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...
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...
Terror Attack spurs Vienna’s Talent for Hospitality
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After an IS sympathizer shot four people in downtown Vienna, Austria, on Monday 2 November 2020 evening before the police could neutral...
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