Breakfast with Heinz Hunkeler: 160 Years Kronenhof Pontresina
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Breakfast with Kai Speth, Metropole Hanoi
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November 2010: I am having breakfast with Kai Speth, the man who manages the legendary Hotel Metropole in Hanoi, Vietnam, the first of the “Legends” of Sofitel and of course a Select Member of The Most Famous Hotels in the World.
Breakfast with Thomas Noll
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The Most Famous Hotels in the World go Russia! St Petersburg – and still Europe: Grand Hotel Europe, to be precise!
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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