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The Most Famous Hotels in the World lists nine hotels in New York. However. Ignoring all this, US hotel historian Stanley Turkel remembers The Drake.
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Among the many hotels we have "lost" in time was the McAlpin Hotel in NY city. Here is the story of General Edwin Angustus McAlpin (1848-1817), a successful business man.
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"I want you to transfer 10 million kronor from the joint account." — it was impossible for me not to overhear the elderly Swedish couple giving instructions to their banker at Zurich's Baur au Lac hotel.
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Andreas Augustin tackled the impossible — and produced a book about the long missing third hotel of the Sarkies brothers. The Strand, Yangon (Myanmar) became a bestseller.
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During the American War (outside of Vietnam known as Vietnam War) US Folk singer Joan Baez had made the hotel her shelter for almost two weeks and experienced the worst air-raids of mankind.
The Bayerischer Hof was opened in 1841 - on the wishes of King Ludwig I, who wanted a comfortable place for his guests to stay. The Bayerischer Hof...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
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
Since decades “The Oriental”, as it is affectionately known by travellers from all over the globe, leads the lists of most...Read More
