History: Officially the hotel opened on 26 July 1890, with more than 700 rooms and seating 500 diners simultaneously. It was the largest and most prestigious hotel in town – as well as the nation’s largest hotel outside London. A s...
Overlooking Hyde Park, the London Hilton on Park Lane stands tall but never still. In 1963, when it opened its doors, it was a novelty, a scandal, a sensation ... and a temptation. This Hilton hotel revolutionized British inn keeping. A suite on the ...
The Carlton Tower is our youngest member hotel and we will have to wait how it performs in the league of the most famous hotels in the world. As a new Select Member it has six months to submit its completed history and a detailed timeline. In shor...
"The Randolph" – appearing in every second of the UKs blockbuster TV series "Inspector Morse" as if there is no second hotel in the city – it is an Oxford landmark. It has reopened in May 2016 after being damaged by fire in 2015. When ...
Brighton took off in the mid 19th century, following the arrival of the new steam railway. The Grand opened in 1864, providing luxury accommodation for the massive increase in visitors to the town. All 201 rooms were taken for the first night. Guests...
The Great Eastern Hotel next to Liverpool Street Station opened in May 1884. Originally built by the Great Eastern Railway Company, the hotel underwent a £70 million restoration and reopened in 2000 under Hyatt's new brandname Andaz. Locate...
The Grand Hotel, built in 1875, has welcomed many of the great and the good over the years including Winston Churchill, Charlie Chaplin and Elgar. It is one of the UK’s most magnificent Victorian hotels. Situated on the seafront at Eastbour...
The Waldorf Hilton enjoys one of London's most enviable locations as it bridges the West End and the Square Mile, providing an excellent base for accessing the main financial district in the day and the popular cultural hub of Covent Garden and Thea...
"I don't want to go to heaven, I want to go to Claridge's" Spencer Tracy Claridge's is a London institution. A hotel was first opened here in 1812 and during the heydeys of Victorian pomp and ceremony this was the bee's knees, a favourite haunt of ...
Indochine 1923/1924. The construction of a 55-room hotel in Phnom Penh was proposed, with Ernest Hébrard as architect. A visionary planner,...Read More
In 1954, a group of wealthy individuals including Donald Deskey, the fabled designer (among his works the Radio City Music Hall); Harvey Firestone,...Read More
The hotel opened in 1891. One of the first advertisements we found dates from 1899. The hotel was the former residence of Sir Edward Barns,...Read More
The Mena House presented us with a remarkable challenge — we had to verify its opening date which appeard to be wrong (1865?). We...Read More
The Galle Face Hotel was established in 1864, five years before the Suez Canal came into operation. A journey through the Suez Canal was a...Read More
