If someone with the kind of money necessary to purchase, renovate, and fund a hotel that would provide little to no income was aware of the impending crime but disagreed with it, why would they have used such funds to take actions that would simplify matters for the criminal rather than actions that would prevent the crime?

But I digress. My current suspicion is that whoever is responsible for the kidnapping wishes for us to aid this "Church of Three" in some manner, given that the hotel owner appears connected to the church. Information concerning whether or not this religion or its proponents demonstrate awareness of such things as the Dark Hour, Personas, or the fact that we aren't of this world would be of use in confirming or disproving the theory.