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KamaAina

(78,249 posts) Mon Oct 5, 2015, 03:47 PM Oct 2015

My boss rode the dreaded Napa Valley Wine Train last week.

And she's quite progressive. Go figure.

She did, however, report that there were a lot of empty seats. On a Friday. Could their bigotry be hitting them in the wallet?

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My boss rode the dreaded Napa Valley Wine Train last week. (Original Post) KamaAina Oct 2015 OP

Nope NV Whino Oct 2015 #1

I did not know that. KamaAina Oct 2015 #2

Only if they're not loud NV Whino Oct 2015 #3

Their website begs to differ. KamaAina Oct 2015 #4

Their website would seem not to be up to date. NV Whino Oct 2015 #7

If there are always lots of empty seats, makes one wonder about the incident with the book ladies brush Oct 2015 #5

Yeah, it's puzzling NV Whino Oct 2015 #6

NV Whino

(20,886 posts)

1. Nope

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Mon Oct 5, 2015, 04:01 PM

Oct 2015

There are always lots of empty seats.

Did you know that the wine train has been sold to a hotel group?

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)

2. I did not know that.

Reply to NV Whino (Reply #1)

Mon Oct 5, 2015, 04:04 PM

Oct 2015

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Are "those people" allowed to stay in the group's hotels?

NV Whino

(20,886 posts)

3. Only if they're not loud

Reply to KamaAina (Reply #2)

Mon Oct 5, 2015, 04:06 PM

Oct 2015

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)

4. Their website begs to differ.

Reply to NV Whino (Reply #1)

Mon Oct 5, 2015, 04:08 PM

Oct 2015

http://winetrain.com/faq/#Owner

Who owns the Napa Valley Wine Train?

The Napa Valley Wine Train is family owned and operated.

NV Whino

(20,886 posts)

7. Their website would seem not to be up to date.

Reply to KamaAina (Reply #4)

Mon Oct 5, 2015, 05:58 PM

Oct 2015

http://napavalleyregister.com/star/business/napa-valley-wine-train-sold/article_2c704cf5-5f80-58fa-9146-fa45f500bf55.html

September 21, 2015 3:15 pm • By Jennifer Huffman(0) Comments
The iconic Napa Valley Wine Train has been sold for an undisclosed price by the family of its founder, the late Vince DeDomenico.

The new owners are Seattle-based Noble House Hotels & Resorts Ltd. and Brooks Street, a California-based real estate development and investment company, according to a news release. Noble House is the same group that owns and manages Napa’s River Terrace Inn.

The train’s approximately 150 employees will remain on the job, including CEO Tony Giaccio, said Jake Donoghue, CEO of Noble House Hotels & Resorts. However, chairman Greg McManus — son-in-law of founder DeDomenico — has stepped down, he said.

brush

(53,721 posts)

5. If there are always lots of empty seats, makes one wonder about the incident with the book ladies

Reply to NV Whino (Reply #1)

Mon Oct 5, 2015, 04:25 PM

Oct 2015

Empty seats everywhere but they were booted off?

Something doesn't add up.

NV Whino

(20,886 posts)

6. Yeah, it's puzzling

Reply to brush (Reply #5)

Mon Oct 5, 2015, 05:53 PM

Oct 2015

But there are different cars for different purposes: full meals; wine and appetizers and just wine, I think. I suspect the logistics of serving whatever they were having and moving them to another car might have entered into it.

But I can tell you I've never seen that wine train full. Sometimes there are entire cars empty in the middle of tourist season.

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