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With Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express, detective extraordinaire Hercule Poirot returned to the screen. Andreas Augustin discovers large gaps between solid pillars of hard facts, hanging in thin air like suspension bridges between two solid rocks, which fluctuate violently in the wind of the researcher’s curiosity.
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Book enthusiasts know summer is high season for books. If you are „Couchsurfing in Iran“ (by Stephan Orth), enjoy „The Art of the Wasted Day“ (by Patricia Hampl) or the New York Times recommendation „The Milk Lady of Bangalore“ by Shoba Narayan, you might also like to put the following titles on your reading list. And there is Hotel Baron in Aleppo. ...
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Ralph Hitz, from lift boy to chain manager; Aloha Wanderwell – Around the World in a Ford T, Lucien Fournereau painted sunken worlds
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Rarely has the creativity of a single personality left such a deep impact on an industry. At 14, he was a lift boy at the Viennese Hotel Sacher. From there he took a large portion of Austrian wit across the Atlantic. At 30 he managed the largest hotel chain of the United States.
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FEUILLETON No. 333 — Ritz all over — The Strand Yangon's New Pool — Raffles under Renovation – Letter from China — All Hotels — All our Books —
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Exchanging letters with Professor Zhang Guangrui, Andreas Augustin asks questions and learns about the history of Chinese hospitality.
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In 1916, at the height of the so called Great War, the 'God of Dance', Vaslav Nijinsky, found himself and his little family stranded in Vienna.
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Eine erste Idee, dann umfangreiche Recherchen, Besprechungen, schließlich das fertige Drehbuch. Die Geschichte der berühmtesten Lokalbahnen Östrerreichs füllt jetzt die zweiteilige TV-Doku "Die Erschließung der heimischen Alpen" – die "Erfindung des Reisens". Save the date! 7. und 14. März 2023, ORF III, Erbe Österreich und 20:15Uhr
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If you want to know where the beating heart of England can be found, then Trafalgar Square a good place to start. It has always seemed odd to me that, despite its pole position in the national psyche, Trafalgar Square is almost entirely devoid of hotels. Maybe I assign too much importance to hotels but I believe they are the crowning glory of any city piazza.
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Our UK based correspondent Adrian Mourby has decided to concentrate on BREXIT conform local fare and to temporarily end his international career as a globetrotter. In London, he discovers a glamorous five-star hotel opened near Trafalgar Square in 2012. Unlike many of today's central London hotels, it was not sited in a former bank or newspaper office. The angular building in which the Corinthia, London sits today was actually opened in 1885 as the Metropole Hotel.
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Collectively, we have to promote tourism and keep spreading the message of safe and secure environment in the hotels. The management of THE IMPERIAL, the social hub of the Indian capital, developed the ‘I Care’ Program and is focusing on Ultra High Net Worth clientele.
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