PERSONALITIES

Frank Meier meets Berry Wall

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Back when cocktails were a serious part of life, a man named Frank Meier held sway over the bar at the Ritz in Paris.

Did 300 Japanese commit suicide at Raffles Hotel?

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Bucher and Durrer

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The Forming of the Bucher-Durrer Hospitality Empire — Franz Josef Bucher and Josef Durrer were among Europe’s leading hotel pioneers in the second half of the nineteenth century.

Kracht, Carl

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Carl Kracht went to Zurich, where he married Carl Kracht and his family went to live in Zurich. He married Emma Pauline Baur, the daughter of the Swiss hotelier Theodor Baur, who owned both the famous Hotel Baur au Lac as well as the Savoy Baur en Ville.

Steigenberger, Albert

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Baedeker | Murray

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Baedeker and Murray developed the guide book, Badeker invented the first "Star rating system".

Kadoorie, Sir Michael

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For almost one century the Kadoorie family is running the Hong Kong and Shanghai Hotels Company (Peninsula).

Travel History: Thomas Cook

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Cook is 'swamping Europe with everything that is low-bred, vulgar and ridiculous' — During the 1870s, a new 'movement' was to be observed in England. The English suddenly travelled in larger groups than any other nation ...

Back: Oxford’s No.1

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The Randolph was built in 1866 and is one of those hotels - like Chateau Frontenac in Quebec and Gstaad's Palace - that is as much a symbol of the city it serves as a hotel.

Accor-Fairmont Raffles Merger

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AccorHotels and Fairmont Raffles Hotels International merger will combine their assets and together represent 43,000 rooms in 115 hotels around the world.

Unveiled

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We have come across an interesting experience concerning culture shocks. One of the long serving general managers of the Mena House Hotel in Cairo, Rajiv Kaul, had personally arranged for the last fittings of the fancy Montgomery Suite.

† Raymond Flower

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Raymond Flower – a man of great inspiration – the grand raconteur of hotel- and history-telling, is dead.