Category: baccarat hotels

Starwood Capital Does Something With the Former Baccarat Wailea Property

| October 25, 2010 | 1 Comment
Starwood Capital Does Something With the Former Baccarat Wailea Property

Back in 2008 Starwood Capital announced the property they had recently purchased, the Renaissance Wailea, would be torn down and replaced as a completely new resort – Baccarat Wailea Hotel & Residences. Unfortunately, like alot of construction projects announced during that time – the project never got off the ground and was eventually canceled. Not [...]

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Starwood Looking To Sell Societe Du Louvre Hotels Piece by Piece

| September 6, 2009 | 0 Comments

Starwood Capital’s sale of the Hotel de Crillon is on rocky ground as the purchaser – JJW Hotels and Resorts looks to be unable to complete the financing of the deal. Starwood Capital also seems to be heading toward selling each property individually so as to get a better return on investment for its investors due to the economy not providing the returns Starwood had once expected.

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Robert FX Sillerman Admits Defeat

| July 30, 2009 | 0 Comments

Robert Sillerman is a billionaire who decided to get into real estate investing, and has failed miserably – shockingly he has admitted defeat and is getting out of real estate.

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Starwood Capital’s 1 Hotels and Baccarat Brands Expanding First Into China

| June 10, 2009 | 0 Comments

A story from the South China Morning Post states that Starwood Capital is investing $2 billion over the next 5 years in its 1 Hotel & Baccarat Hotel brands – in China. The story has so many conflicting statements, both within the story and based on news that’s occurred over the past few months.. I’m almost not sure to believe anything in the article!

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Baccarat Residences, Shanghai

| May 5, 2009 | 0 Comments
Baccarat Residences, Shanghai

Starwood Capital’s Baccarat brand is launching the Baccarat Residences, Shanghai in the near future. This was originally known as the Residences 8 or Residences 8 – Shanghai.

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Starwood Capital’s SH Group

| February 5, 2009 | 3 Comments

Starwood Capital created a new company called “SH Group” with the intention to use that as a vehicle to franchise and manage their newly created hotel brands – 1 Hotels, Baccarat Hotels and Crillon.

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More Details On The Baccarat Anguilla Project

| November 27, 2008 | 0 Comments

A blog from Anguilla commented on my post about the Baccarat in Anguilla and brought some facts into light.

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What Happened to Baccarat Anguilla?

| November 26, 2008 | 0 Comments

Whatever happened to the Baccarat Anguilla Hotel & Residences? It was supposed to be the centerpiece of the Temanos Anguilla development, but all references to it have been removed from Baccarats website, and all references to Baccarat have been removed from Temanos Anguillas website too.

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So Maybe Atlanta Isn’t The Luxury Hotel Capital After All

| November 13, 2008 | 0 Comments

Atlanta’s Buckhead neighborhood may not be the luxury hotel capital it was first expected to be. A lot of hotels which were scheduled to be built or under construction by this time have been cancelled or delayed..

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Starwood Capital In Talks To Sell Some French Hotels

| October 27, 2008 | 0 Comments

Update: According to Reuters, the hotels being purchased are the 12 Concorde Hotels in France. Hotel de Crillon, Hotel de Louvre, and Hotel Ambassador (which is being sold to another investor) are not included in the transaction. Most likely the other remaining Concorde Hotels will stay as-is, as Starwood is only selling the hotels – not [...]

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Interesting News On Starwood Capital’s W. 57th Street Property

| September 3, 2008 | 0 Comments

A little over a year ago, I had written a post about Starwood Capital’s speculated purchase of the Steinway Building located on W 57th Street in New York City. The Steinway Building is located right next to the Ritz Cleaners site, which Starwood had purchased previously, at the time it was assumed that Starwood would [...]

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