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Starwood Pulls Out of Bora Bora, Moorea and Tahiti Resorts

The Sheraton Tahiti

Starwood loyalists may be disappointed to hear that Starwood Hotels has announced the end of its management contract of three Sheraton properties in French Polynesia: The Sheraton Hotel Tahiti, Sheraton Moorea and Bora Bora Nui Resort & Spa, A Luxury Collection Resort.

Starwood will keep a presence in the region with The St. Regis Bora Bora Resort, Le Meridien Tahiti and Le Meridien Bora Bora, all of which have outstanding services and of course, those killer overwater bungalows.

There's not much information on the other resorts except that these properties will no longer be under the Starwood umbrella starting sometime in 2009. If you're considering a trip there, double-check who will be running the hotel during your stay. Also, if you plan on using your SPG points you will need to use them before Starwood leaves the hotels.

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Pitch Your Hotel: Nicolas Orget of Le Meridien Tahiti and Bora Bora

Hotelier. The word is so romantic, so eccentric, so...French. However, run-of-the-mill real world hoteliers don't always live up to the etymology.

Always looking to bring you the most pertinent information on the worldwide hotel scene, we figured when we found hoteliers that were worthy of the French pronunciation of the word, we would let them speak to you directly. Besides, before you dropped a bunch of cash to stay at someone's house, wouldn't you want to get to know the owner a bit? Exactly. We, always oh so full of ourselves, are calling this series Hoteliers That Matter and we are sitting down with these hoteliers and letting them tell you, straight from their mouths to web ears, what you need to know about their hotels.

Having to work for Le Meridien Hotels in French Polynesia is not a bad gig at all. Nicolas Orget (a real live Frenchman!) is the Director of Sales and Marketing for the two Le Meridien Hotels in Tahiti and Bora Bora. Granted, he's not a hotelier of his own brand of hotels but he does need to pitch these places as part of his job. And we imagine this is not a hard sell.

Nicolas: "Come to Tahiti!"

Us: "Um...Ok!"

But alas, we couldn't go to Tahiti to meet Nicolas. Instead we caught some afternoon snacks with him at the Westin LAX airport lounge, a sister brand in the Starwood family.

After the jump, Nicolas explains which Le Meridien in Tahiti is right for you.

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