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Entries tagged with: Switzerland
The Rise of the Swiss Grand Hotel (1)
By Adrian Mourby HOTEL DES BERGUES, GENEVA Geneva’s Hotel des Bergues (A Select Member of The Most Famous Hotels in the World) is a restrained and elegant building and full of idiosyncrasies. It is the oldest purpose-built hot...
Above the Clouds the Sun is always shining: Pontresina’s Kronenhof
Above the Clouds the Sun always shines or Wintering in the Alps by Andreas Augustin Switzerland is famous for exporting talented hoteliers all over the globe, in return the country is known for having some of the most legendary hotels on the planet...
Baur au Lac: “I want to transfer 10 million from our joint account.”
Writing in Forbes, Richard C. Morais introduces the Hotel Baur au Lac. When Swiss bankers loosen up at Zurich's Baur au Lac hotel, you can overhear some great gossip."I want you to transfer 10 million kronor from the joint account." In the hush...
Borer, Peter Camille
The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels Ltd. The Peninsula Group Appointed to the Board as an executive director in April 2004. A graduate of the Lausanne Hotel School, Switzerland, he joined the group in 1981, enjoying senior roles in the Hong Kong and Ban...
Breakfast with Michel Rey
MICHEL REY in 2010. The Baur au Lac is A Select member of The Most Famous Hotels in the World from its founding hour. It is set in its own park on the shore of Lake Zurich, a stone's throw from the Paradeplatz, the city's bustling financ...
Davos Summit WEF embraces Grand Hotel Belvedere
The Davos summit is among the most important gatherings of the leaders of our globe. It generates a yearly turnover of 40 million Swiss Franks (2014) for the little grand city of Davos. The Steigenberger Grand Hotel Belvédère, A Selec...
Der Grosse César — Ein Abend im Ritz / Abendkritik
RITZ KRITIK Einerseits zum 100. Jubiläum des großen Cäsar Ritz (er starb am 26. Oktober 1918) und anläßlich der Anwesenheit von gut 100 Exponaten aus dem Hotel Ritz in Paris, luden The Friends of The Most Famous Hotel...
Engadin - The Suvretta Story
Lightly I do not speak of happiness, Yet I almost think I am happy here. Thomas Mann HOTEL SUVRETTA HOUSE The Engadine - where people greet each other with 'Allegra', a Ladin expression roughly meaning, in today's terms, 'be...
From India in Style (7): Residing Abroad
Jagatjit-Singh Bahadur, Maharaja of Kapurthala on his visit to Vienna's Hotel Imperial. Not just travel, Indian royalty were also creating second homes in the international playfields of the rich and famous or in the exclusively secluded plac...
Kienberger Family
The Waldhaus was opened on June 15, 1908 by Josef Giger (1847–1921) and his wife Amalie who had previously managed large hotels in Bad Ragaz, in Russia, in Italy and finally in St. Moritz. They were succeeded by daugher Helen and her husband Os...
Lunn, Sir Henry Simpson
In the late 1880s, London's new hotel The Savoy was the most important stepping stone in Ritz’s magnificent career. (30 July 1859 – 18 March 1939) was an English humanitarian and religious figure, and also founder of Lunn Poly, one of...
MOURBY OF STAIRS
You can tell a lot about a hotel from its staircase. Some dominate the foyer as if attempting to emulate a palazzo or perhaps the Opera Garnier in Paris, a truly wonderful building that is essentially an elaborate flight of steps with an average-size...
Seiler, Alexander
It is hard to imagine that, as late as the middle of the 19th Century, not many guests came to visit the king of the mountains, the Matterhorn. The fact that this has changed in the last 150 years is due to the work of a great pioneer of the hotel in...
The Great César — Life and Times of César Ritz
CÉSAR RITZ César Ritz*, born in the Swiss village of Niederwald (Switzerland) on 23 February 1850, died in Küssnacht (Switzerland) on 26 October 1918. César Ritz started his hotel career at the age of 15 in S...
The Rise of the Swiss Grand Hotel (2)
The City of Lucerne By Andreas Augustin In the mid of the 19th century, Switzerland had narrowly avoided financial ruin. In the years leading up to 1880, Switzerland was a classic emigration land. It was very much partially due to the influx of t...
Travel History: Thomas Cook
During the 1870s, a new 'movement' was to be observed in England. The English suddenly travelled in larger groups than any other nation. Only a few decades ago travelling was almost exclusively reserved for a small elite, the upper class. W...
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...
Writers at Hotels: Thomas Mann
Thomas Mann 1929 Nobel Prize in Literature Thomas Mann (6 June 1875 – 12 August 1955) was a German novelist, short story writer, social critic, philanthropist and essayist, known for his series of highly symbolic and ironic epic novels and n...
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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