Aman Poll and Questions 2010 onwards
Jun 21, 2010, 10:46 am
#181
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Southern California
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The first picture that loads when you currently open the Amanresorts website is a really good aerial view of Amankila. You can identify specific suites. To the left of the tiered main pool,for example, is the Amankila suite. You can clearly see the huge terrace with a pool and a bale each side of it. One bedroom suite is off to the left and another just above the pool (my favourite suite there).
Not sure which one is the Indrakila suite.
www.amanresorts.com
Not sure which one is the Indrakila suite.
www.amanresorts.com
Jun 21, 2010, 2:59 pm
#182
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Dublin,Ireland
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aesla11 I need to clarify. There are two individual bedroom suites that make up the 'Amankila suite'. They are both one bedroom suites which share the terrace and pool. Although we have travelled as a party of 4 and utilised both bedrooms,we have also stayed at the Amankila suite as a couple and just utilised one bedroom. However, we were of course charged the full daily rate for the Amankila suite.
Jun 21, 2010, 3:56 pm
#183
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: New York City
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aesla11 I need to clarify. There are two individual bedroom suites that make up the 'Amankila suite'. They are both one bedroom suites which share the terrace and pool. Although we have travelled as a party of 4 and utilised both bedrooms,we have also stayed at the Amankila suite as a couple and just utilised one bedroom. However, we were of course charged the full daily rate for the Amankila suite.
Paul2, I'll be staying in the Amankila suite in September--glad to hear it's your favorite. Minor and unimportant question, but which of the two "rooms" in that suite is the better? Selfishly, I'll want that one, and will put my friends in the other . . .
Jun 21, 2010, 4:15 pm
#184
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I'm laughing Groombridge as I have done the very same! Its the one above the pool rather than the one off to the left of the picture. It has great uninterupted seaviews from the covered living area outside the bedroom. There might be days you wont want to leave that suite, enjoy your trip.
Jun 21, 2010, 11:59 pm
#185
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: germany
Posts: 56
FT: DLF is struggling to find buyers willing to pay its asking price
Jun 22, 2010, 11:12 am
#187
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: La Jolla, California
Programs: KrisFlyer Gold, SWA CP
Posts: 1,123
Wrong way to Beijing?
Just got this SPAM from Aman: NEW DIRECT FLIGHTS .
Cool, except that isn't the direction the flights go. They go the other way. You are in deep trouble if you are on the way to Beijing from Vancouver and see Greenland below ...
Cool, except that isn't the direction the flights go. They go the other way. You are in deep trouble if you are on the way to Beijing from Vancouver and see Greenland below ...
Jun 22, 2010, 12:35 pm
#188
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Here there and everywhere
Posts: 6,303
Just got this SPAM from Aman: NEW DIRECT FLIGHTS .
Cool, except that isn't the direction the flights go. They go the other way. You are in deep trouble if you are on the way to Beijing from Vancouver and see Greenland below ...
Cool, except that isn't the direction the flights go. They go the other way. You are in deep trouble if you are on the way to Beijing from Vancouver and see Greenland below ...
Jun 23, 2010, 5:17 am
#189
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Turkey
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The butler, if still there, Rahman, was wonderful with the details.
Jun 23, 2010, 8:51 am
#190
Join Date: Aug 2007
Programs: AA Gold, SPG Gold, Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 142
They had a note in the menu saying "continental breakfast was included". Usually in those cases if you order something else, they'll cover up to the same amount of the continental breakfast. No, when we checked out they had a charge of ~$70/day from the hot breakfast food we'd ordered.
Other quibble: the Pellegrino only comes in 1/2 liter bottles, no fulls. We'd go through several at dinner, and they add up at ~$8 each.
Don't miss the screening room, it's really fun. They show a scheduled movie at 9 every night. If you go around 6 or 7 and noone else is there, you can choose whatever you want to watch. The popcorn in the screening room is free, but if you order a soda they're not free.
I felt like Amanyara nickeled and dimed--a great resort, but petty in the F&B. We really liked the Bali Amans and Amanpulo as the food was sooo good and we felt taken care of. Did not get the same feeling at Amanyara.
Last edited by tmft; Jun 23, 2010 at 8:59 am
Jun 23, 2010, 10:33 am
#191
Join Date: Feb 2003
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Thanks tmft. All good stuff to know.
Jul 5, 2010, 8:32 am
#192
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Here there and everywhere
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http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/13353090-post51.html
aman has now blocked the ability to look at the old pages... 
from my post i can only gather this - during tsunami discount @ amanpuri > 2BR from $900 and/or 3BR from $1350.
ive learned from failing @ copy/paste many times. also used to having websites/browsers/etc break links.
found some financial numbers for amanresorts:
2009 - "down 20%"
march 2008 > march 2009 revenue $1.2B net $365MM
march 2007 > march 2008 revenue $1.3B ebitda $793MM net $568MM
march 2006 > march 2007 revenue $315MM ebitda $218MM net $90MM
...
2000 - revenue $61MM ebitda $30MM (ebitda per room = $75K, vs $4K for FS)
1999 - revenue $50MM editda $15MM
(29% > 44% margins
)
and another interesting article http://www.forbes.com/global/2000/03...46a_print.html
they should have bought a villa
aman has now blocked the ability to look at the old pages... from my post i can only gather this - during tsunami discount @ amanpuri > 2BR from $900 and/or 3BR from $1350.
ive learned from failing @ copy/paste many times. also used to having websites/browsers/etc break links.
found some financial numbers for amanresorts:
2009 - "down 20%"
march 2008 > march 2009 revenue $1.2B net $365MM
march 2007 > march 2008 revenue $1.3B ebitda $793MM net $568MM
march 2006 > march 2007 revenue $315MM ebitda $218MM net $90MM
...
2000 - revenue $61MM ebitda $30MM (ebitda per room = $75K, vs $4K for FS)
1999 - revenue $50MM editda $15MM
(29% > 44% margins
)and another interesting article http://www.forbes.com/global/2000/03...46a_print.html
they should have bought a villa I wonder, though, if this scenario would be possible now. So much has changed, but then, Adrian is known to be very good at pulling out white rabbits from hats that you did not even suspect existed....
Jul 7, 2010, 6:19 am
#193
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: People's Republic of HotTubistan
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Amandari News
For 'Dari fans who haven't heard: I have an e-note from Liv Gussing saying she is leaving Amandari. She is marrying and moving, with the kids, to London.
I haven't heard who the new GM will be.
I haven't heard who the new GM will be.
Jul 7, 2010, 7:47 am
#194
Join Date: Dec 2006
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Sally's returned as GM, Amandari , after assisting with Amanfayun.
Last edited by FlyerEC; Jul 10, 2010 at 9:00 am
Jul 7, 2010, 1:50 pm
#195
Join Date: Mar 2004
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We felt differently - we much preferred the privacy of the room to the left (north)....to each his own of course.
My parents were in the Indrakila suite and, although very nice, we *much* preferred the Amankila suite.
My parents were in the Indrakila suite and, although very nice, we *much* preferred the Amankila suite.
