THE MIDAS TOUCH: A visit from a...
THE MIDAS TOUCH: A visit from a Japanese head of state casts a golden glow that can boost a hotel’s business for months. . . . Thomas Gurtner, general manager of the Four Seasons in Newport Beach, ran the St. Francis in San Francisco when the Japanese emperor stayed there 10 years ago. Afterwards, Japanese tourists flocked to the hotel, he said. “It became almost like a shrine.” . . . This time another hotel, the Hyatt, hosts the Japanese, but Gurtner has President Bush.
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