The Devil lives at the Diana
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If the devil wears Prada, he/she lives at the Diana in Milan, the designer's home in the fashion capital.
Reading Room
The Lenox: Meeting Jimmy Fisher
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As I stride across the carpeted lobby of Boston’s Lenox Hotel I am clamped firmly on the wrist. What can I have done? Has my past caught up with me? Andrew Williamson travels to Boston, USA, and meets Jimmy Fisher.
Armleder, Jean
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Geneva hospitality visionary Jean Armedler made the city's Hotel Richemond world famous
Hotel Jubilees 2006
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A jubilee in 2006 - a centenary or simply a decennium. Here they are for 2006:
Flagler, Henry Morgan
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Henry Morrison Flagler (January 2, 1830 – May 20, 1913) was a United States tycoon, real estate promoter, railroad developer and Rockefeller partner in Standard Oil. He was a key figure in the development of the eastern coast of Florida along the Atlantic Ocean and was founder of what became the Florida East Coast Railway. He is known as the father of Miami, Florida.
Turn History into a Profit
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The Archive&Museum Concept
Turn History into a Profit Generating Business
What has changed in hotel business
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Once upon a time coaches arrived, rooms had no bath, log fires and candles were charged for seperately. But what changed recently?
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How To Spend It - Exclusive Offers
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Who says that budget travel is automatically 'low' - budget travel?
Let's look at the best offers available and, who knows, maybe you consider it a justifiable expense.
Reactions September 11, 2001
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HOTELS IN TIMES OF DISASTER
2001-09-11, 'September 11'
How did some people in our industry react the next day?
VIRLOGEUX, Jean Baptist
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Jean Baptist VIRLOGEUX invented an omelette for Arnold Bennett when he was chef at the Savoy hotel.
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