Funding a build the capital markets cannot price

I didn't have that amount because I spending too much

that was a total mess because you know was told to pay interest in capital after a year and it didn't work

es sind 120 und es hätte nur 100 kosten sollen, als es deutlich teurer geworden

Raising capital is rarely easy, but it's especially difficult for non-traditional hotel assets

convincing uh people especially the investors uh was one of the key things but uh more than that it has been uphill battle for me

Ich hatte vorhin die Finger verbrannt, auch in den Bergen.

Dort hatte ich zu viel investiert, ideologisch.

Building WILD was probably the hardest thing I have ever done, for a myriad of reasons, including that it is so much easier to spend someone else's money than my own!

Sehr schwierig, weil keine Zimmer und da mussten wir sehr viel Leergeld bezahlen, haben sehr viel lernen müssen. Das ging am Anfang nicht so, wie wir dachten

jetzt sagen wir im Nachhinein betrachtet hätten wir sicher 2018 Süld nicht bauen sollen

Wir haben das auf dem Höhepunkt geplant und haben nich architektonisch wenig Rücksicht auf Kosten genommen.

I could have paid for eight more master's degrees for the cost of my mistakes, mistakes in building and construction, hiring the wrong people, marketing failures and technology.

you try and raise money for conservation development!

we seemed to be losing money despite being busy

the financial crisis was difficult for us because I had a lot of debt at that time, and banks were immediately difficult. I was forced to sell a hotel in Geneva

my partners went upside down and it was the middle of a recession — I was really young, just getting my business going and it was a tough time