Formerly Managed Aman Hotels
Feb 14, 2017, 7:19 pm
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Formerly Managed Aman Hotels
reading bhrubin's review got me thinking- does anyone have a list of formerly managed Aman hotels? I can think of a couple
- Aman New Delhi now Lodhi
- Hacienda de San Antonio (did it have an Aman name? or was it a Maha hotels (I see some obscure references to the name Mahakua...- A different Zecha project?)
- Umaid Bhawan Palace (very brief)...
Would love to hear more about the history of these hotels.... plus if there are any others out there... and any guesses about the next one to leave the fold?
FDW
- Aman New Delhi now Lodhi
- Hacienda de San Antonio (did it have an Aman name? or was it a Maha hotels (I see some obscure references to the name Mahakua...- A different Zecha project?)
- Umaid Bhawan Palace (very brief)...
Would love to hear more about the history of these hotels.... plus if there are any others out there... and any guesses about the next one to leave the fold?
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Feb 15, 2017, 1:23 am
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The only one left out would be Burnham Beeches near Melbourne , Australia .
Just remembered, even though wasn't an Aman I think LAS ALAMANDAS in Mexico was under Maharesorts or GHM for a brief time ... need a fact check .
Just remembered, even though wasn't an Aman I think LAS ALAMANDAS in Mexico was under Maharesorts or GHM for a brief time ... need a fact check .
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chinmoylad, yes it was aman
lots of discussion in aman threads
i'll do new compilation at some point
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/luxur...l#post25953141
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/luxur...sed-amans.html
first aman in delhi was Manor >
lucire.com/2008/0703vo0.shtml
nera was sold, zoe will be sold - hope they dont change
re mexico >
lots of discussion in aman threads
i'll do new compilation at some point
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/luxur...l#post25953141
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/luxur...sed-amans.html
first aman in delhi was Manor >
lucire.com/2008/0703vo0.shtml
nera was sold, zoe will be sold - hope they dont change
re mexico >
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Feb 17, 2017, 4:33 am
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first aman in delhi was Manor >
lucire.com/2008/0703vo0.shtml
re mexico >
Feb 17, 2017, 12:16 pm
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india >
Originally Posted by Jonathan Blitz
I was appointed Manager of The Manor Hotel in addition to my position of Manager of Aman‐i‐Khas
not sure re branding etc, they planned lodhi project a while
economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/65028.cms
webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:e_wef7gb2yIJ:economictimes.indiatim es.com/articleshow/65028.cms
Amanresorts investing an as-yet-undecided amount to refurbish the 98-room hotel. It will be relaunched as an all-suite luxury hotel called aœAman at Umaid Bhavan Palacea , marking its first major presence in India. Discussions are on about the quantum of investment and inputs are awaited from an Amanresorts team currently in Jodhpur to assess the requirements for the refurbishment.
We want to promote Jodhpur as a destination as well as Umaid Bhavan Palacea™s unique status as both a grand Art Deco Palace and a functioning family home,a said Mr Shivraj Singh, son of Mr Gaj Singh and executive director of Marudhar Hotels. aœSo we are particularly glad that Amanresorts has roped in Mr Ed Tuttle, an acclaimed specialist in stone architecture to be part of the refurbishment project.
Amanresorts also has a management contract with The Manor, a boutique hotel in Delhi as well as a tented camp in Ranthambor in Rajasthan.
We want to promote Jodhpur as a destination as well as Umaid Bhavan Palacea™s unique status as both a grand Art Deco Palace and a functioning family home,a said Mr Shivraj Singh, son of Mr Gaj Singh and executive director of Marudhar Hotels. aœSo we are particularly glad that Amanresorts has roped in Mr Ed Tuttle, an acclaimed specialist in stone architecture to be part of the refurbishment project.
Amanresorts also has a management contract with The Manor, a boutique hotel in Delhi as well as a tented camp in Ranthambor in Rajasthan.
vs others, lodhi did not really leave aman or cancel aman contract etc. (or have colony/aman cancel) DLF was involved in developing it. part of why DLF acquired aman was the land (of lodhi) which aman had acquired. DLF has already used part of the property as apartments. when DLF sold aman, they retained ownership of lodhi. DLF is a property developer, so they have long term considerations/plans/options, and see value there, rather than as hotel.
seems aman very briefly managed hana maui >
Consultant Chef Aman Resorts
Hotel Hana Maui Hawaii
July 1996 - August 1996 (2 months)
Training & motivating kitchen staff advising senior management on kitchen operations
Reporting directly to General Manager, Monty Brown (Aman Resorts)
Hotel Hana Maui Hawaii
July 1996 - August 1996 (2 months)
Training & motivating kitchen staff advising senior management on kitchen operations
Reporting directly to General Manager, Monty Brown (Aman Resorts)
Amanresorts Hawaii Inc., a luxury resort management group, received approval for the new management agreement from the Maui Liquor Control Commission on Wednesday. Amanresorts is scheduled to take over operations of the hotel and ranch from Sheraton in July.
