It's not a winning proposition right now, so we need to do something with it. He said he's looking at an array of options, from selling the property to another developer to building a commercial building himself. None of the options he's considering would perpetuate the existing Ketchum bed base. The conundrum Barsotti faces is that he's concerned about the declining number of Ketchum's short-term beds as well as interested in finding the most profitable way in which to develop his property. We're still a tourist town.
Business is brought to the core by short-term beds.
Ken Carwin has been a local hotel owner for the past six years. He owns Hailey's Wood River Inn and Ketchum's Tamarack Lodge. He said in an interview two weeks ago he fears Ketchum could lose nearly all its hotels in the coming years. And he's got a finger to point. My hotels will always be full.