LUXURY CAN BE BOUGHT, HISTORY MUST BE EARNED. Welcome to the library of hospitality, the archives of historic hotels. The Most Famous Hotels in the World currently list
377 hotels in
277 cities and 79 countries. Here you find their researched history, most popular anecdotes and latest news.
Recently published stories from „Inspirations“
At Reid's Hotel on Madeira the arrival of one mysterious guests had remained a myth for the past century. The confirmation of… [more]
Recently published in: INSPIRATIONS
Recently launched books
... this was a time when wealthy travellers from Northern Europe and America were flocking to the warmer climes and bluer skies… [more]
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Around the world in 377 Hotels – Hotels lost in History
Concierge stories are traded at famous hotels like good Jewish jokes. The Excelsior in Rome has its share! [more]
Recently published in: DOCUMENTATIONS
In 1947, the Rtiz in Madrid welcomed one of its most glamourous and controversal guests: the first lady of Argentina, Evita Peron. [more]
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The long lost Hotel Bristol in Paris seems to have inspired legends. Was it inspired by the Earl of Bristol, and did it inspire… [more]
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The chronicles of the hospitality industry – Classic menus, biographies and personalities
Marie Antoine Carême, "The King of Chefs, and the Chef of Kings" gained fame in Paris in the early 19th… [more]
Recently published in: WHO WHERE WHEN
Kurt Wachtveitl will retire after 42 years as General Manager of the… [more]
Recently published in: WHO WHERE WHEN
Cesar Ritz, born in the Swiss village of Niederwald on 23 February 1850. He began his hotel career at the age of 15 in… [more]
Recently published in: WHO WHERE WHEN
High Times at the Hotel Bristol by Roger Williams is a series of stories, playing at the Bristol Hotels of this world
From 'High Times at the Hotel Bristol: Twenty bedside tales' by Roger Williams [more]
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with the general managers of the world
The Most Famous Hotels in the World go Russia! St Petersburg – and still Europe: Grand Hotel Europe, to be precise! [more]
Recently published in: BREAKFAST SERIES
Breakfast with Michele Frignani, at the time when he was Managing Director of the St. Regis in Rome (today he is managing the… [more]
Recently published in: BREAKFAST SERIES
