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Sheraton Resort Rarotonga
The Sheraton Resort Rarotonga or Vaimaanga Hotel is an incomplete derelict hotel in Vaimaanga on Rarotonga in the Cook Islands. Intended to be the first five-star resort in the Cook Islands, construction on the hotel stopped in 1993, and it has remained derelict ever since. The failed development almost bankrupted the Cook Islands Government, leading to government-cost-cutting and mass-migration to New Zealand. Planning for the resort began in 1987, when the Cook Islands Government was approached by an Italian construction company with a proposal to build a luxury hotel. Without Cabinet approval, Tourism Minister Norman George approved the project and the Cook Islands government subsequently signed a NZ$52 million deal with an Italian bank to fund the development. In 1990, at the sod-turning ceremony, the site of the hotel was "cursed" by a local family due to a dispute over ownership of the land. Shortly after construction began, the construction company was placed in receive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ABANDONED SHERATON HOTEL, RAROTONGA, COOK ISLANDS
Abandon, abandoned, or abandonment may refer to: Common uses * Abandonment (emotional), a subjective emotional state in which people feel undesired, left behind, insecure, or discarded * Abandonment (legal), a legal term regarding property ** Child abandonment, the extralegal abandonment of children ** Lost, mislaid, and abandoned property, legal status of property after abandonment and rediscovery * Abandonment (mysticism) Art, entertainment, and media Film * Abandon (film), ''Abandon'' (film), a 2002 film starring Katie Holmes * Abandoned (1949 film), ''Abandoned'' (1949 film), starring Dennis O'Keefe * Abandoned (1955 film), ''Abandoned'' (1955 film), the English language title of the Italian war film ''Gli Sbandati'' * Abandoned (2001 film), ''Abandoned'' (2001 film), a Hungarian film * Abandoned (2010 film), ''Abandoned'' (2010 film), starring Brittany Murphy * Abandoned (2015 film), ''Abandoned'' (2015 film), a television movie about the shipwreck of the ''Rose-Noëlle'' in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |