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Feuilleton 350 - Happy Birthday Famous Hotels
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Today, let me lean back and conjure up 28 November 1986. Since early morning, a signboard at the Raffles Hotel in Singapore displayed: LAUNCH OF THE BOOK "RAFFLES"
AA’s Notes from a Journey
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Andreas Augustin’s personal blog about his journeys, introducing current and future projects.
The Path of History
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The Most Famous Hotels in the World display splendid exhibitions, based on meticulous historic research. Exhibitions are the result of our research, displaying carefully chosen excerpts of our books. You see: Walls can talk.
Hoteliers About Our Work
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Since 1986, we have listed over 450 hotels, numerous individual hotels were researched, their history recorded, and successful books published. Here is what some of our partners have to say about our work.
Keeping Archives
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Rarely hotels have professionally organised archives. Before we can start our research work, we have to build an archive. 10 essential considerations for hoteliers.
FamousHotels in the Press
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We contribute articles to global press services, international magazines and newspapers. They are extracts of our books or independent travel articles.
Press- and Archives
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Open for publishers and on-line researchers we are determined to help you with all your queries. We do hold a library featuring almost every hotel of note on earth. We have original files, digital images, books and documents … more
Our Award
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The Most Famous Hotels in the World bestows the KEEPER OF THE ARCHIVES award to those individuals who deserve special recognition for their preservation and provision of archived material of hotel and travel related history.
Grand Hotel Scarborough
The Grand Hotel has been selected (in the travel and tourism category) as one of the top ten places, buildings and historical sites that tell the...Read More
Half Moon
In 1954, a group of wealthy individuals including Donald Deskey, the fabled designer (among his works the Radio City Music Hall); Harvey...Read More
Galle Face
"So pleasant a change from the dreary ordinariness of most modern hotels. This is an Island of charm on a charming Island." Simon...Read More
Prince de Galles
The Parisian hotel with two names! And it all started with a kiss! More than anybody else, Edward, the Prince of Wales (1910–1936),...Read More
Grand Hotel Royal (Corinthia Budapest)
The man with the sign ‘Grand Hotel Royal’ awaits me on the platform at Keleti railway station. He takes my bags and me to the hotel. The...Read More
Half Moon
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In 1954, a group of wealthy individuals including Donald Deskey, the fabled designer (among his works the... Read more