Jasper Park Lodge -entire hotel reserved

[GordonBlue]

Thought it was interesting enough to start a thread. Some serious money involved.

Mystery guest takes over Jasper Park Lodge — the entire hotel — for 9-week booking

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmon...tion-1.5888481

All 446 rooms at Alberta's iconic Jasper Park Lodge have been reserved for a nine-week private booking, but hotel management is keeping mum about the mysterious guest.

Guests who had previously made bookings for that time frame have had their reservations cancelled, stirring speculation online.

[GordonBlue]

heh. then I go into the covid second wave thread and it is posted that the Bachelorette is going to be filming in Jasper. guess it's their booking.

So much for an interesting speculation thread.

mods, feel free to delete.

[Mull]

Hey, its a win for Alberta jobs and taxes!

[Harry Lime]

I am now amazed at how much money the Bachelorette must rake in. I always thought that it was a second tier reality show.

[activeStick]

Which reality shows do you put in the first tier?

[CaptainCrunch]

Extra chlorine for the hot tub.

[GordonBlue]

Originally Posted by Harry Lime

I am now amazed at how much money the Bachelorette must rake in. I always thought that it was a second tier reality show.

renting 460 rooms for 9 weeks.
even at a reduced rate that's probably around 6 million just for rooms.
add in food, booze, etc and the hotel is going to do really well.

[Flashpoint]

That's a great lift for a hotel business suffering like it's never suffered before.

Never watched it, never going to... but good for them!

(don't forget $.70/ US dollar - so they're making out ahead too)

[Derek Sutton]

Originally Posted by GordonBlue

renting 460 rooms for 9 weeks.
even at a reduced rate that's probably around 6 million just for rooms.
add in food, booze, etc and the hotel is going to do really well.

Keep in mind they are not occupying 460 rooms. Cast and crew would be what 50- 75 rooms? They would not be paying $200 a night for 350 the vacant rooms.

[The Fisher Account]

Originally Posted by Derek Sutton

Keep in mind they are not occupying 460 rooms. Cast and crew would be what 50- 75 rooms? They would not be paying $200 a night for 350 the vacant rooms.

In all likelihood, they probably have to book the vast majority, if not all the rooms to ensure they have the hotel to themselves

[Ducay]

Well they'd have all the rooms booked (clearly) and would negptiate an all in price.

If the rack were $10m, I'm sure they'd agree on something like 2-3m given how empty everything is.

Even if you're getting 10% of full rates, being able to be fully booked and guaranteed revenues is a huge win in this market.

[topfiverecords]

Did they book all 460 rooms through Expedia or did their lawyers negotiate a lump sum amount it would take to give them the entire hotel for 9 weeks?

[calgarygeologist]

Originally Posted by Mull

Hey, its a win for Alberta jobs and taxes!

Not a very big win though. Realistically how many locals would this actually benefit? Probably a few dozen hotel staff including the housekeeping and dining services but that is probably it. I'm assuming that any crew and production team members will travel with the show from the US and won't be hired locally.

[calumniate]

I'm sure they'll still have a dedicated log feeding guy by the fireplace

[Johnny Makarov]

Originally Posted by activeStick

Which reality shows do you put in the first tier?

The Joe Schmo Show.

[Yamer]

Originally Posted by calgarygeologist

Not a very big win though. Realistically how many locals would this actually benefit? Probably a few dozen hotel staff including the housekeeping and dining services but that is probably it. I'm assuming that any crew and production team members will travel with the show from the US and won't be hired locally.

Sliver pointed this out in the Covid thread:

Originally Posted by Sliver

No kidding. This is great news for Jasper and Alberta. There are risks everywhere, but I'd imagine with this they'll take as many precautions as they can - it's not like they'll want things to be shut down, either. Plus, when Covid is eventually over Jasper and Alberta will be fresh on people's minds as places they want to visit.

Hopefully this is indeed a post-Covid boom for Alberta tourism.

[Enoch Root]

Originally Posted by Ducay

Well they'd have all the rooms booked (clearly) and would negptiate an all in price.

If the rack were $10m, I'm sure they'd agree on something like 2-3m given how empty everything is.

Even if you're getting 10% of full rates, being able to be fully booked and guaranteed revenues is a huge win in this market.

Doubt very much they would agree to it for 10 cents on the dollar. Sure, their costs will be down, but not that much. Also, they have to cancel all those reservations, and those people will be pissed. There is a cost to that as well.

When someone buys an entire hotel, they usually do so at a premium, not at a huge discount.

[Ducay]

Originally Posted by calgarygeologist

Not a very big win though. Realistically how many locals would this actually benefit? Probably a few dozen hotel staff including the housekeeping and dining services but that is probably it. I'm assuming that any crew and production team members will travel with the show from the US and won't be hired locally.

That's like saying the entire film/TV industry doesn't benefit many people.

Even reality TV is big business on the support side. Sure JPL will benefit, but the production needs all kinds of support like transport, temp buildings/shelters, set trailers, location support & prep/design (yes even for reality), craft services, food/alcohol for an army, dry-cleaning, and all the things they do for the "dates". You're effectively housing ~200+ people for a couple months and everything they'll need in that time.

Never mind the impacts from the exposure to the region as a whole, its a huge boost to the economy.

[greyshep]

Originally Posted by Flashpoint

That's a great lift for a hotel business suffering like it's never suffered before.

Never watched it, never going to... but good for them!

(don't forget $.70/ US dollar - so they're making out ahead too)

Garbage fantasyland TV at its finest. If you want your teenage daughter to be swept into how life really doesnt work, this is your prescription.

[The Yen Man]

It's free marketing for Jasper tourism, plus they're actually able to rent out the hotel during this pandemic. Everything about it is a win for Jasper IMO (other than people's subjective opinions on the show itself lol)