#78201 - 12/28/08 10:10 AM
Hilton takes over Sheraton Moorea & Bora Bora Nui in Feb 09?
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Peter 2
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It seems Starwood is going to lose 2 properties in French Polynesia in Feb 2009, one at Moorea (Sheraton Moorea) and the other one at Bora Bora (Bora Bora Nui). Here are the links:
http://www.hiltonworldresorts.com/new_openings/index.html#MooreaLagoon+special_offers+index++opening
http://www.hiltonworldresorts.com/new_openings/index.html#BoraBora+special_offers+index++opening
Any more news about it?
Edited by Peter 2 (12/28/08 10:12 AM)
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#78205 - 12/28/08 01:06 PM
Re: Hilton takes over Sheraton Moorea & Bora Bora Nui in Feb 09?
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vaitape
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Heard about this last week when we were there....also, Sheraton Tahiti is changing hands but not sure if it will be Hilton.
Word is the management will change but most of the staff will remain the same. Morale was good at both Tahiti and Moorea properties....despite the previous strike at the Tahiti prpoerty.
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#78207 - 12/28/08 02:16 PM
Re: Hilton takes over Sheraton Moorea & Bora Bora Nui in Feb 09?
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Rick and Pat
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We have reservations for the very end of Feb. Should we be concerned about a rocky transition? No real info. on the Hilton website yet, do you think I could possibly get a deal by rebooking with them?
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#78210 - 12/28/08 10:59 PM
Re: Hilton takes over Sheraton Moorea & Bora Bora Nui in Feb 09?
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Peter 2
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Rick and Pat, can the booking be canceled without penalty? Did you book it directly at spg.com? If so and if I were you, I would just cancel the reservation and wait for a month or so (even till mid Feb) to let things get clarified/verified since Feb is low season, so I would not worry about the the availability. In addition, you have to call SPG customer services or your travel agent to find out if your reservation will still be honored in case if the hotel will be rebranded before your stay.
Ususally there will be some promotion or special discount for a newly rebranded hotel.
Edited by Peter 2 (12/28/08 11:11 PM)
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#78211 - 12/29/08 05:12 AM
Re: Hilton takes over Sheraton Moorea & Bora Bora Nui in Feb 09?
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Rick and Pat
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Luckily, I made the reservation directly with Starwood, so I can cancel. I'll give them a call, but keep my eyes peeled with Hilton.
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#78212 - 12/29/08 02:24 PM
Re: Hilton takes over Sheraton Moorea & Bora Bora Nui in Feb 09?
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BarbiJKM
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The word over at Trip Advisor forums is that both Starwood and Hilton are honoring any reservations made with Starwood points (free rooms) at the Sheraton Moorea, even after it transitions to a Hilton in Feb. 2009, at least through July 2009. So it may have a double reservation system for awhile, once the Hilton management is up and running.
As for whether it would be cheaper to cancel a paid Sheraton reservation and rebook as a Hilton reservation once they are re-branded, that's a wait-and-see! Also, don't hold your breath about the February 2009 date, because these things seem to always take longer than expected on island-time...
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#78244 - 12/30/08 07:45 PM
Re: Hilton takes over Sheraton Moorea & Bora Bora Nui in Feb 09?
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Peter 2
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News:
Confirmed by Starwood:
Honolulu, Oahu (December 30, 2008) – Starwood Hotels & Resorts Hawai‘i & French Polynesia and Louis Wane, owner of the Sheraton Hotel Tahiti, Sheraton Moorea and Bora Bora Nui Resort & Spa, A Luxury Collection Resort announced today that upon mutual agreement, Starwood will no longer manage these properties. The effective date will be during 2009. Starwood will continue to manage three other award-winning properties in the region, The St. Regis Bora Bora Resort, Le Meridien Tahiti and Le Meridien Bora Bora.
Starwood has operated both the Sheraton Hotel Tahiti And the Sheraton Moorea since August, 2000 under its Sheraton Hotels flag and the Bora Bora Nui Resort & Spa since February, 2002 under its Luxury Collection flag.
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#78249 - 12/31/08 08:04 AM
Re: Hilton takes over Sheraton Moorea & Bora Bora Nui in Feb 09?
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BarbiJKM
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The link is here:
http://hotelnewsnow.com/Articles.aspx?ArticleId=450&ArticleType=1&PageType=Latest
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#78307 - 01/03/09 07:18 AM
Re: Hilton takes over Sheraton Moorea & Bora Bora Nui in Feb 09?
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BarbiJKM
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This was reported last night in Tahiti Presse: www.tahitipresse.pf
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Starwood announces pullout from Tahiti, Moorea, Bora Bora hotels
(Tahitipresse) - Starwood Hotels & Resorts has announced its management contract at three hotels in French Polynesia will come to an end at a so far unspecified date during 2009.
The three hotels, all owned by local businessman Louis Wane, are the 200-room Sheraton Hotel Tahiti Resort & Spa, the 103-bungalow Sheraton Moorea Lagoon Resort & Spa and the 120-suite/villa Bora Bora Nui Resort & Spa, which is part of Starwood's Luxury Collection.
There have been reliable but unconfirmed reports that Wane has held talks with Hilton Hotels as a potential new group to take over from the Sheraton in the management of the three hotels.
