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Auberge Resorts Spins Off with Moana Chain

Where: 755 Silverado Trail [map], Calistoga, CA, United States, 94515

May 7, 2007 at 9:00 AM | 1 Comment

Auberge Resorts which has hotels like the Esperanza in Mexico, is planning a spin-off brand called Moana. According to the San Francisco Business Times, the first property has already opened, the El Dorado in Sonoma although we can't find mention of that on either web site. But the newest hotel will be built from the ground up. The Solage Hotel expected to open this July in Calistoga, Northern California.

Prices are around $400 to $700 per night, but that hasn't stopped the hotel from putting forward sweaty perks like mountain bikes and on-site cardio kickboxing.

Sheesh, these Californians and their mountain biking. Moana under president Rob Goldberg (who recently ran PlumpJack wine and restaurants with SF mayor Gavin Newsome and who did a stint with Hard Rock cafes) hopes to open one hotel per year by 2011, which including Solage, is five hotels total. The locations include Mammoth and Cabo San Lucas and all of these hotels will appeal to younger, active but obviously very wealthy guests.

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