Rumours of the death of the Morris are greatly exaggerated!!
It was rocking at the weekend.
Also, the Toviere is now doubled in size and looking really good. Any ending of a deal with MW may well be at the owners request.
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@bar shaker, so the Moris bar still going? How about the hotel rooms?
AFAIK the Toviere at La Daille is now a much smarter hotel, privately run, with a very good reputation.
Must be at least 15 years since Mark Warner operated it. Those were the days. Often under £350, for a solo room on chalet board, on a late booking week in a prime ski area.
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I have stayed in the Toviere twice in the last 10 years and was very happy on both occasions. Decent rooms, good food and very reasonable tariff. Would happily recommend.
@PeakyB, No idea about the hotel rooms. I did hear they might be offered for seasonaire accommodation, but no official source for that.
Yes, the Toviere is superb. I have put friends into there for the past 2 years and it was where we stayed 2.5 years ago when the work was being done on our place. Matt, the hotel manager lives above just above me and makes a mean Genepe!
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bar shaker wrote:
Rumours of the death of the Morris are greatly exaggerated!!
It was rocking at the weekend.
I never said the pub was closing! Just the Moris was no longer a hotel.
I was bemoaning the fact that now you can't stay there with MW, you won't get seasonaire prices in the bar!!
I do wonder what they'll do with the building eventually.
They certainly are. They have been redeveloping a number of properties that they previously owned and have either updated the apartments for use as holiday destinations or sold them off.
Part of the reason that MW have lost market share is a) the market has grown; b) its also costly to keep producing what they produce.
A quick play on their site and a 17 Feb 19 (peak week) departure all in (flights, accom, transfers, lift pass, ski hire, childcare) for a family of 5 is £11,500 at their Tignes venues
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Only been to Val D once,Moris twice in that, but had great nights and whatever happens to it it provides my favourite ski video, despite the fact there is not a Piste to be seen (and believe me I've watched a few skiing bids!)
Never heard of them before! Bit sceptical I must say of a review that claims food was "like 5 star hotel"!!!
Correction: Sno.co.uk seem to be an agent like Igluski or Ifyouski - not an operator ... the plot thickens ... can't find an operator advertising the Moris,
You know it makes sense.
You know it makes sense.
@Ashridge, it is on Igluski too- recent review "This place is an absolute dump. Needs pulling down and rebuilding from the ground up. It was run by mark warner for years and didnt have a euro spent on it in years. The fixtures and fittings are archaic The rooms are just plain miserable. The smell that permeates within the premises is awful. To get a real review wait till the season starts and ask someone there to post THEIR pictures of the hotel,and not the cherry picked ones that are on here."
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
@bar shaker, @Ashridge, that's very interesting - I wonder who's running it. I can't find it on Igluski.
I've sent an enquiry about staying there next year, see what happens.
It's in such a state now it's not really habitable.
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Spoken to Sno.co.uk ... they're checking but thought it was still Mark Warner operated even though not on their web site!
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HoneyBunny wrote:
They've got rid of so many hotels in recent years, I wonder the same. They've only got a handful of ski hotels left - six in France (three in the EK) and one in St Anton.
I wouldn't be surprised if they quit the ski business altogether and just do summer holidays instead.
I've been told that the Levante summer resort in Rhodes generates more profit for MW than their entire winter ski operation combined. Not hard to see which parts of their business they're probably focusing on.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
So Sno.co.uk now confirm the Moris as a chalet hotel is NOT in operation for guests but is being used for seasonaire accommodation and will be tken off the Sno.co.uk web site.
Think they just haven't removed it from their web site - if you call and try and book it they'll direct you to other MW chalets I bet.
Probably wise ... can only imagine how many complaints they'd get from holiday customers - bad enough 5 years ago and it's had no investment since then I understand.
MW are just waiting for a knock-out purchase offer as part of the redevelopment of that part of Val I suspect - using it for seasonaires pays the bills but no more than that.
@Ashridge, makes sense. I was very surprised at the idea anyone was still sending guests there.
I'm sure it's only a matter of time before it's redeveloped into swanky apartments called the Morisettes
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Do they still have that old lift cabin in the front garden? Probably the most comfortable room in the last five years.
After all it is free
After all it is free
Ashridge wrote:
Think they just haven't removed it from their web site - if you call and try and book it they'll direct you to other MW chalets I bet.
Probably wise ... can only imagine how many complaints they'd get from holiday customers - bad enough 5 years ago and it's had no investment since then I understand.
MW are just waiting for a knock-out purchase offer as part of the redevelopment of that part of Val I suspect - using it for seasonaires pays the bills but no more than that.
The big development plans are at the other end of the High St (Le Casserole to the Banana Bar) but the Morris is a super prime spot and is on a site quite a bit larger than it's footprint. It's value is well into 8 figures.
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