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 is not limited to sepcific groups. It includes all famous hotels of historic significance. The clientele spans from Accor (Sofitel Legends Collection) to 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, .... Individual hotels such as the Imperial New Delhi, Hotel Sacher, Grand Hotel Vienna, Regina and SO Singapore are subjects of individual research. 

As curators of the Path of History the organisation has installed permanent exhibitions at famous hotels like The Oriental Journey in Bangkok, the Path Of History at the Metropole Hanoi, Reid’s  Hotel Madeira, the Imperial and the Bristol (both Vienna), People's Grand Hotel Xian, China, ....

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.