Should We Consider a Rewrite of the Luxury Forum Description?
I feel badly for people who stumble on this forum in error and are unsure if their hotel is "luxury". I am also myself sometimes confused whether info on a particular boutique hotel even belongs here.
Should we ask the mods to rewrite the luxury hotel forum description to something more specific? It currently refers to luxury chains such as FS and RC. Chains certainly seems too limiting as there are some fabulous privately owned properties and luxury boutique hotels. There could also be a consideration for Aman, Peninsula, MO, etc. And Virtuoso..... I'm curious what the other regulars think. |
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Discussion regarding luxury hotel chains such as the Ritz-Carlton and the Four Seasons |
I think the description definitely should include Amanresorts.
Along with Four Seasons, I would like to see Peninsula and/or Mandarin Oriental in the description, as these hotel groups are true paradigms for luxury hospitality. I would possibly suggest the removal of Ritz-Carlton. While there are some very good properties, quite a few others are decidedly not high end. I agree that the word chains is too limiting. |
I agree that the description should be rewritten to include also - at least - Amanresorts, but I am not sure that this will really be of help to the ones that asks questions without knowing which hotels we discuss here. That is more a matter of how we choose to answer them. Regulars here tend to search for, stay in and discuss only the best 2-3 very top hotels in each destination, but I do not feel that it would be correct to limit ourselves to only those. An interest for luxury hotels most often start a bit below the very best ones and then grow slowly, dependent on experiences, priorities and financial situation. A forum like this would have been extremely helpful for me also before I was able to stay in the real luxury hotels. I would have loved to find someone that could tell me that my choices might not be the very best ones, but that they would be the best in the "great hotel, but not top of the class-group", if you know what I mean, and I feel that many of us can offer useful experiences also for such hotels and compare them to the top ones. I would feel that it was a pity if we would lose feedback on great boutique hotels just because there would be a better FS close to it, for example.
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I can't even see where this description appears on the Luxury Hotels Forum Threads page. I'm not sure how newbies are supposed to see it?
Perhaps there should be a sticky at the top saying "This forum is for discussion on Four Seasons, Aman etc" |
Discussion regarding luxury hotels such as Four Seasons, Aman, Peninsula, Mandarin Oriental, Ritz Carlton and truly exceptional boutique hotels ????
By the way Musken, I think I agree with your assessment. |
Originally Posted by ajca
(Post 17421748)
I can't even see where this description appears on the Luxury Hotels Forum Threads page. I'm not sure how newbies are supposed to see it?
Originally Posted by Ericka
(Post 17419556)
Chains certainly seems too limiting
Originally Posted by MikeFromTokyo
(Post 17420084)
luxury hospitality
Originally Posted by Musken
(Post 17421340)
compare them to the top ones...great boutique hotels
Originally Posted by Ericka
(Post 17422026)
luxury hotels...truly exceptional boutique hotels
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Originally Posted by Ericka
(Post 17422026)
Discussion regarding luxury hotels such as Four Seasons, Aman, Peninsula, Mandarin Oriental, Ritz Carlton and truly exceptional boutique hotels ????
By the way Musken, I think I agree with your assessment. I'm with both of you too |
Originally Posted by Musken
(Post 17421340)
I agree that the description should be rewritten to include also - at least - Amanresorts, but I am not sure that this will really be of help to the ones that asks questions without knowing which hotels we discuss here. That is more a matter of how we choose to answer them. Regulars here tend to search for, stay in and discuss only the best 2-3 very top hotels in each destination, but I do not feel that it would be correct to limit ourselves to only those. An interest for luxury hotels most often start a bit below the very best ones and then grow slowly, dependent on experiences, priorities and financial situation. A forum like this would have been extremely helpful for me also before I was able to stay in the real luxury hotels. I would have loved to find someone that could tell me that my choices might not be the very best ones, but that they would be the best in the "great hotel, but not top of the class-group", if you know what I mean, and I feel that many of us can offer useful experiences also for such hotels and compare them to the top ones. I would feel that it was a pity if we would lose feedback on great boutique hotels just because there would be a better FS close to it, for example.
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Originally Posted by Kagehitokiri
(Post 17422104)
while this is an interesting question, im not sure if this is something to be discussed with obscure2k/luxury, TalkBoard, Sandiego1K, etc.
Given that, should there be anything in the description that says that the major chain hotels all have their own forums? |
I agree a change needs to be made.
I stay in loads of 5 star hotels...but remember what may be luxury standard in one country is different again in another. Can't we make it 5 star properties? |
Originally Posted by SanDiego1K
(Post 17425848)
Given that, should there be anything in the description that says that the major chain hotels all have their own forums?
And there are actually cases where a major chain hotel can belong here when it comes to comparisons in a specific city.....St. Regis and Park Hyatt as examples. |
Originally Posted by Jinxy
(Post 17426303)
Can't we make it 5 star properties?
It was actually a discussion on this forum about whether something was 5 Star or not that brought this topic up. I think the more specific we could be in the description, the better. |
I am committed to implementing the desires of the forum. Perhaps we can work on a few options and then set up a poll to see what forum members think?
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Originally Posted by SanDiego1K
(Post 17425848)
I am the one who will implement it...with commitment by Obscure2K and luxury
Originally Posted by Ericka
(Post 17426450)
My gut says no
Originally Posted by Ericka
(Post 17426501)
5 Star...is now meaningless
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/11345980-post13.html also >
Originally Posted by Kagehitokiri
(Post 12807306)
Bjorn Hanson, a former PricewaterhouseCoopers hotel analyst told USA Today that more hotels won this year than usual because both AAA and Forbes are letting their inspectors be more flexible.
Originally Posted by Kagehitokiri
(Post 17257509)
too many 5 star >
France (not many "Palace" though) Qualmark (NZ) (only 10 "Exclusive" though) European Hotelstars Union AA (UK) (at least on its way if not there already) AAA (US - diamond not star) |
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