Didn't know the Singapore properties were deflagged - that was fast. Is this permanent?

Funny thing about those two properties: Satinder Garcha, the owner of both properties, was planning to open both properties under what was Starwood's Luxury Collection [his other hotel in Singapore, the Vagabond Club, was signed on to Starwood's Tribute Portfolio]. When Starwood was acquired by Marriott, he was put off by the idea of being part of a faceless corporation, so he exercised an exit clause in the Luxury Collection contract for the Duxton/Maxwell properties and signed with Six Senses after meeting one of their development heads at an event. I always wondered what he thought when Six Senses was acquired by IHG... but perhaps this deflagging, if permanent, might be tied to that general emotion of not wanting to be part of a hospitality giant.

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