Why Are Bill Gates and a Saudi Prince Buying Four Seasons Hotels Now?

For those interested in this $3.4 billion piece of business bringing Microsoft’s Bill Gates and Prince Al Waleed bin Talal together, this piece from a hospitality industry lawyer might hit the spot.

[UPDATE: The Jerusalem Post carries this article saying that Prince Al Waleed might be involved in building a hotel in Tel Aviv. The piece also notes that ‘too much publicity might doom the project’. That seems a fair assessment!

Saudi prince looking to buy TA hotel