18 Aug 2012 8:29 AM:
Comparing Gordon Ramsay to a bar on Hacienda does just weaken your point just a little. By the way, his empire almost went bust last year.
My point is that it doesn't matter how hard people work, there is only so much trade on the resort given how populated it is. It may well be possible to encourage punters to come from elsewhere, but this is not going to happen where the only facilities are in direct competition with each other.
In the current climate it is much more likely that an enterprise will be successful where it is attracting people who can spend a decent amount of money per visit. Not Gordon Ramsay, but where the profit margin is sufficient to cover staff costs, rent etc. and to attract a sustainable ongoing trade. I hope all the businesses succeed, but in the current business environment, everyone needs to have a focused, service led, well researched and efficiently run business to stand any chance of success.
London is seen as one of the strongest finacial centres, where property prices are still increasing (rememebr that??) and where the economy is still resonably strong, and yet every street has For Sale/To Let signs up where besinesses have failed.
I think the resort has to put significantly more effort into the commercial part of the resort, and look upon it in the same way as the golf course-if you stop watering it it will die
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