Not just South Beach, I notice on the Regent site that the only two properties in North America are Boston and Bal Harbour FL, neither actually open yet. Didn't they have one in Beverly Hills and another in the US? Not any more!
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Yes, you are right. The Regent in Beverly Hills left the brand a couple of years ago, if I recall correctly. It was not actually managed by Carlson...it was a Four Seasons property. It appears that Four Seasons has rebranded it to a standard Four Seasons.
The only other Regent's in the US are Boston and Bal Harbour. Boston is supposed to open this spring. Bal Harbour still says opening Winter of 2007...guess they missed that deadline and failed to update the website.
On other note, I just read that Carlson has sold the Regent cruise division to Apollo:
http://www.travelindustrywire.com/article30436.html Now, that was a well run part of the company!