The Ultimate Guide to Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts
#751
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: NYC
Posts: 6,423
This article suggests the issue was more Italian control than anything specific to Bill Gates.
#754
Join Date: Jan 2020
Location: HNL
Programs: UA GS, Delta Plat, Hawaiian Gold, Hertz Plat
Posts: 122
Chromecast and Apple
Has anyone been able to get an Apple device to work with FS’s Chromecast-enabled TVs? I’ve tried all kinds of tricks, it pretends to connect, but nothing will play. The local staff (in Bora Bora) say they have no control over it … like the umbrellas and black masks they come from “central.”
#755
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: EZE
Programs: UA Gold,Delta Gold Bonvoy Titanium Elite, HH Diamond , AA Platinum, EENational, Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 1,547
Four Seasons Bogotá Casa Medina
Wanted to share my experience here. I am a Four Seasons rookie lol but I know have stayed at both Four Seasons properties in Bogotá and if your up in the air choose Casa Medina. This property is so much nicer and really gives your the feel your in another world inside the hustle and bustle of Bogotá.
#757
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Europe
Posts: 2,598
Marie-Laure Fleury has taken the reigns over at FS Trinity... I have followed her accomplishments for a long time and what she has done with Tunis is amazing, so I am very hopeful this will improve Trinity. Strong F&B skills, too, so this makes a lot of sense. And should be easier, given the very difficult and average FS Sydney.
#758
Join Date: Mar 2008
Programs: UAL 1P, Bonvoy Plat, Delta Silver Med, AA Gold
Posts: 154
I have heard back again from the GM. Unfortunately, he indicates that the FS San Domenico continues to be unable to honor our existing reservation. He gave no explanation. BUT, he offered to "walk" us to the Belmond for the 3 night stay fully paid for by the FS. So, while we remain disappointed that we cannot stay as planned, the result is more than satisfactory. Aventine, we owe you a drink at the very least but more like a full dinner!
I also must say that the GM has been so responsive and generous with his offer that his actions have worked very much as intended: I would choose this hotel again in a heart beat if we return at some future date to Taormina. Well done FS!
I also must say that the GM has been so responsive and generous with his offer that his actions have worked very much as intended: I would choose this hotel again in a heart beat if we return at some future date to Taormina. Well done FS!
Last edited by wanderlustFL; Feb 5, 2022 at 5:54 am
#759
Just a quick update. I don’t know if anyone has heard of the HBO series The White Lotus, but season 2 of the series is being filed at the FS San Domenico Palace late March/early April of this year. The first season was filed at the FS Maui. This could explain the hotel’s oblique statement that it was reserved for “exclusive use” and also why the GM could not provide any details.
#760
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Europe
Posts: 2,598
Just a quick update. I don’t know if anyone has heard of the HBO series The White Lotus, but season 2 of the series is being filed at the FS San Domenico Palace late March/early April of this year. The first season was filed at the FS Maui. This could explain the hotel’s oblique statement that it was reserved for “exclusive use” and also why the GM could not provide any details.
#762
Just a quick update. I don’t know if anyone has heard of the HBO series The White Lotus, but season 2 of the series is being filed at the FS San Domenico Palace late March/early April of this year. The first season was filed at the FS Maui. This could explain the hotel’s oblique statement that it was reserved for “exclusive use” and also why the GM could not provide any details.
I happened to like it, but ymmv.
#764
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Atlanta and the Big Island, Hawaii
Programs: DL Diamond, SPG Gold. I share these affiliations so that you can ask me questions about the programs
Posts: 812
The movie groups are important revenue for the hotels but they aren’t incredible windfalls like I thought prior to speaking with guest staff who worked on White Lotus. The production company was paying the hotel 50,000 a night for a wing of the Four Seasons Maui. It was during the height of Covid, so this makes good sense for the hotel, similar reason for them to rent out the new FS in Italy.