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Purchasing Ski Resorts
(c) 2003 WPS Russ ian Media Monitoring Agency. All Rights Reserved. The Times reported that Roman Abramovich attempted to buy several fashionable resorts in the Alps having offered more than 150 million pounds for them. The Russian businessman paid attention to one of the most prestigious French resorts Courchevel 1,830 named so because the resort was located at a height of 1,850 meters. Representatives of the noblest European families like British prince Michael of Kent or Spanish king Juan Carlos usually stay there. In the last few years, the resort has been very popular among Russian businessmen too. The Times writes, "Three weeks ago Abramovich arrived to the resort in a nine-seat Dauphin helicopter with his wife Irina and three bodyguards to attempt to organize a longer stay for himself. After the arrival he wanted to look at 20 best resort bases belong to very respectable European families and requested the managers of the resort to offer beneficial deals to them on his behalf. Speaking over the mobile telephone of Abramovich the manager sometimes offered a price being 200% bigger than the real market price." After neither of these proposals was accepted, Abramovich allegedly booked up right 40 suites worth 1,300 pounds each for seven weeks at once, which amounted almost to 2 million pounds. As a result, Alpine hotels started printing menus in Russian and broadened the menu offering beluga caviar and Chateau Petrus wine worth a few thousand pounds a bottle. According to some estimates, the wealth of Abramovich, 37 years old, amounts to $10 billion. -- Abramovich could ensure his immortality, indeed sainthood, by purchasing resorts such as Val Thorens, Les Arc and Tignes and then blowing them off the face of the earth. - funk - 'pass the detonator' - raum |
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Abramovich could ensure his immortality, indeed sainthood, by
purchasing resorts such as Val Thorens, Les Arc and Tignes and then blowing them off the face of the earth. Wouldn't make him a saint in my book (especially if he did it while I was there). While the abve resorts are not examples of the finest archetechture they offer excellent skiing right on the doorstep. No purpose built resort is dripping in alpine charm and while an improvement could be made if they were starting from scratch no doubt the prices would be increased to cover all the building costs (assuming the op wants them to be rebuilt). I go on skiing holidays to ski not to admire the buildings let them be. PP The concrete carbuncles appreciation society |
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In message , Carl_M
writes Abramovich could ensure his immortality, indeed sainthood, by purchasing resorts such as Val Thorens, Les Arc and Tignes and then blowing them off the face of the earth. PP The concrete carbuncles appreciation society Which would you say is the ugliest carbuncle in the Alps? -- Sue ];( |
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On Thu, 20 Nov 2003 20:09:36 +0000, funkraum
wrote: (c) 2003 WPS Russ ian Media Monitoring Agency. All Rights Reserved. The Times reported that Roman Abramovich attempted to buy several fashionable resorts in the Alps having offered more than 150 million pounds for them. The Russian businessman Yeah right.. |
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funkraum wrote:
(c) 2003 WPS Russ ian Media Monitoring Agency. All Rights Reserved. Having read the original article, The Times said the man was trying to buy *chalets* in the resort(s), not the bloody resorts themselves. -- Trophy 1200 750SS CB400F CD200 ST70 YTC#3 GAGARPHOF#30 GHPOTHUF#1 IHABWTJ#1 BOTAFOT#60 ANORAK#06 BOF#30 WUSS#5 "Worse than Timo" - Official |
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The Older Gentleman wrote:
funkraum wrote: (c) 2003 WPS Russ ian Media Monitoring Agency. All Rights Reserved. Having read the original article, The Times said the man was trying to buy *chalets* in the resort(s), not the bloody resorts themselves. According to the usually well informed Dauphine Liberé he wants to 'invest' 420 million Euros in 20 chalets in Courchevel. Although according to the Tourist Office he has simply rented an 800 sq. m. chalet. Courchevel, as with most of the top league French ski resorts is owned indirectly by the French state (in Courchevel's case the commune of St Bon owns the resort). I'm talking about pistes and ski lifts, there are obviously a lot of private chalets and hotels. Serre Chevalier is for sale though. As I think Jorg was implying, Roman Abramovich is a crook who pilfored state assets after the collapse of the Soviet Union. I've recently been working with a Russian firm and it is a real eye-opener, there is a virtually no middle class in Moscow, just a few hyper-rich and the majority of people living close to poverty. Jobs that in the West might afford a reasonable standard of living hardly cover the basics needed to survive in Moscow. I'm told it is worse outside of the capital. I don't think people like Abramovich should really be welcomed. Having bumped into Viktor Chernomyrdin in Davos I can tell you these people are to be given a wide berth. For more information this is the news report from the 2nd French state television station http://www.france2.fr/view-video.php3?videoUrl=/contents/Video/00043F2E.ram |
