Galle Face - Pimm’s o’clock
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Feuilleton 345 – Because we Care - Galle Face, Quiz, Jumeirah
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On 14. March 1931, at the Galle Face Hotel in Colombo, Ceylon (today Sri Lanka), the restaurant served for Lunch … ——— Why do...
Feuilleton 351 — The Christmas Tree Extravaganza
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One never thinks that hotels have Christmas trees, too. But in fact there is a real competition of who has the largest and shiniest. F...
Feuiletton 360 — The Letter
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Time flies, only my father takes slow boats and sends letters via surface postal services. Yesterday an envelope arrived containing pho...
5 Rooms 5 Acts
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5 Rooms 5 Acts is a strong signal from an European city hotel. The classic Viennese Hotel Regina entertains – Corona-adjusted – a l...
A Palace on the Strand
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In 1900 visitors to London were advised by Baedeker to find a hotel on the Strand. The choice began with 700-room Hotel Cecil, then the...
Metropole Hanoi: bunker discovered
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Kai Speth, the general manager of the Hotel Metropole in Hanoi was all excited. Many years ago I had written a book about the history o...
The Mandarin Oriental Bangkok
Since decades “The Oriental”, as it is affectionately known by travellers from all over the globe, leads the lists of all...Read More
Raffles Hotel
The historic building (top, slide to the right): The "new" Raffles main building in 1899. It opened on 18 November 1899, featuring the all new...Read More
Le Royal
In 1923/24, the construction of a 55-room hotel in Phnom Penh was proposed, with Ernest Hébrard as architect. A visionary planner, he was in...Read More
Galle Face
The Galle Face Hotel was established in 1864, five years before the Suez Canal came into operation. A journey through the Suez Canal was a...Read More
