Darkbeer
09-30-2002, 07:03 PM
Graves digs Disney hotels; a World without Amex? (http://orlando.bizjournals.com/orlando/stories/2002/09/30/newscolumn1.html) - Orlando Business Journal, 9/27/02
Bob Mervine takes a look at the current upgrading of the Walt Disney World Dolphin and Swan hotels, including the history behind the building of the hotels. He also takes a look at the fact that Visa is replacing American Express as the Official Credit Card effective January 1st, 2003, and that AT&T is thinking about ending its relationship with Spaceship Earth.
QuikQuote: Located in the middle of the Epcot Resort area, the pair of properties appear to be part of the Disney family to the casual eye. Their colorful designs include giant namesake cartoon-like figures atop the buildings.
But these are not Disney hotels. They are operated by Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. under the Sheraton (Dolphin) and Westin (Swan) brands. They are not owned by Disney, either. The owners include a partnership between MetLife Inc. and the Tishman Hotel & Realty Corp., a subsidiary of Tishman Realty & Construction Inc., the business that managed the original Epcot construction project.
Bob Mervine takes a look at the current upgrading of the Walt Disney World Dolphin and Swan hotels, including the history behind the building of the hotels. He also takes a look at the fact that Visa is replacing American Express as the Official Credit Card effective January 1st, 2003, and that AT&T is thinking about ending its relationship with Spaceship Earth.
QuikQuote: Located in the middle of the Epcot Resort area, the pair of properties appear to be part of the Disney family to the casual eye. Their colorful designs include giant namesake cartoon-like figures atop the buildings.
But these are not Disney hotels. They are operated by Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. under the Sheraton (Dolphin) and Westin (Swan) brands. They are not owned by Disney, either. The owners include a partnership between MetLife Inc. and the Tishman Hotel & Realty Corp., a subsidiary of Tishman Realty & Construction Inc., the business that managed the original Epcot construction project.