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David Off wrote:
The Older Gentleman wrote: funkraum wrote: (c) 2003 WPS Russ ian Media Monitoring Agency. All Rights Reserved. Having read the original article, The Times said the man was trying to buy *chalets* in the resort(s), not the bloody resorts themselves. According to the usually well informed Dauphine Liberé he wants to 'invest' 420 million Euros in 20 chalets in Courchevel. Although according to the Tourist Office he has simply rented an 800 sq. m. chalet. I'm amused at the way the Russian Media Monitoring Agency twisted the original report! Courchevel, as with most of the top league French ski resorts is owned indirectly by the French state (in Courchevel's case the commune of St Bon owns the resort). I'm talking about pistes and ski lifts, there are obviously a lot of private chalets and hotels. Serre Chevalier is for sale though. Long term, with global warming, I wonder if investing in ski resorts is a good idea at all? As I think Jorg was implying, Roman Abramovich is a crook who pilfored state assets after the collapse of the Soviet Union. I've recently been working with a Russian firm and it is a real eye-opener, there is a virtually no middle class in Moscow, just a few hyper-rich and the majority of people living close to poverty. Jobs that in the West might afford a reasonable standard of living hardly cover the basics needed to survive in Moscow. I'm told it is worse outside of the capital. I don't think people like Abramovich should really be welcomed. Having bumped into Viktor Chernomyrdin in Davos I can tell you these people are to be given a wide berth. **** 'em. Uncultured baboons, all of 'em. -- Trophy 1200 750SS CB400F CD200 ST70 YTC#3 GAGARPHOF#30 GHPOTHUF#1 IHABWTJ#1 BOTAFOT#60 ANORAK#06 BOF#30 WUSS#5 "Worse than Timo" - Official |
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David Off a écrit : [...] Courchevel, as with most of the top league French ski resorts is owned indirectly by the French state (in Courchevel's case the commune of St Bon owns the resort). I'm talking about pistes and ski lifts, there are obviously a lot of private chalets and hotels. Courchevel ski lift company (societe des 3 vallees) belongs to the departement de Savoie, not to the commune de St Bon or to the French state. |
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"David Off" a écrit dans le message news: ... Yes you are correct, control of the resort was transferred back to St Bon in 1971 from the department but this did not include the lifts, my error. However the Savoie department is part of the French state.... Savoie lost its independence around 1878. The Savoie department being a local community ("collectivité locale") is not part of the French state, even though it is part of France. JPh |
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J-Ph wrote:
"David Off" a écrit dans le message news: ... Yes you are correct, control of the resort was transferred back to St Bon in 1971 from the department but this did not include the lifts, my error. However the Savoie department is part of the French state.... Savoie lost its independence around 1878. The Savoie department being a local community ("collectivité locale") is not part of the French state, even though it is part of France. Certes, depuis la reforme de la decentralisation de 1982, les collectivites locales ont acquis une certaine forme d'independance par rapport a l'Etat francais mais font toujours partie de la France. D'ailleurs, par exemple, le Prefet de chaque departement peut exercer diverses formes de controle sur les maires. Pour en revenir a la question et a ce que je disais, est-ce que la commune de St Bon et le departement de Savoie pourraient vendre la station de Courchevel 1850 a un bussinessman sans demander l'aval du conseil general? Je peux t'assurer que le 1er ministre, par l'intermediaire de son representant dans le departement, le Prefet, serait amene a donner son avis sur la question. |
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