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1890: Arrival at the Grand Hotel Belvedere in Davos, Switzerland by A.L.Henderson

In 1890, Queen Vitoria's court photographer A.L.Henderson recorded this wonderful scene at the Grand Hotel Belvedere in Davos, Switzerland. A true treasure of photography and hospitality. 

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At the WEF World Economic Forum, former soccer president Joseph "Sepp" Blatter meets UN Secretary General Kofi Anan at the Grand Hotel Belvedere Davos Switzerland.
Photograph by Marcel Giger, 2015 > More

Richard Nixon and Zhou En Lai at Peoples Grand Hotel Xian, China (1972)
1932: Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy at the Caledonian Edinburgh
Paris: Best dressed American Barry Wall and Frank of the Ritz
People’s Grand Hotel Xian

During the research for his new book People's Grand Hotel Xi'an (China) Andreas Augustin explores a secret underground tunnel, which served as a path between the People's Grand Hotel and the next "Building No 2". The hotel was built in 1953, and this tunnel is today closed. More

The Castle at the Lake: Schloss Velden PERSONALITIES

The Castle at the Lake: Schloss Velden

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Horst Schulze, the man who founded a hotel management group to avoid retirement, and his first General Manager of Schloss Velden: Henning Reichel (right) at the opening ceremony. Reichel left eight months later.
Photograph: Martin Rauchenwald

It is always a great moment when one of the sleeping beauties, dormant Select Members of The Most Famous Hotels in the World, wake up again. On Monday, 28 June, Schloss (Castle) Velden in Austria was reopened by one of the last true hoteliers in the world.

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London: The Savoy closes HOTELS

London: The Savoy closes

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Designer Pierre-Yves Rochon marks the recent development of various Select Members of The Most Famous Hotels in the World. He has recently completed the interior design of the Hotel Sacher Wien. Soon we will find his fingerprints on the ambitious project concerning an icon of London hospitality. The Savoy will close from end of this year until 2009. The Savoy is a Select Member of The Most Famous Hotels in the World® (and one of the most successful books of our publishing program).

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1893: Making The Waldorf PERSONALITIES

1893: Making The Waldorf

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The year 1893 was a conspicuous and a strange one in American history. A certain holiday mood merged with a general feeling of gloom that was almost akin to despair.

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Gunther Kiem (1949-2007) PERSONALITIES

Gunther Kiem (1949-2007)

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Visionary, pioneer and ground-breaking figure - Publisher of Rolling Pin

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Breakfast with Gilles Cretallaz Breakfast with

Breakfast with Gilles Cretallaz

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Andreas Augustin is having breakfast with Gilles Cretallaz, General Manager of the historic (1901) Sofitel Metropole Hanoi
'In a hyper-dynamic world where everyone struggle to keep up at “the light speed”, Sofitel Metropole Hanoi offers a glimpse of lightness where time freezes and smiles back with wisdom.'

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GM to Inherit St Moritz Hotel HOTELS

GM to Inherit St Moritz Hotel

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St Moritz Rebooting!
Where the makers and shakers of the past century have long displayed their wealth, Alfred Hitchcock enjoyed his drinks and Greta Garbo wore her diamonds, fairy tales are still happening. This time the king bequeathes his castle to his first knight. Or, to be less prosaic, the happy ending sees a managing director receiving a special 2006 Christmas present: he is to inherit Badrutt’s Palace Hotel in St Moritz.

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Forte, Charles † PERSONALITIES

Forte, Charles †

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Forte started his career as the owner of a London milk bar and went on to create a multi-billion pound worldwide chain of hotels and restaurants. Among the prestigious hotels owned by the company he founded is the Balmoral in Princes Street.

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Breakfast with Adrian Ellis Breakfast with

Breakfast with Adrian Ellis

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Budapest, Grand Hotel Royal, and its cake!
 

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Oriental Bangkok: Penthouse Spa HOTELS

Oriental Bangkok: Penthouse Spa

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The Oriental, Bangkok’s Award-Winning Spa unveils Authentic Ayurvedic Penthouse

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Exhibition: Grand Hotel Royal HOTELS

Exhibition: Grand Hotel Royal

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With 24 picture boards famoushotels.org organized a comprehensive history exhibiton in four languages for the Grand Hotel Royal Budpaest, following years of research and a book presentation.

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Grand Hotel Sopot (Poland) back PERSONALITIES

Grand Hotel Sopot (Poland) back

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Historic Hotel on Poland’s Baltic Coast Takes on New Five-Star Identity

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2006 at Famous Hotels PERSONALITIES

2006 at Famous Hotels

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From Putin at the Ritz (Madrid) to Sweeney drawing for The Oriental and Chirac at the Imperial in Vienna, the year 2006 brought us a book launch in Budapest, (Grand Hotel Royal), a G8 meeting at the Grand Hotel Europe in St Petersburg, Bill Clinton in India and ....

By Andreas Augustin

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