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May 5, 2017 | 2:05 pm
#2671
formerly htang333
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Wi-Fi
Programs: Virtuoso 1%, Four Seasons (Top 25 Advisor), AMAN (Top 50), Rosewood Elite Top, Hyatt Prive Top, etc.
Posts: 1,468
Would love to know your feedback on Beach Enclave in T&C...been looking at that for clients for some time but just am not sure. Looks fab, though!
May 5, 2017 | 2:48 pm
#2672
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Enroute to ? & likely flying in ' A ':)
Programs: TPPS, UA, EK ...; Marriott BONVOY , HH, GP, GC..
Posts: 4,370
[QUOTE=FlyerEC;27851832]
Back from from RC Kyoto & Amanemu ( report still pending )
May
HK
TUH
MOHK
SF
St Regis ( thanks bhrubin for TR )
Seattle
PanPacific as of now
Willows Inn , Lummi Island - meals belong here
Vancouver
PanPacific
June
Oceania , M . S . Regatta
Tofino
Wickannish Inn ?
Banff / Jasper. - Fairmont ?
Seattle
PanPacific
?
Woodmark ( Kirkland )
SF
St Regis
July / August
Amankila / Nusa
September
Connaught
& ?
Le Manoir aux Quat ' Saisons
Venice / Montenegro?
Aman CGV / SS ??
November
Sri Lanka ?
Tea Trails ?
Galla
Wella
Originally Posted by FlyerEC
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When will you return to Laucala ?
Not going to LPQ today after all , would have loved to check out Azerai & catch up with Gary T . Pop by Taka to see any changes .
Still finalizing Phuket later this month & February . Puri or still just a meal at Trisara ??
QUOTE=m3red;27731126]26-30 Jan six senses Yao noi (ocean view Vila)
Perhaps may overlap if we decide to visit SSYN too
Quote:
Originally Posted by SanDiego1K View Post
Quito at the start. Guayaquil at the end.
Well , almost ended up at Marriott but going to check out Trisara after many years of absence to catch up with Anthony L too . He assures us that we will still know many of the staff .
We shall see how service is after rather " iffy " reviews in this forum .
Crossed mind to recce Iniala but at this time cannot take risk with the design . The intention is to relax , so will possibly stay when I'm going kayaking , etc .
Ankle still on the mend ( was to be in TUH & MOHK now but aborted too )
Amanpuri is rather busy over CNY so have opted to possibly have a meal there instead . Our usual pool pavilions , etc are not available plus we do not enjoy Puri when the beach is super busy .
FYI , it is over holidays " with most movements in the world " , read between the lines .
Plus .. Why hide away in a Puri villa at this time when the sea is at her best ?
Pulo also faces same issue ..
Perhaps should be cruising Galapagos instead . Thanks SanDiego1K .
Trying to sort out when in March for N'oi .
April / May : Puri , Nemu , Aman Tokyo ?? MOTYO ?
May / June :
Vancouver Still deciding hotels
Where else in Alaska ? .. besides cruising - M . S . Regatta
Bellevue / Medina / Mercer Island / Seattle : Family , friends .. PanPacific , Olympic and / or ??
Lummi Island : Willows Inn to eat & stay
June / July : Kila , Nusa
Am not at Amans monthly
July / August : ? Perhaps Saffire or NZ - figuring out lodges ..
September :
Wales - any luxury ??
Manchester - luxury ??
London : FS Trinity Square ? ( depends on TRs ) , Halkin .. [ QUOTE]
April : Galla , Wella
Thinking of Tea Trails before too but not sure which one to stay at .
Where else to consider
Move Nemu to another time
..
When will you return to Laucala ?
Not going to LPQ today after all , would have loved to check out Azerai & catch up with Gary T . Pop by Taka to see any changes .
Still finalizing Phuket later this month & February . Puri or still just a meal at Trisara ??
QUOTE=m3red;27731126]26-30 Jan six senses Yao noi (ocean view Vila)
Perhaps may overlap if we decide to visit SSYN too
Quote:
Originally Posted by SanDiego1K View Post
Quito at the start. Guayaquil at the end.
Well , almost ended up at Marriott but going to check out Trisara after many years of absence to catch up with Anthony L too . He assures us that we will still know many of the staff .
We shall see how service is after rather " iffy " reviews in this forum .
