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Back: Oxford’s No.1 PERSONALITIES

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.

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Accor-Fairmont Raffles Merger PERSONALITIES

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.

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Unveiled PERSONALITIES

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.

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† Raymond Flower PERSONALITIES

† Raymond Flower

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

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Teleseme: 104 good reasons to call the staff PERSONALITIES

Teleseme: 104 good reasons to call the staff

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International hotels around 1900 were filled with inventions lavishly described in their promotional literature. The Teleseme was the sophisticated mechanical assistant that fulfilled (almost) all wishes.

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Gaudi’s New York Grand Hotel PERSONALITIES

Gaudi’s New York Grand Hotel

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Few people know that in 1908 the catalan architect Antoni Gaudí (1852 - 1926) imagined a skyscraper for New York City.

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Andreas Augustin: Speech at Launch of Edinburgh Caledonian book PERSONALITIES

Andreas Augustin: Speech at Launch of Edinburgh Caledonian book

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"Dear Lord and Lady Provost..." — At the occasion of the launch of the book The Caledonian Edinburgh, Andreas Augustin held this speech in 2004

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Welcome Ever Smiles* PERSONALITIES

Welcome Ever Smiles*

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Receiving an important guest at European hotels in the 1920s involved a whole army of staff. If the occasion requires it, this hasn't changed at some hotels.

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