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Feb 18, 2017, 1:40 am
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Originally Posted by Amanresorts
Completely renovated in the early 1990s, The Strand reopened in January 1994 as an Amanresort.
(by the time Sally Baughan arrived, may have become GHM)
bagnols >
oct 2000 > jan 2001 mahakua
feb 2001 > sep 2005 aman
india >
india timing (including opening but not ending of manor)
feb 2002 - acquired lodhi, seems like JV (with DLF affiliate?)
nov 1 2003 - opened amanikhas and umaid bhawan
ikhas included 1 night at manor with driver through may 2004
lodhi change's timing was in line with 1st attempted sale of aman
they'd started using 'lodhi suites' as apartments/etc 1 year prior
the change ended up only 1 year before sale of aman did close
bora bora >
think aman still owns it ? i'd think they could do residences ?
the 2 australian aman (plus Beaufort) >
hmaa.com.au/Media/KeyNewsUpdates/ByronatByronResortandSpa/tabid/3093/Default.aspx
Originally Posted by John Parche
Adrian purchased the Beaufort Hotel group where Hotels in Darwin, Brisbane, Singapore, Bangkok and Neuchatel (Switzerland) were either operational or under construction. I found myself operating the Darwin, Brisbane and Bangkok properties over an 8 year period. Whilst at Beaufort, Adrian purchased two iconic country properties; Milton Park in Bowral and Burnham Beeches in the Dandenongs. I left Beaufort in 1994 to re-join Aman and had a very difficult task of resurrecting these properties and suggested that after 3 years, instead of “Amanizing” them, he should sell
Originally Posted by John Parche
In January 1987, Lyn and I joined Adrian as the first Aman employees.
Beaufort Hotel in Darwin, Adrian purchased the hotel after the Malaysian owners went into receivership. My career path suddenly changed and I ended up being GM of the 195-room hotel. Four years later, I transferred to Brisbane to operate The Heritage, then to The Sukhothai in Bangkok, before returning to Australia to rejoin Aman Resorts
Beaufort Hotel in Darwin, Adrian purchased the hotel after the Malaysian owners went into receivership. My career path suddenly changed and I ended up being GM of the 195-room hotel. Four years later, I transferred to Brisbane to operate The Heritage, then to The Sukhothai in Bangkok, before returning to Australia to rejoin Aman Resorts
Originally Posted by WSJ
Under Colony, Amanresorts also sold a resort in Australia and gave up management contracts of hotels in Kuala Lumpur, Yangon, and Bagnols.
bagnols and 2 GHM werent brought back to aman post-colony
ah, aman owned and managed 1988-1992
selecthotels.com/LiteratureRetrieve.aspx?ID=31321
newspapers.com/newspage/123793634/
newspapers.com/newspage/120101941/
au.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-a-knowles-45415141
(ex aman Tracy Atherton GM at new 46 room Jackalope hotel outside Melbourne)
anyone else wish they discovered luxury travel and aman earlier?
i was in hawaii during the ~2 months aman managed hana maui
also visted near bagnols in the 90s, and mexico in early 2000s
umaid announcing 1 year contract likely would've prompted me
Aman: The First Decade - first aman book ?
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Feb 19, 2017, 11:30 am
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Thanks for all the info. Some good stuff here.. just spent a little time playing with archive.org. I'm sure Khag has some of this stuff posted somewhere...
Chateau de Bagnols
On the Aman website in 1999, gone in 2000....
Mahakua Haceinda de San Antonio
Shows up on the website in 2001, left Aman resorts March 11, 2005
In Fall of 2003, they advertised
That verbiage was gone by March of 2004....
Apparently Amankora's previous name was Amanrila
Hotel Bora Bora looks like it closed somewhere at the end of 2008... o
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Chateau de Bagnols
On the Aman website in 1999, gone in 2000....
Mahakua Haceinda de San Antonio
Shows up on the website in 2001, left Aman resorts March 11, 2005
In Fall of 2003, they advertised
In Jodhpur, a number of rooms are also available for an 'Aman experience' this winter season at Umaid Bhawan Palace.
Apparently Amankora's previous name was Amanrila
Hotel Bora Bora looks like it closed somewhere at the end of 2008... o
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