http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T17:29:24Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Sarasota%20Hotels http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/10/6/10025/6327 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/WA_ProsceniumFront.jpg" class="top"></p> <p>Uh oh. Hope you didn&#146;t think the economy&#146;s death grip on the hotel industry had loosened. Seems the bottom has dropped out from under the highly anticipated <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/2/28/115654/768/hotels/The_Waldorf_Astoria_Collection_Keeps_Collecting_Hotels"><strong>Waldorf-Astoria Sarasota</strong></a>.</p> <p>The developers funding the massive project are in an ugly feud, with Gary Moyer suing his former business partner, the &#147;much younger and wealthier&#148; Zeb Portonova, <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20090928/ARTICLE/909281009/2413/BUSINESS?Title=Sarasota-developer-suing-his-former-partner">reports the Sarasota Herald Tribune</a>.</p> <p>Back in early 2008, we reported the announcement for the coming hotel project, which was set to be a 225-room hotel featuring 38,000 square feet of meeting space, signature restaurants, a roof-top pool, and a swank spa. Delivery was expected in late 2010, so the project had sort of fallen off our radar. The Herald KatieK 2009-10-06T10:20:43-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/