Baedeker | Murray

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Baedeker and Murray developed the guide book, Badeker invented the first "Star rating system".

Kadoorie, Sir Michael

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For almost one century the Kadoorie family is running the Hong Kong and Shanghai Hotels Company (Peninsula).

Travel History: Thomas Cook

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Cook is 'swamping Europe with everything that is low-bred, vulgar and ridiculous' — During the 1870s, a new 'movement' was to be observed in England. The English suddenly travelled in larger groups than any other nation ...

USA: Hotel duPont, Wilmington, Delaware*

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One of the most famous hotels of America was designed to rival the finest hotels in Europe. At its opening in 1913, the Hotel duPont contained 150 guest rooms, a main dining room, rathskeller, men's café/bar, ballroom, club room, ladies' sitting room and more.

1975: Luxury Hotel Keeping — Imperial Vienna

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An interesting article from 1973 — Did you know that the average life of a carpet is some seven years, a mattress ten years and that you should never rely on one supplier? In December 1975, the Imperial Hotel Vienna (Austria) was modernised. By Godfrey Blakeley

Hotel Monteleone (1886), New Orleans, Louisiana

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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.

USA: Mountain View Grand Resort & Spa

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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 Whitefield, N.H..

Breakfast with Tim Ananiadis, Grand Bretagne, Athens

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Tim Ananiadis arrived at the Grand Bretagne six months after it reopened under Starwood – following a major refurbishment.

Mohonk Mountain House

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Breakfast with Laura Fanecco, Grand Hotel Excelsior

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Laura Fanecco took over the Grand Hotel Excelsior on the Lido in 2014 and is the first woman to manage this gracious institution

Back: Oxford’s No.1

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The Randolph was built in 1866 and is one of those hotels - like Chateau Frontenac in Quebec and Gstaad's Palace - that is as much a symbol of the city it serves as a hotel.

Hoshi Ryokan: The World’s Oldest Guest House

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The Hoshi Ryokan in Komatsu is shortlisted to become a new member of THE MOST FAMOUS HOTELS IN THE WORLD. It is certainly old enough.