Breakfast with Michael Shepherd
Andreas Augustin is having breakfast with Michael Shepherd, General Manager at The London Hilton on Park Lane Q: Michael, we had breakfas...
Entries tagged with: London Hilton On Park Lane
Hilton — Training in 1956
Hilton's hotel training (1956) and Confessions of a London Hilton Trainee in 1963 A unique program to train people from all over the world in its techniques of hotel management has been developed by Hilton Hotels International in or...
Hilton, Conrad Nicholson
Conrad Nicholson Hilton, (1887-1979), born in 1887 in San Antonio, New Mexico, was an American entrepreneur. As a young boy, Hilton developed entrepreneurial skills working at his father’s general store in Socorro County, New Mexico. This was f...
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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