After reading through the Easement today I can say with high confidence that Aventura will NOT be a high-end hotel. As a matter of fact, it might be below CBBR in terms of price/ranking.
This is why I feel this way:
1) According to the Easement,
it won't be using the Loews name. We know that Loews only wants their name on the nicest hotels.
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the Seventh Hotel is Aventura. The Sixth is the CBBR expansion in the legal world)
2) As NJBrandon pointed out, this is the
lowest priority for the reservations phone team. According to the easement, the manadatory booking order is this:
First: [Portofino/HRH/RP]
Second: Sapphire
Third: CBBR
Fouth: Aventura
Fifth: Off-site Preferred Hotels
Sixth: Off-site Partner Hotels
Obviously you would want to book your most expensive hotel first, so the fact that it's LAST is concerning.
3)
No Express. Obviously a high-end hotel would have Express.
4)
The location of the hotel is unfavorable for a high-end hotel. It will most likely face the waterpark and freeway (which is great for some) but doesn't provide the luxury/exclusivity of a high-end hotel.
So it looks like Portofino will continue to be the premiere on-site hotel with Aventura being "value".