Thanks & you're welcome, I sure did . To cap it all, bumping into AZ at the airport & being on same flight ^

Won't though if we have those coming to walk around, gawk & video! :td:
Shocking - just the mere mention of it .. Thankfully that's not the ilk that normally visits Amans - let alone stay.

Better alert the Amanpuri team next week! ..

Why don't you do what anyone claiming to be a journalist would do and contact the hotel general manager or public relations officer (if there is one) and ask permission to film the property. @:-) They might agree sometimes if you demonstrate how it would benefit them. @:-)

Well do let us know ( when you next visit ANY Amanresort ) exactly when and which one you will be at ...a good lead time heads up would be much appreciated. Thank you.

Are you guys really taking him half seriously? He is trying to mock and you are leading him on further....

Please dont endorse this kind of thing, this is what some other resort / hotel companies do to copy ideas etc. for their own resorts. Absolutely forbidden!! I am sure though that the staff in any Amanresort will not allow this.

Heavens! Just caught up with this thread. This is why social media gets a bad name - everyone who has a blog or a YouTube account these days now pretends to be a bona fide critic!

If I were Aman, I would chase anyone with a video camera off property, which is probably what they will do!

High praise from The Gallivanters Guide for Amangiri:

"....Neither of us want to leave..."
https://twitter.com/#!/Gallivanters/...57187431120897

"...The quality of everything is astounding...."
https://twitter.com/#!/Gallivanters/...58378542161920

giri >

UA LAX-SGU i wonder when this started... i guess wikipedia isnt the best
DL SLC-SGU
US PHX-FLG
- closer than LAS/PHX
- can be single ticket
- i would assume more reliable than ZK

although confused that gallivanters says this for drives - 3.5 hours SGU and 4.5 hours LAS
FLG and PHX = ?

late 2010 >
drives - LAS $650 OW PHX $700 OW + 10% service
air charter from $3K OW

May 17, 10 2010 >

2 more convenient travel ^

https://twitter.com/#!/Gallivanters/...36481836613633
i presume thimphu is reopened?

https://twitter.com/#!/Gallivanters/...35703721918466

Don't understand the logic at all behind Amankora. Why would want each lodge so far away? Is it one resort or 5?

If I went to Amanpuri, I would expect everything onsite. I wouldn't want to fly from my room to the restaurant.

No wonder Amankora struggles to reach 50% occupancy, even during peak periods. It really is off the beaten path, with an illogical design.

If I was Zecha, I would sell off the Bhutan properties, and put the money towards capturing SS ninh van bay and SS zighy bay and turn them into Aman brands.

last one is because no trongsa yet
but now you can fly to bumthang and back, instead of driving via gangtey

low occupancy and off the beaten path = aman

and vs

amankora / amansara = cultural
awasi / dar ahlam = desert
you can look at those as safaris because they include excursions
and actually no safaris include private excursions like they do

in africa, not only is multi-lodge pretty much standard, aman is going to have 7 in gabon

you cant compare a beach resort (amanpuri) with a safari style property (amankora)

safari are also low occupancy and off the beaten path, often requiring plane direct to property

Are you seriously comparing Six Senses resorts with Aman resorts? Those two are so different concepts and so far away from each other! Six senses is all about nature and natural feeling without any design elements and warmth.

I fully agree that Six Senses and Aman are two very different concepts.

However, if "warmth" is a criterion, Six Senses in general exceeds Aman. I think that the Six Senses I've been to (Zighy Bay/Yao Noi/Soneva Kiri and soon Con Dao) are in fact much "warmer" than many Amans, which are more about minimalism.

Agreed absolutely !
No comparisons .

They have 3 categories at six senses , I would imagine soneva is their top category . The rest are more in banyan tree territory.

But admittedly I have not stayed at any soneva and have no immediate plans.
Only have stayed at the six senses samui.....and if possible , never again.

Aman , is unique and difficult to copy much less emulate.

Best way to describe Aman may be ..." one of a kind " ??

cant speak for others, but i would love to hear any thoughts you have re stays

especially beaches, any problems, and if you had beachfront accommodations

(you and someone else reported on zighy, and i recall discussion of yao noi)