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Luxury Hotelier Daniel Hostettler ’ s Lofty Goals for The Boca Raton
With only around a hundred rooms , and inclusive of butlers , the Yacht Club is intended for adults sans kids .
WITH THE BACKING OF MICHAEL DELL , HOSTETTLER AIMS FOR THE STARS IN SOUTH FLORIDA .
Contributed by MICAH SOLOMON aversion to humidity and headed for South Florida , where , he says , “ MSD gave me all the resources I could possibly want to accomplish the vision I shared with them — and do it in style .”
At 27 stories , The Tower is the tallest building in Boca Raton since it was built by Addison Mizner in 1969 . It is now a lively , familyfriendly luxury destination after a $ 65-million , to-the-studs renovation .
SOUTHERN MIGRATION The Dell organization got a bit more than it bargained for , as things shook out . Included with Hostettler would be a chunk of his Rhode Island-based senior leadership , who followed him down to the resort . ( Their willingness to pick up and go is notable if you know Rhode Island , a dazzling but self-contained state with just one area code and a general wariness about life beyond its
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