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The Maui Prince To Remain Open; Hilton Portland to Close for a Few Selected Weeks

September 4, 2009 at 9:31 AM | by juliana | 1 Comment

The water will not run dry at the Maui Prince.

Some good news for Hawaii: The Maui Prince Hotel will actually not be closing next month as was first reported earlier this week. Instead, the hotel will remain open under new management.

There was always a possibility that the hotel would not close if it could get a new management company to come in and run the place. But interestingly, Wells Fargo--the bank that's now in charge of the hotel, thanks to its owners defaulting on the mortgage--would not say which company is managing the hotel. Any of you know which company it is? Spill it.

Meanwhile, The Hilton Portland in Oregon will close down later this fall but not permanently. The hotel is just closing down on a few selected weeks as a way to save money. USA Today reports:

The hotel's scheduled to close for two weeks in November, a week in both December and January, the story says. The Hilton's Executive Tower, which sits across the street, will remain open, the story says.

So um...yeah...expect some blackout dates ahead.

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  1. Brentfowler

    HotelChatter Member

    Canned projects

    Unfortunately, hotels are having a seriously bad year. I travel much of the year, and have to constantly check on sites like sceneadvisor.com and HotelChatter.com. sceneadvisor.com has featured an expose on upcoming but halted projects - http://www.sceneadvisor.com/todays-headlines/canned-projects-big-budget-dreams-cant-get-off-the-grou nd-11534.html. If you're traveling for business or pleasure, it's worth it to find out what state your hotel is in.
    September 5, 2009 at 5:34 PM

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