Paris: Hotel Ritz: 320 staff accepted severance package
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Marquet, Georges
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Belgian Georges Marquet was the owner of many fine hotels and the president of Les Grands Hotels Europeens.
Wachtveitl - Why don’t you do some work ?
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When businessmen take over an enterprise as promising as the Oriental Hotel one would imagine that facts and figures are all important.
Grand Hotel Majestic “gia Baglioni”
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The Grand Hotel Majestic stands on an old road into the Roman colony of Bononia. Bologna’s oldest hotel celebrated its centenary in 2012.
Catwalk Star at Le Bristol, Paris
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Fa-raon, the 21-month white Burmese, is the hotel's biggest star. He was purchased personally by general manager Didier Le Calvez and turns out to possess a natural talent when it comes to catwalk.
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Mandarin Oriental Savoy Zurich (former Savoy Baur en Ville)
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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
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