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Boutique vs independent vs major flag hotels?

The answer is more nuanced than it seems

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Nadine @ The Stanza
Nov 07, 2025
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Happy Friday everyone. What a week! Big news in NYC - curious how you are all feeling after the elections. Feel free to write to me by replying to this email.

I am reviewing your pitches for the “Investment Committee” column. If you’re building something in hospitality, as in something rooted in real estate, send me your pitch deck for review.

In today’s newsletter:

  • Your investor screams at you for losing a lot of money. What’s the silver lining?

  • Boutique vs independent vs major flag: a debate that brings up strong feelings

  • In Paris: a media & hospitality billionaire reconsiders acquiring the PR mega conglomerate that owns Karla Otto and Bureau de Betak

  • Also in Paris: the former home of Karl Lagerfeld may be headed towards the chopping block

  • Ian Schrager’s latest hotel is encouraging “non-stop, hot, sweaty dancing”

  • In Rome: it costs how much to build a luxury hotel in this city?!

  • In Sardinia: what does a typical flagged resort make here?


No new listings this week. For all live listings (hotels for sale, investment opportunities, open job roles), click here.

Selling a property? Or second hand watch? Or are you a creative agency with an excellent track record? Advertise with The Stanza Classifieds: via classifieds@thestanzamedia.com.


If I won the lottery, there would be very clear signs. I’d live in a home designed by Renzo Mongiardino and start my mornings blasting Mozart.

More of Letizia Moratti’s Milan apartment on Town & Country.


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