Starwood issued a news release on Dec. 30 that was posted on several Internet Web sites announcing that the hotel group and Wane had reached a "mutual agreement" for Starwood to no longer manage the three resorts. "The effective date will be during 2009."
But the release from the group's White Plains, N.Y., headquarters added, "Starwood will continue to manage three other award-winning properties" in French Polynesia. They are the 90-villa St. Regis Resort Bora Bora, the 150-room Le Méridien Tahiti and the 99-bungalow Le Méridien Bora Bora.
"Starwood has operated both the Sheraton Hotel Tahiti and the Sheraton Moorea since August 2000 . . . and the Bora Bora Nui Resort & Spa since February 2002," the release noted.
Sheraton replaced the Hawaii-based international hotel group Outrigger Hotels & Resorts, which managed the Outrigger Hotel Tahiti from July 1999 until August 2000. The Outrigger management began after the former Hotel Tahiti, one of Tahiti's first and one of its most famous international hotels dating back to the early 1960s, was torn down and rebuilt as a modern resort.
Starwood is described by Forbes magazine as "a worldwide hospitality network of almost 900 full-service hotels, vacation ownership resorts and residential developments serving two markets: luxury and upscale".
On the Forbes Global 2000 for 2008 Starwood Hotels had a rank of 916 compared with a 703 ranking in 2007 among the list of 2,000 worldwide companies.
The Starwood group also includes W Hotels, Westin and Four Points by Sheraton. Sheraton Hotels and Resorts is Starwood's largest and second oldest brand, with Westin being the oldest.
In November, the Sheraton Hotel Tahiti signed a protocol agreement ending a five-day strike that forced management to transfer guests to other hotels. The strike and negotiations focused on the amount of payments for 18 hotel employees who were laid off for economic reasons.
Union officials and the hotel's management reached an agreement on the amount of separation pay for the 18 employees that was higher than what is required by law, Sheraton Hotel Tahiti General Manager Laurent Garrido.
Due to Tahiti's ongoing struggling tourism industry stemming from the global financial crisis, the hotel experienced a lower turnover and increased costs during 2008, he said.
The outlook for 2009 is pessimistic, coupled with the opening of two new hotels on the island of Tahiti that will add 220 rooms to the market, Garrido said.
That is what led to management proposing to the labor union in early September early retirements, reclassifications and the elimination of fixed-term contracts for employees.
The hotel initially wanted to reduce its staff by 32 employees, but end up accepting 18.
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#78438 - 01/10/09 10:26 AM
Re: Hilton takes over Sheraton Moorea & Bora Bora Nui in Feb 09?
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BarbiJKM
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More news today in Tahiti Presse. Apparently, the hotel owners, not Sheraton, initiated the change-over...
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Tourism : 01/09/2009 at 11:01AM
Owning companies of 3 hotels not satisfied with Sheraton management
(Tahitipresse) - The owning companies of three hotels that the Sheraton group is due to stop managing later this year has announced in the local news media that they were unsatisfied with the management of the Sheraton Hotel Tahiti, the Sheraton Moorea Lagoon and the Bora Bora Nui Resort & Spa.
A statement by the "owning companies" that did not contain the names of the firms emphasizes that it was not the Starwood Group who took the initiative for the Sheraton's departure.
The end of the Sheraton's management contracts sometime during 2009 at a date still not specified by Starwood, Sheraton or the owning companies "is in reality only the result of unsatisfactory performances for the owners of the three hotels", according to the published statement.
However, the statement added, "Under no circumstances should the departure of Starwood be regarded as being related to the tourism industry's difficulties in French Polynesia." This was a reference to 2008, which, through November, was shaping up as Tahiti's worst tourism industry year since 2002.
"Negotiations are underway with a prestigious hotel chain of international renown to take over" the management of the three hotels, the owning companies' statement continued. The name of the hotel chain was not mention, but there have been reliable but unconfirmed reports that the main owner of the hotels, Louis Wane, has been talking with Hilton Hotels.
According to the owning companies' statement, "The hotels will continue operating under a new brand and a new management that has largely proven itself.
"There is no doubt that not only will these three hotels not close, but also that their activity will develop to the great satisfaction of tourists and contribute to French Polynesia's necessary economic vitality," the statement concluded.
Starwood Hotels & Resorts issued a news release on Dec. 30 announcing that the hotel group and Wane had reached a "mutual agreement" for Starwood to no longer manage the three resorts. "The effective date will be during 2009." That release identified Wane as "owner" of the three hotels.
The owning companies' statement noted that the Starwood's departure would be "under amicably negotiated conditions".
But the Starwood Group's release from its White Plains, N.Y., headquarters added, "Starwood will continue to manage three other award-winning properties" in French Polynesia. They are the 90-villa St. Regis Resort Bora Bora, the 150-room Le Méridien Tahiti and the 99-bungalow Le Méridien Bora Bora.
"Starwood has operated both the Sheraton Hotel Tahiti and the Sheraton Moorea since August 2000 . . . and the Bora Bora Nui Resort & Spa since February 2002," the release noted.
The Sheraton Hotel Tahiti has 200 rooms, the Sheraton Moorea Lagoon Resort & Spa has 103 bungalows and the Bora Bora Nui Resort & Spa, which is part of Starwood's Luxury Collection, has 120 suites/villas.
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