TRAILER - GRAND HOTEL METROPOLE - 2021
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Metropole Hanoi: bunker discovered
Relevance: 6 matches (86%)
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...
Breakfast with Kai Speth, Metropole Hanoi
Relevance: 5 matches (71%)
November 2010: I am having breakfast with Kai Speth, the man who manages the legendary Hotel Metropole in Hanoi, Vietnam, the first of ...
Feuiletton 358 — Anchored
Relevance: 4 matches (57%)
The M.S. Serendipity has anchored at Colombo. For weeks we were accompanied by playful pods of dolphins, watched over a cup of tea a...
The return of Joan Baez
Relevance: 4 matches (57%)
During the American War (outside of Vietnam known as Vietnam War) US Folk singer Joan Baez had made the hotel her shelter for almost t...
Terror Attack spurs Vienna’s Talent for Hospitality
Relevance: 3 matches (43%)
After an IS sympathizer shot four people in downtown Vienna, Austria, on Monday 2 November 2020 evening before the police could neutral...
Feuilleton 346 — Path of History
Relevance: 3 matches (43%)
This week's newsletter, if you wish, could occupy exactly 2 Minutes and 16 seconds of your valuable time. As many of you know, upon co...
Le Royal
In 1923/24, the construction of a 55-room hotel in Phnom Penh was proposed. Architect Ernest Hébrard, who was largely responsible for...Read More
Frankfurter Hof
Whenever I am in Frankfurt, I have always been seeking a chat with head concierge. Later I find myself sitting on the terrace in the charming...Read More
Baur, former Savoy Baur en Ville, today Mandarin Oriental Savoy Zurich
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
Oriental Hotel (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