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...
Ritz-Carlton
In 1927, Edward N. Wyner, a local Boston real estate developer, was asked by Mayor Curley to build a world-class hotel. Wyner,who was constructing an apartment building and was up to the second floor at the time, agreed and changed the apartment buil...
Hotel du Pont
The twelve-story Italian Renaissance building was commissioned by DuPont Company president Pierre S. du Pont. It debuted in 1913 after a two-and-a-half year labor of love by French and Italian craftsmen who carved, gilded and painted this exceptional...
Mohonk Mountain House
A spectacular natural setting in the heart of a 26,000-acre area in the Shawangunk Mountains makes the Mohonk Mountain House one of the most popular resorts in the United States. Alfred and Albert Smiley, devout Quaker twin brothers, created the reso...
Mountain View Grand Resort & Spa
One of America's great resort hotels, the Mountain View Grand Resort & Spa had its origin in the post-Civil War period. On a rainy night in 1865, a group of travelers en-route to Montreal, was stranded when their stagecoach overturned in Whitefie...
Monteleone
The oldest hotel in the French Quarter is the Hotel Monteleone, with its ornate baroque facade, which was built in 1886 in the Beaux-Arts architectural style. It remains one of the few longstanding family-owned hotels in the U.S. Antonio Monteleone a...
The Blackstone
Housed in a 1910 beaux arts building across the street from Grant Park stands the(Renaissance) Blackstone Chicago Hotel.Enrico Caruso, the opera legend, performed at the opening ceremony. Harry Truman treated his staff to the “Missouri Waltz&r...
Mauna Kea Beach Hotel
When it opened in 1965, The Mauna Kea was the most expensive hotel ever built at the time, at $15 million. In 1960 Hawaii's Governor William Quinn invited American venture capitalist Laurance S. Rockefeller to visit the Big Island and scout beachfro...
The Hermitage Hotel
Built in 1910, it was Nashville's first million-dollar hotel. The only remaining commercial Beaux Arts structure in the state, the hotel is a special place to Nashville residents. Six presidents and entertainment royalty have graced the guest boo...
The Biltmore Coral Gables
The Duke and Duchess of Windsor, Ginger Rogers, Judy Garland and Bing Crosby were frequent guests. In fact, everyone who was anyone - from politicians like President Franklin D. Roosevelt to notorious gangsters like Al Capone – stayed at the Bi...
Mark Hopkins
Mark Hopkins, one of the founders of the Central Pacific Railroad, chose the southeastern peak of Nob Hill as the site for a dream home for his wife, Mary. The mansion was completed in 1878, after his death. The Mark Hopkins mansion survived the 190...
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Le Royal
In 1923/24, the construction of a 55-room hotel in Phnom Penh was proposed, with Ernest Hébrard as architect. A visionary planner, he was in...Read More
Grand Hotel Lviv (Lemberg)
Grand Hotel Lviv in 1894 The spirit is remarkable in this eastern Ukrainian city. Formerly part of the Austro-Hungarian, empire, Lemberg...Read More
The Mandarin Oriental Bangkok
Since decades “The Oriental”, as it is affectionately known by travellers from all over the globe, leads the lists of all...Read More
Raffles Hotel
The historic building (top, slide to the right): The "new" Raffles main building in 1899. It opened on 18 November 1899, featuring the all new...Read More
Galle Face
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