Originally Posted by
bhrubin
The FS in many cities is fresh and beautiful...so I know how dated the FS Milan is.
You know how much I like FS, but FS and all fresh and beautiful is not quite true, especially in Europe... Budapest, Hampshire, Lisbon (!), Prague... all in need of a renovation, although many are glorious hotels. But they newest kids on the block they are not. FS has a lot of experience running older hardware.
Put Milan into perspective and I would say many of the newer suites aren't that bad. I wouldn't complain. Maybe it has a bit more character than Excelsior Gallia, more soul.
Originally Posted by
bhrubin
Bolding mine.
Asked and answered, thanks. People seem so impressed by the quilted wall treatments in the new Ritz Paris...but somehow it's so tragic in the EG Milan? I don't think so.
That's my problem with the Ritz too. Not that it would matter for taste, but undoubtedly you cannot question that the scope of investment that went into both properties is quite a bit different, no?