Villa Vie residents made a 'Hail Mary' effort to buy the Odyssey. Read the letter confirming the plan is dead.
Source: Business Insider ·
A letter to residents reviewed by Business Insider confirmed that a last-ditch bid to buy and operate Villa Vie's Odyssey has failed.
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A drone view of the Villa Vie Odyssey cruise ship docking at Sihanoukville Autonomous Port.SOVEIT YARN/ReutersA resident-led effort to buy the Villa Vie Odyssey has failed.Villa Vie's "never-ending" cruise came to a halt in Cambodia last Tuesday.One resident called the bid a "Hail Mary." Two days later, a letter confirmed it was over.A last-ditch attempt by residents of Villa Vie's Odyssey to buy and operate the ship is dead in the water.The Odyssey's final months were marked by signs of Villa Vie Residences' financial distress, culminating in the ship's abrupt halt last week in Cambodia. Residents — who bought cabins for between $119,999 and $439,999 in the hope of living permanently at sea — were given just eight hours to disembark on Tuesday.Paul Montoya, a member of the ship's seven-person Resident Council which was involved in securing resident pledges for the buyout, described the bid on Thursday as a "Hail Mary."Two days later on Saturday, a resident-backed group calling…
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