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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)
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. More...
1932: Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy at the Caledonian Edinburgh
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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
Grand Hotel Lviv in 1894
Lviv or Lemberg can be metaphorically described as the westernmost city in Eastern Europe or the easternmost city in...Read More
In our world, it is no longer a given that simple restraint represents true elegance.
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Happiness is made to be shared, knew the great French dramatist Jean Baptiste Racine (†1699).
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