Writers at Hotels: Oscar Wilde
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Wilde scorned the idea of plumbed-in washstands with running cold and hot water at the Savoy: ‘What is it good for? If I want hot water, I call for it.’
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Travel Agency Business
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Travel agencies have been organized mostly since the development of commercial aviation from the 1920s, although Thomas Cook was a notable early, pre-flight pioneer in 1841. The British Company, Cox & Kings is the oldest travel agent in the world, established in 1758.
Kitchen Revolt at The Savoy: 16 fiery cooks took their long knives
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During the last 24-hours The Savoy Hotel has been the scene of disturbances which in a South American Republic would be dignified by the name of revolution. Three managers have been dismissed and 16 fiery French and Swiss cooks (some of them took their long knives and placed themselves in a position of defiance) have been bundled out by the aid of a strong force of Metropolitan police.
I need not have any money!
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If you think you have seen them all, read this one. Around 1960, it was sent to the proprietress of the Oriental Hotel in Bangkok, Germaine Krull, who remembers: ‘Our bill collectors had their problems. One debtor had left the French Embassy as an address and, ...
Above the Clouds the Sun is always shining: Pontresina’s Kronenhof
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Well researched history of legendary hotels suddenly was on the top of the agenda of every responsible hotel manager. In 1998 Kronenhof general manager Xaver Stocker called famoushotels.org.
Lucien Fournereau: “Bangkok: Distractions? None!”
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The display of monumental architecture was a powerful Western means of visualising the East as a land of lost civilizations. ‘Ruines Khmères du Cambodge’, a water colour by Lucien Fournereau,is a perfect sample of this theory.
Cäsar Ritz: „Dieser Phönix von einem Hotelier“
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Alle wissen zwar, dass es ein Ritz gibt, doch die wenigsten, dass es einen Ritz gab. Gestatten: Cäsar Ritz! Der Hotelier starb vor hundert Jahren.
Scent of a Woman
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Author Andreas Augustin visits a good old friend. Once called one of the “Maidens of the East”, today one of the Grand Old Ladies of South East Asia. The Mandarin Oriental in Bangkok keeps its reign as the most famous hotel of Thailand, while for many travelers it is simply the best hotel in the world.
The Oldest ‘Grand’ Hotel of Paris
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Baron Hausmann commissioned the Pereire brothers, powerful bankers who heavily financed the reconstruction of Paris, to build a luxurious new hotel. Designed by the architect Alfred Armand, the Grand Hotel du Louvre was opened in 1855, just in time for the International Exhibition staged in Paris that year. It was the first luxury hotel in France and the first 'Grand Hotel' of Paris.
Fired - Unfit for Hitler
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During the takeover of Austria in 1938, the Imperial's general manager is considered unfit to receive Hitler.
John McEntee Bowman
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John McEntee Bowman (1875 – October 28, 1931) was a Canadian-born businessman, American hotelier and horseman, and the founding president of Bowman-Biltmore Hotels Corp.
Der Grosse César — Ein Abend im Ritz / Abendkritik
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Die Leseshow in Wien begeisterte das Publikum, von denen sich einige auf unsere Umfrage mit folgenden kritischen Bemerkungen eintrugen.
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