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Bill Gates' investment firm to take control of Four Seasons (hotels) in $2.21 bln deal
Reuters ^ | 9-8-21 | Reuters

Posted on 09/10/2021 3:23:56 PM PDT by dynachrome

Bill Gates' Cascade Investment LLC is taking control of Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts by buying about half of Saudi Arabian Prince Alwaleed bin Talal's stake for $2.21 billion, the hotel operator said on Wednesday.

Cascade will acquire half of the billionaire prince's stake in Four Seasons, raising its ownership to 71.3% and valuing the hotel chain at $10 billion on an enterprise basis.

Prince Alwaleed, through investment vehicle Kingdom Holding Co (4280.SE), will continue to own the remaining stake, Four Seasons said in a statement.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat; Society
KEYWORDS: buyout; fourseasons; gates
I think he should let all the 'homeless' stay in his hotels.
1 posted on 09/10/2021 3:23:56 PM PDT by dynachrome
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To: dynachrome

Prince Alwaleed bin Talal need some baksheesh money to pay off the Crown Prince again?


2 posted on 09/10/2021 3:27:09 PM PDT by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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To: dynachrome
I got to stay in a Four Seasons once. The one in Philly. IIRC, the pool is two stories below street level.
3 posted on 09/10/2021 3:27:20 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: dynachrome

All that cash from the “vaccines” came in?


4 posted on 09/10/2021 3:35:57 PM PDT by Jyotishi (Seeking the truth, a fact at a time.)
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To: dynachrome

Funny how Gates grabbed it when hotels are still running at about 50% capacity.
Sure is funny....


5 posted on 09/10/2021 3:37:51 PM PDT by Zathras
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To: dynachrome

Crap. Four Seasons WAS my favorite, especially the one in Houston.

Not anymore!!!


6 posted on 09/10/2021 3:41:32 PM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: dynachrome

Now we know where the unvacced will be housed.

Before anyone thinks that these would be ‘holiday’ stays for unvaxxed ‘guests’, one need only look at True-dope’s ‘isolation’ hotels for Canadians flying home from overseas.


7 posted on 09/10/2021 3:41:49 PM PDT by A Formerly Proud Canadian (Ceterum autem censeo Justinius True-dope-us esse delendam)
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My husband works for The Four Seasons Resort and Club in Las Colinas. He’s been there for 30 years. We are not happy Bill Gates now owns a huge stake in the Four Seasons. We are now looking for other employment.


8 posted on 09/10/2021 3:41:55 PM PDT by Halls (I’m a Christian first, then Texan!!! I’m also solidly pro life!)
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To: Zathras

Gates is a multi billion dollar piece of sh*t. I guess I have more respect for the penniless piece of sh*t.


9 posted on 09/10/2021 4:23:16 PM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: Jyotishi

Yes, until the vaccine money came in, Bill Gates was a pauper who could not afford to invest money in anything.


10 posted on 09/10/2021 4:38:19 PM PDT by babble-on
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To: dynachrome

Who would want to stay at a Four Seasons hotel now?


11 posted on 09/10/2021 4:40:26 PM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: dynachrome

Four Seasons does not own the hotels and resorts.. its a manager company brand for hotels and resorts.. ... I’ve done a lot of work for them.. a a given hotel or resorts can switch brands or even go independent it it feels like it...ots can even be a hotel inside a hotel

Four Seasons Las Vegas is the top 5 floors of the Mandalay Bay Hotel


12 posted on 09/10/2021 4:55:26 PM PDT by tophat9000 (Tophat9000)
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To: tophat9000

So it’s like a franchise?


13 posted on 09/10/2021 5:35:10 PM PDT by slouper (LWRC SPR 5.5 6)
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