The Mandarin Oriental Bangkok Featured

The Mandarin Oriental Bangkok

Since decades “The Oriental”, as it is affectionately known by travellers from all over the globe, leads the lists of most "best-hotels-in-the-world" publications. Moreover, it is an institution of hospitality. It offers ± ...

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Half Moon Featured

Half Moon

In 1952, a group of wealthy individuals including Donald Deskey, the fabled designer (among his works the Radio City Music Hall); Harvey Firestone, Jr. of The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company; Richard Reynolds of the Reynolds Metal Company and Jamai...

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Mount Kenya Safari Club Featured

Mount Kenya Safari Club

You don your safari gear during the day, but you always dress for dinner. Because Mount Kenya Safari Club Nanyuki is an exclusive retreat. High on the slopes of Africa's second highest mountain, the Mount Kenya Safari Club straddles the Equator ...

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Grand Hotel Lviv (Lemberg) Featured

Grand Hotel Lviv (Lemberg)

Grand Hotel Lviv in 1894 Grand Hotel Lviv  – the book – available shortly. Reserve your personal autographed book now   Lviv or Lemberg can be metaphorically described as the westernmost city in Eastern Europe or the easte...

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Galle Face Featured

Galle Face

We found records of the Galle Face Hotel dating back to 1864, five years before the Suez Canal came into operation. A journey through the Suez Canal was a breakthrough in every respect, and from 1869 onwards the Galle Face was commonly hailed ...

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Le Royal Featured

Le Royal

In 1923/24, the construction of a 55-room hotel in Phnom Penh was proposed. Architect Ernest Hébrard, who was largely responsible for creating modern Phnom Penh, had his very own ideas about its construction   A visionary planner, h...

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The Randolph Featured

The Randolph

We have landed in Oxford, England. The purchase of The Randolph by A.J.Capital/Graduate Hotels has brought a much needed injection of money into a great local institution. Read the full story by Adrian Mourby here. A lot of work needed doing includi...

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Steigenberger Icon Grandhotel Belvédère Featured

Steigenberger Icon Grandhotel Belvédère

One of the grand palatial hotels of the European Alps. Best known for being the heart of affairs during the World Economic Forum, it boasts a rich history, starting in 1875.    A well researched book commemorates the history of this l...

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Chelsea Featured

Chelsea

A renovated staircase in New York's latest reopening of a legend. Highly praised famous hotel.  This Select Member of The Most Famous Hotels in the World belongs to an endangered species. It was at the centre of a permanent clash o...

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Prince de Galles Featured

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), influenced the naming of this house. So it was called (see above) Prince of Wales Hotel and ...

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Grand Hotel Royal (Corinthia Budapest) Featured

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 doorman opens the car. Arrived – home. The chief concierge greets from the concierge box, the r...

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Bristol Vienna Featured

Bristol Vienna

  When you read 'originally opened', you know that there is something special about the opening date(s) of a hotel. Well, the Hotel Bristol in Vienna, Austria, ‘originally opened’ in 1892, because today, it stands ...

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