Feuiletton 360 — The Letter
Dear Friends of The Most Famous Hotels in the World, Dear Readers, By Lisa Augustin (for a change) Time flies, only my father takes slow boats and sends letters via surface postal services. Yesterday an envelope arr...
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Feuilleton 333
My dear reader, In case you find this Feuilleton Ritz-heavy, you couldn't be more right. Since the early 1880s, the name Ritz is simply the better word for luxury. PUTTING UP THE RITZ … for sale. This time you ...
Feuilleton 343 — Like the Emperor of China
Digging into China — in a secret tunnel below Renmin Square, Xi'an. Andreas Augustin presents PEOPLE‘S GRAND HOTEL XIAN in Edition Raconteur — THE MOST FAMOUS HOTELS IN THE WORLD® The spacious seat of ancient civilisat...
Letter from China
Questions asked by Andreas Augustin; Letters from China are written by Prof. Zhang Guangrui Dear Professor; Greetings from Europe, the cradle of ancient customs and the inventors of the modern world. European hospitality is rooted in the Gree...
The Most Famous Hotels in the World Jury Meeting 2018/December
Excerpt of the Minutes of the Meeting of the Jury (London, December 2018) Do we Brexit or not? For 33 years the minutes of our organisation were typed at Pall Mall, London. Last December we held our regular jury meeting at our historical conference ...
Breakfast with Stephen Antram
Stephen Antram Photography Bill Lorenz The Location: Xi’an, North West China, Shaanxi Province The Attraction: Terracotta Army (the 8th wonder of the world) The Hotel: People’s Grand Hotel The Date: opened in 1953, reopened NOW ...
First Movies at Hotels
At the Hotel Scribe, in Paris, on 25 December 1895, at the Indian Salon, then part of the Grand Café which was rented out to the Jockey Club, Auguste and his brother Louis Jean Lumière showed the first motion picture using the system of...
From India in Style (5): Western Music and Arts
Just as the West was enamoured by the wonders of India and Asia, the royals from India were adapting to the western culture with élan. Photograph from our book IMPERIAL New Delhi. Being an Indian royal was all about the finer things ...
Kadoorie, Sir Michael
The Hon. Sir Michael Kadoorie GBS, LLD, Officier dans l'Ordre National de la Légion d'Honneur Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres Commandeur de l'Ordre de Léopold II. Michael Kadorrie was appointed a director in 1964 and ele...
Scent of a Woman
Author Andreas Augustin visits a good old friend. Once called one of the “Maidens of the East”, today one of the Grand Old Ladies of South East Asia. The Mandarin Oriental in Bangkok keeps its reign as the most famous hotel of Thailand, b...
Wanderwell, Aloha
Fluent in French, Spanish, Italian, and marginally fluent in Russian, Chinese and Japanese, Aloha Wanderwell – nomen est omen – was the first woman to drive around the world in a customised Model T Ford. Aloha Wan...
Xian: People’s Grand Hotel Gardens
The gardens of the People's Grand Hotel in Xi'an, China, are home to over 10,000 plants representing over 70 different species. ♥ The most prominent and valuable inhabitant of the gardens is certainly the Crape Myrtle tree next to t...
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Mandarin Oriental Savoy Zurich (former Savoy Baur en Ville)
Johannes Baur, born in Austria in 1795, was a visionary entrepreneur who profoundly shaped Zurich’s hospitality industry. In 1837, at the age...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
The Mandarin Oriental Bangkok
Since decades “The Oriental”, as it is affectionately known by travellers from all over the globe, leads the lists of most...Read More
Half Moon
In 1952, a group of wealthy individuals including Donald Deskey, the fabled designer (among his works the Radio City Music Hall); Harvey Firestone,...Read More
Mount Kenya Safari Club
You don your safari gear during the day, but you always dress for dinner. Because Mount Kenya Safari Club Nanyuki is an exclusive retreat. High on...Read More