The Bauer (Grünwald has been dropped from the name) is one of the last great Venice establishments still in private hands, with a strict, utilitarian facade and subdued interiors providing a refreshing antidote to all the gilded and baroque exce...
A view of the Willard at Fourteenth Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, c. 1900. Motorcars, horse-drawn carriages, and trolleys share the street. The...Read More
There are hotels that follow fashion. And there are hotels that outlive it. Reid’s Palace belongs to the latter. Opened in 1891,...Read More
In 1923/24, the construction of a 55-room hotel in Phnom Penh was proposed. Architect Ernest Hébrard, who was largely responsible for...Read More
Johannes Baur, born in Austria in 1795, was a visionary entrepreneur who profoundly shaped Zurich’s hospitality industry. In 1837, at the age...Read More
