Andreas Augustin

Andreas is a global cross-over hospitality history expert, writer and publisher.

He is the founder of The Most Famous Hotels in the World (1986), gathering over 450 legendary historic hotels under one umbrella.
With The Most Famous Hotels in the World he created the library of hospitality, supporting hotels to utilise the enormous power of history marketing.

The organisation's clientele includes Accor (Sofitel Legends Collection), Belmond (Orient Express Hotels), Corinthia, Hilton Hotels and the Waldorf Astoria Collection, Marriott – the Luxury Collection / Ritz Carlton, Mandarin Oriental, Raffles Group of Hotels, The Peninsula Hong Kong, Steigenberger and other groups. Individual hotels such as the Imperial New Delhi, Hotel Sacher, Grand Hotel Vienna, Regina and SO Singapore are subjects of his individual research. 

He is also the creator and, with his wife Carola, curator of the Path of History (permanent exhibitions at famous hotels), e. g. The Oriental Journey, the Path Of History at the Metropole Hanoi, Reid’s  Hotel, the Imperial and the Bristol (both Vienna), People's Grand Hotel Xian, China, ....

Carola Augustin and Andreas Augustin research and author TV documentaries for various European TV history documentaries.

Once a year, Andreas chairs the jury of The Most Famous Hotels in the World®, and he occasionally serves as a guest professor at hospitality institutions such as EHL Lausanne (Switzerland) and the Hotel Management College Modul (Vienna, Austria).

His declared goal in life: „I would like to leave this world a comprehensive and reliable library of the history of hospitality. We have a responsibility towards future generations to safeguard the history of our most famous hotels and all related social achievements.“

Here you find all books on individual hotels.