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The return of Joan Baez PERSONALITIES

The return of Joan Baez

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During the American War (outside of Vietnam known as Vietnam War) US Folk singer Joan Baez had made the hotel her shelter for almost two weeks and experienced the worst air-raids of mankind.

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Marquet, Georges PERSONALITIES

Marquet, Georges

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Belgian Georges Marquet was the owner of many fine hotels and the president of Les Grands Hotels Europeens.

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Wachtveitl - Why don’t you do some work ? PERSONALITIES

Wachtveitl - Why don’t you do some work ?

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When businessmen take over an enterprise as promising as the Oriental Hotel one would imagine that facts and figures are all important.

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Ritz, Charles C. PERSONALITIES

Ritz, Charles C.

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Charles Ritz was the son of César Ritz and Marie-Louise Beck.

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Murphy, William Lawrence PERSONALITIES

Murphy, William Lawrence

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We owe the invention of the Hideawy Bed to inventor William Lawrence Murphy

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