Should We Consider a Rewrite of the Luxury Forum Description?
Dec 5, 2011, 2:04 pm
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But when I imagine myself as someone new to flyertalk and recently returned from the Marriott CasaMagna Cancun Resort (the best hotel I have ever been to), there is nothing in this description that discourages me from coming here to talk about it. This is why I still lean toward a few specific examples.
I'm pretty sure I'm alone in this thinking...which is OK. I just wanted to make sure I went on official record.
Dec 5, 2011, 2:57 pm
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I like this description very much and feel it has a very nice ring to it.
But when I imagine myself as someone new to flyertalk and recently returned from the Marriott CasaMagna Cancun Resort (the best hotel I have ever been to), there is nothing in this description that discourages me from coming here to talk about it. This is why I still lean toward a few specific examples.
I'm pretty sure I'm alone in this thinking...which is OK. I just wanted to make sure I went on official record.
But when I imagine myself as someone new to flyertalk and recently returned from the Marriott CasaMagna Cancun Resort (the best hotel I have ever been to), there is nothing in this description that discourages me from coming here to talk about it. This is why I still lean toward a few specific examples.
I'm pretty sure I'm alone in this thinking...which is OK. I just wanted to make sure I went on official record.
Dec 5, 2011, 4:22 pm
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In the 'Premium Fare' airline thread, newbies often mistake what they think are premium fares from what the general community agrees is really a 'Premium Fare'.
In the case of this Luxury Hotel forum, I believe there will be a certain amount of self correcting, because Ericka is right.
If friendly fellow FT'ers and mods manage the forum well, I think it can stay true to it's ideals. (I feel so 1% when I say that...
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In the case of this Luxury Hotel forum, I believe there will be a certain amount of self correcting, because Ericka is right.
If friendly fellow FT'ers and mods manage the forum well, I think it can stay true to it's ideals. (I feel so 1% when I say that...
)
Dec 6, 2011, 3:40 am
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I like this description very much and feel it has a very nice ring to it.
But when I imagine myself as someone new to flyertalk and recently returned from the Marriott CasaMagna Cancun Resort (the best hotel I have ever been to), there is nothing in this description that discourages me from coming here to talk about it. This is why I still lean toward a few specific examples.
I'm pretty sure I'm alone in this thinking...which is OK. I just wanted to make sure I went on official record.
But when I imagine myself as someone new to flyertalk and recently returned from the Marriott CasaMagna Cancun Resort (the best hotel I have ever been to), there is nothing in this description that discourages me from coming here to talk about it. This is why I still lean toward a few specific examples.
I'm pretty sure I'm alone in this thinking...which is OK. I just wanted to make sure I went on official record.
I still am in favor of a description like this one:
Last edited by MikeFromTokyo; Dec 6, 2011 at 3:46 am
Dec 6, 2011, 8:48 am
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Discussion regarding luxury hotels such as Four Seasons, Amanresorts, Peninsula, Mandarin Oriental, and Dorchester, as well as the very best independently-owned hotels in locations around the world.
This is the one that, for me, best sums up what the Luxury Hotels Forum deals with. Can we please use this!
This is the one that, for me, best sums up what the Luxury Hotels Forum deals with. Can we please use this!
Dec 9, 2011, 6:51 am
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I believe that having examples is where the current forum description falls short.
That is why I like
"Discussion regarding the very best luxury properties around the world"
That is why I like
"Discussion regarding the very best luxury properties around the world"
Dec 26, 2011, 8:47 am
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Here is what I propose:
First, my apologies for not taking action on this yet. Busy time of the year!!
Second, I will compile existing recommendations for the new title over the Christmas break and will set up a poll for voting in January.
Third, we can then ask the Community Director to effect the change based upon the tally of the vote.
Sound fair?
First, my apologies for not taking action on this yet. Busy time of the year!!
Second, I will compile existing recommendations for the new title over the Christmas break and will set up a poll for voting in January.
Third, we can then ask the Community Director to effect the change based upon the tally of the vote.
Sound fair?
Just saw this thread and appreciate a lot of the comments in earlier posts.
For me at least, this forum does not exist for dry discussions on luxury hotels but serves as a ready and reliable reference when we consider which luxury hotel we should pick for a particular city.
Knowing that luxury and likes are subjective, I believe our interests are best served if we are allowed to discuss, say, the best batch (depending on city again) of hotels in a city, without any curtailment just because a hotel belongs to a chain.
Not allowing reference here to Park Hyatt in Istanbul, Tokyo or Shanghai, will not only be silly, but will render this forum a lot less useful (or even misleading). Of course, detailed discussion of properties belonging to chains can belong to their individual forums. What I am saying is that they should not be omitted from the hierarchy of hotels when views and recommendations are stated here.
Last edited by IncyWincy; Dec 26, 2011 at 11:11 am
Dec 26, 2011, 12:23 pm
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How are we going to proceed with revising the forum description?
My vote is still for the description that includes examples, quoted in posts #64 and #65.
Dec 26, 2011, 1:08 pm
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When I posted this I thought that we were contemplating a revised short description for the forum that would include just a few names as examples. In my opinion, Mandarin Oriental and Peninsula hotels on average tend to be somewhat superior to average Ritz-Carlton properties.
I am a big fan of a handful of R-C properties, but would have to say that in the Ritz-Carlton protfolio these properties are the minority. On the other hand most Mandarin Oriental properties range from good to exceptional, while just a handful are subpar. With Peninsula, the numbers are even more compelling, as the majority of the properties epitomize luxury.
I am a big fan of a handful of R-C properties, but would have to say that in the Ritz-Carlton protfolio these properties are the minority. On the other hand most Mandarin Oriental properties range from good to exceptional, while just a handful are subpar. With Peninsula, the numbers are even more compelling, as the majority of the properties epitomize luxury.
The Peninsula is easy to judge and a bit unfair to compare against the bigger brands, due to the small size and focus of Peninsula.
Dec 26, 2011, 2:44 pm
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Let the discussion continue.
Dec 26, 2011, 2:57 pm
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Dec 26, 2011, 3:31 pm
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For the moment, with no intent to slow the discussion or take issue with any points, I am going to add this.
Discussion regarding luxury hotels such as Four Seasons, Amanresorts, Peninsula, Mandarin Oriental, and Dorchester, as well as the very best independently-owned hotels in locations around the world.
It's a significant improvement, even if it should prove to be an interim one.
Let the discussion continue.
Discussion regarding luxury hotels such as Four Seasons, Amanresorts, Peninsula, Mandarin Oriental, and Dorchester, as well as the very best independently-owned hotels in locations around the world.
It's a significant improvement, even if it should prove to be an interim one.
Let the discussion continue.
Not that I want to sound as if I am against progress, but there is a small but critical flaw in this description as it leaves out the luxury properties such as the Imperial in Vienna (Starwood) and the Park Hyatt in Tokyo - at least insofar as newcomers to the forum reading this description might be concerned.
Dec 26, 2011, 5:06 pm
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