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Feuilleton 342 — 1896: Destination Budapest
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The Orient Express left Paris for Vienna and Budapest at 6.50 pm sharp. The train was full. There was a flutter of excitement in the air. All and sundry seemed to be travelling to Vienna or to Budapest.
Summer Reading
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Why do we travel? To get away or to get somewhere? I usually find time to read when I travel. Ironically I get away by travelling and get carried away by reading. Book enthusiasts know it is always high season for books.
AA’s Notes from a Journey
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Andreas Augustin’s personal blog from his journeys, introducing current and future projects.
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.
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.
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 as special thanks to those individuals who deserve special recognition for their preservation and provision of archived material of hotel and travel related history.
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.
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 d’Angkor
At Angkor Wat - like around the pyramids in Egypt - virtually every hotel group of note operates a (sometimes historic) hotel. The most notable...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
Ritz Paris
First of all, obtain your very own and personal copy of Marcel Proust’s A La Recherche du Temps Perdu. Inform reception tha...Read More
Bristol Vienna
When you read 'originally opened', you know that there is something special about the opening date(s) of a hotel. Well, 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 Radio City... Read more