think they could do residences ?
the 2 australian aman (plus Beaufort) >
hmaa.com.au/Media/KeyNewsUpdates/ByronatByronResortandSpa/tabid/3093/Default.aspx
Originally Posted by John Parche
Adrian purchased the Beaufort Hotel group where Hotels in Darwin, Brisbane, Singapore, Bangkok and Neuchatel (Switzerland) were either operational or under construction. I found myself operating the Darwin, Brisbane and Bangkok properties over an 8 year period. Whilst at Beaufort, Adrian purchased two iconic country properties; Milton Park in Bowral and Burnham Beeches in the Dandenongs. I left Beaufort in 1994 to re-join Aman and had a very difficult task of resurrecting these properties and suggested that after 3 years, instead of “Amanizing” them, he should sell
mice.net.au/article/interview-with-a-gm/
Originally Posted by John Parche
In January 1987, Lyn and I joined Adrian as the first Aman employees.
Beaufort Hotel in Darwin, Adrian purchased the hotel after the Malaysian owners went into receivership. My career path suddenly changed and I ended up being GM of the 195-room hotel. Four years later, I transferred to Brisbane to operate The Heritage, then to The Sukhothai in Bangkok, before returning to Australia to rejoin Aman Resorts
blaise montandon - beaufort sentosa 1992-1999 before aman 2007-2014
Originally Posted by WSJ
Under Colony, Amanresorts also sold a resort in Australia and gave up management contracts of hotels in Kuala Lumpur, Yangon, and Bagnols.
Originally Posted by
bearbrick
carcosa seri negara and the strand - [ which became a ghm....during the "colony' period
while bagnols just dropped, milton park dropped/sold in 1998
bagnols and 2 GHM werent brought back to aman post-colony
Originally Posted by
bearbrick
Burnham Beeches near Melbourne
ah, aman owned and managed 1988-1992
selecthotels.com/LiteratureRetrieve.aspx?ID=31321
newspapers.com/newspage/123793634/
newspapers.com/newspage/120101941/
au.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-a-knowles-45415141
(ex aman Tracy Atherton GM at new 46 room Jackalope hotel outside Melbourne)
anyone else wish they discovered luxury travel and aman earlier?
i was in hawaii during the ~2 months aman managed hana maui
also visted near bagnols in the 90s, and mexico in early 2000s
umaid announcing 1 year contract likely would've prompted me
Aman: The First Decade - first aman book ?