THE Hotel not to be missed
Jul 9, 2012, 5:54 pm
#152
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New owners will want to make money and recoup they investment, does not bode well for a brand that makes very little, if any, profit.
Jul 10, 2012, 8:02 am
#153
Join Date: Aug 2007
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All!! Need to get with the times, recently at Amapuri where cheap TV's have been added. Bathroom look worn, needs to be update to 2012. Staff with stains on uniforms, material wearing thin on furniture, and more.
New owners will want to make money and recoup they investment, does not bode well for a brand that makes very little, if any, profit.
New owners will want to make money and recoup they investment, does not bode well for a brand that makes very little, if any, profit.
Every hotel group, from Four Seasons to Peninsula, to Mandarin Oriental, to Aman have properties that are new and fresh and properties that need investment. Aman, in my experience, have fewer properties that obviously need investment, whereas Peninsula, say, have several.
Don't forget that, on the whole, Aman do not own their properties, just as Four Seasons don't own theirs. Investment comes from the owners (or not).
I think you are being very unfair to say that Aman needs to 'get with the times'. Do you want it to become another 'W'? I think you will find that 99% of Amanjunkies would run screaming from that concept.
Jul 16, 2012, 5:46 pm
#154
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Zurich, Switzerland
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Virtuoso nominees for their best hotel:
Comments?
Beverly Hills Hotel (Dorchester Collection) - Beverly Hills, Calif.
Rosewood Hotel Georgia - Vancouver
Kauri Cliffs - Northland, N.Z.
One&Only Ocean Club - Paradise Island, Bahamas
Hotel Sacher Wien - Vienna
Comments?
Beverly Hills Hotel (Dorchester Collection) - Beverly Hills, Calif.
Rosewood Hotel Georgia - Vancouver
Kauri Cliffs - Northland, N.Z.
One&Only Ocean Club - Paradise Island, Bahamas
Hotel Sacher Wien - Vienna
Jul 16, 2012, 10:27 pm
#155
Join Date: Sep 2009
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All!! Need to get with the times, recently at Amapuri where cheap TV's have been added. Bathroom look worn, needs to be update to 2012. Staff with stains on uniforms, material wearing thin on furniture, and more.
New owners will want to make money and recoup they investment, does not bode well for a brand that makes very little, if any, profit.
New owners will want to make money and recoup they investment, does not bode well for a brand that makes very little, if any, profit.
Jul 17, 2012, 3:45 pm
#156
Join Date: Jan 2012
Programs: BA, Delta, Hyatt, Hilton
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Lewtrenchard Manor near Okehampton, Devon, UK....historic, old, built in the early 1600s, beautiful property and country....right next to the moor in Devon and a very easy run to the Cornish coast. Now that the Murray family have bought it back after a few years away, you will feel that you are truly a guest. And the food is delicious.
Jul 18, 2012, 4:57 am
#157
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: AMS BUD SIN
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Ananda Spa in the Himalayas. Must be the most amazing place!
http://anandaspa.com/content/default.asp
http://anandaspa.com/content/default.asp
Jul 18, 2012, 6:44 am
#158
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Ananda Spa in the Himalayas. Must be the most amazing place!
http://anandaspa.com/content/default.asp
http://anandaspa.com/content/default.asp
Jul 18, 2012, 9:30 am
#159
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http://thehindubusinessline.in/2001/...s/022736m4.htm
after rafael acquisition, and then perhaps due to economy
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Jul 22, 2012, 3:41 pm
#160
Formerly known as hcampana
Join Date: May 2010
Location: AMS
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Top 5 - YS, Pulo, Puri, Cipriani, Okura. (Most people probably will not agree on the last because the rooms are not great, but IMHO it still has the best service of any big city hotel in the world, Tohkalin is one my favorite restaurants, Orchid room is the best power breakfast spot in the world, and the lobby has a timeless style and serenity.)
Jul 25, 2012, 2:16 pm
#162
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Belfast , UK
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Sadly I have always stayed one level down from the real real 5 star properties that seem to top the list.
I am only in my 20s so still have time.!!!
Stayed in lovely places in Tanzania and Zanzibar - If rumours of 3 Four Seasons to be built - wow.
My choice would be between
most incredible experience - Ngorongoro Crater
most beautiful location - Intercontinental Bora Bora
Best service - GHM Club At The Legian Bali.
The villas and butler service at GHM Club At The Legian Bali. I mean everything about this hotel was incredible. Trust me i looked for faults and found one or two at the GHM Chedi in Ubud but could not find ANY at GHM Club At The Legian Bali..
So my vote so far is for GHM Club At The Legian Bali.
http://www.ghmhotels.com/en/the-club...e-legian/home/
however I hope to visit some from the list which will hopefully mean a new favourite!!!
I am only in my 20s so still have time.!!!
Stayed in lovely places in Tanzania and Zanzibar - If rumours of 3 Four Seasons to be built - wow.
My choice would be between
most incredible experience - Ngorongoro Crater
most beautiful location - Intercontinental Bora Bora
Best service - GHM Club At The Legian Bali.
The villas and butler service at GHM Club At The Legian Bali. I mean everything about this hotel was incredible. Trust me i looked for faults and found one or two at the GHM Chedi in Ubud but could not find ANY at GHM Club At The Legian Bali..
So my vote so far is for GHM Club At The Legian Bali.
http://www.ghmhotels.com/en/the-club...e-legian/home/
however I hope to visit some from the list which will hopefully mean a new favourite!!!
Last edited by WEEBOBBY; Jul 25, 2012 at 2:26 pm
Dec 13, 2012, 11:49 am
#163
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Dec 20, 2012, 1:18 am
#164
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I will not write about Capella here: that place really deserves its own forum:
"What is the best place in the whole wide world?"
Dec 20, 2012, 11:38 pm
#165
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Well, I'll play. Southern Ocean Lodge on Kangaroo Island is pretty amazing. Cannot be faulted for service, style and food: the island itself is well worth a detour. I sound like a Baillie junkie I know, but they (the owners) really have faultless taste, and so their lodges have an unmistakable personality which makes them unique.
I will not write about Capella here: that place really deserves its own forum:
"What is the best place in the whole wide world?"
I will not write about Capella here: that place really deserves its own forum:
"What is the best place in the whole wide world?"