Crossed mind to recce Iniala but at this time cannot take risk with the design . The intention is to relax , so will possibly stay when I'm going kayaking , etc .
Ankle still on the mend ( was to be in TUH & MOHK now but aborted too )
Amanpuri is rather busy over CNY so have opted to possibly have a meal there instead . Our usual pool pavilions , etc are not available plus we do not enjoy Puri when the beach is super busy .
FYI , it is over holidays " with most movements in the world " , read between the lines .
Plus .. Why hide away in a Puri villa at this time when the sea is at her best ?
Pulo also faces same issue ..
Perhaps should be cruising Galapagos instead . Thanks SanDiego1K .
Trying to sort out when in March for N'oi .
April / May : Puri , Nemu , Aman Tokyo ?? MOTYO ?
May / June :
Vancouver Still deciding hotels
Where else in Alaska ? .. besides cruising - M . S . Regatta
Bellevue / Medina / Mercer Island / Seattle : Family , friends .. PanPacific , Olympic and / or ??
Lummi Island : Willows Inn to eat & stay
June / July : Kila , Nusa
Am not at Amans monthly
July / August : ? Perhaps Saffire or NZ - figuring out lodges ..
September :
Wales - any luxury ??
Manchester - luxury ??
London : FS Trinity Square ? ( depends on TRs ) , Halkin .. [ QUOTE]
April : Galla , Wella
Thinking of Tea Trails before too but not sure which one to stay at .
Where else to consider
Move Nemu to another time
Back from from RC Kyoto & Amanemu ( report still pending )
May
HK
TUH
MOHK
SF
St Regis ( thanks bhrubin for TR )
Seattle
PanPacific as of now
Willows Inn , Lummi Island - meals belong here
Vancouver
PanPacific
June
Oceania , M . S . Regatta
Tofino
Wickannish Inn ?
Banff / Jasper. - Fairmont ?
Seattle
PanPacific
?
Woodmark ( Kirkland )
SF
St Regis
July / August
Amankila / Nusa
September
Connaught
& ?
Le Manoir aux Quat ' Saisons
Venice / Montenegro?
Aman CGV / SS ??
November
Sri Lanka ?
Tea Trails ?
Galla
Wella
Last edited by FlyerEC; May 5, 2017 at 3:08 pm Reason: Formatting .. Typos , add information
May 6, 2017 | 10:22 am
#2673
Community Director Emerita
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Anywhere warm
Posts: 35,505
While not luxury, I am happy to find solid mid tier hotels in the Caucasus.
Grand Hyatt Doha
Marriott Yerevan
Hyatt Place Yermuk
Tsaghkadzor Marriott
Radisson Blu Tbilisi
Rooms Hotel Kazbegi, Stepantsminda, a Member of Design Hotels
Rooms Hotel Tbilisi, a Member of Design Hotels
Caresse Bodrum
Park Hyatt Istanbul
Grand Hyatt Doha
Marriott Yerevan
Hyatt Place Yermuk
Tsaghkadzor Marriott
Radisson Blu Tbilisi
Rooms Hotel Kazbegi, Stepantsminda, a Member of Design Hotels
Rooms Hotel Tbilisi, a Member of Design Hotels
Caresse Bodrum
Park Hyatt Istanbul
May 6, 2017 | 12:20 pm
#2675
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: England
Posts: 1,418
MacMyDay - If you get to Gidleigh Park you might look at nearby Lympstone Manor, the brand-new hotel opened by Michael Caines, the long-standing chef at Gidleigh Park now striking out as the West Country's answer to Raymond Blanc. The house looks beautiful and there are views across the Exe estuary, though there isn't anything else as yet, except for the restaurant of course. Prices are pitched at the luxury level.
May 6, 2017 | 12:40 pm
#2676
Community Director Emerita
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Anywhere warm
Posts: 35,505
May 6, 2017 | 1:20 pm
#2677
Moderator: Delta SkyMiles, Luxury Hotels, TravelBuzz! and Italy
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Los Angeles
Posts: 27,009
I was intrigued enough to look it up after learning that Obama spent a month there this spring to work on his book. Ellen Degeneres and Portia de Rossi spent a week there while Obama was there. I saw there are 35 villas but really have no sense of the island.
May 6, 2017 | 2:12 pm
#2678
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: IAD/DCA
Posts: 31,871
obama also did necker/moskito, right after inauguration and before a necker celebration week, probably doing a lot of private islands, although obviously branson was a factor re necker
perhaps obama bought most of brando out, interesting re ellen
will be interesting to see if brando gets access to rest of atoll, and residences
Hotel Bora Bora might have chance if aman has stake and could do residences
perhaps obama bought most of brando out, interesting re ellen
will be interesting to see if brando gets access to rest of atoll, and residences
Hotel Bora Bora might have chance if aman has stake and could do residences
May 6, 2017 | 11:19 pm
#2679
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: UK
Posts: 1,719
The Brando looks the way Bora Bora looked when we first went there in 1975. At that time we had a reservation for Tetiaroa. I think we were scheduled for 5 days at Hotel Bora Bora and 3 days in Tetiaroa. We were so enamored of our over water bungalow at Hotel BB, that we cancelled our Tetiaroa plans. Of interest, is when we checked in for our UTA flight to Tahiti, Marlon Brando was in the same line, also connecting in Papeete. If the Brando has even the suggestion of Bora Bora in the '70's, it should be quite wonderful.
Both Tetiaroa and Rangiroa are enormous circular or ovate atolls, flat islands, sometimes 20-30 miles across, that are the remains of the rim of a long-sunken volcano. Tetiaroa is close to Tahiti while Rangiroa is further away, part of the Tuamotu group.
Bora Bora is a high island, with jagged parts of the volcano still standing, surrounded by motu, little islands, enclosing the lagoon. In 1975 there was the Hotel Bora Bora and little else. I think maybe Dino De Laurentiis had built La Marara. And there might have been the Club Med. Nothing out on the motus. The French airline called UTA (Union de Transports Aeriens) seemed amazingly exotic and linked France with its overseas territories. It was possible to board in Paris and travel to Tahiti, Wallis & Futuna, New Caledonia and across to Reunion and back to Paris.
Those were the days!
<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/up70mm/7092838975/in/album-72157624606803281/" title="Bora Bora, French Polynesia"><img src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/8/7075/7092838975_78cae340cc_z.jpg" width="640" height="421" alt="Bora Bora, French Polynesia"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
And MacMyDay, so pleased to learn you are going to try out Lympstone Manor. I expect to get down there myself before the big summer season kicks in. And as far as French Polynesia is concerned, I've been there at various times of year and only once ran into seriously bad weather - an endless depression hanging over Rangiroa in September. I've been in the wet season and while it's crushingly humid you get fabulous skies for your camera!
Last edited by Pausanias; May 8, 2017 at 9:12 am
May 8, 2017 | 7:57 am
#2680
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: IAD/DCA
Posts: 31,871
latimes.com/la-tm-brando43oct23-story.html
brando estate leased 1 island to operator of brando resort (owner of ICs & paul gauguin)
Hotel Tetiaroa Village opened for business with its dozen bungalows in March 1973
May 8, 2017 | 9:38 am
#2681
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: UK
Posts: 1,719
May 8, 2017 | 12:18 pm
#2684
Moderator: Delta SkyMiles, Luxury Hotels, TravelBuzz! and Italy
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Los Angeles
Posts: 27,009
Thanks, Kage. We definitely had a reservation for Tetiaroa in 1975 and we knew it was going to be rather rustic. In 1975, even Hotel Bora Bora was considered rustic. There were no telephones and reservations were made using a Telex and the hotel used radios to communicate to the outside. The road around the island was only partially paved from Viatape to Hotel Bora Bora, mostly unpaved after the hotel. The motus were used for picnics and the only other accommodations on the island was the Club Med, considered a satellite as it was tiny, the Yacht Club and the very spartan Matira cottages near the Hotel Bora Bora on a beautiful beach. Tahaa was a motu we could see from our overwater bungalow. Would never have suspected that it would one day have hotels. The "town" had one general store, a small movie theatre and post office. The big event of the week was the arrival of the boat delivering goods from Papeete, as well as a few passengers. There were no places to dine outside of the hotel. We were on a MAP. Bloody Mary's arrived a couple of years later. We fell in love with Bora Bora and that is why we cancelled our reservation at Tetiaroa.
May 8, 2017 | 1:07 pm
#2685
formerly declinespecificinformatiom
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: USA
Posts: 1,140
When we went to Bora Bora there were 40,000 overwater bungalows. Fortunately the accommodations at the St. Regis were nice, the food was good and we enjoyed our time even if the whole thing was kitschy.