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Along Nevsky Prospekt and Mikhailovskaya Street stretches one of the finest hotels of the continent: the Grand Hotel Europe.
Ever since it opened its doors in 1875, it has stood as testimony to the excellence of Russian hospitality. The tsarists regarded it as their playground, the Communists turned it into…

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Welcome to the Daughter of the Baltic Sea, as Helsinki is nicknamed. And a very warm welcome to Hotel Kämp, Finland’s luxurious legacy of hospitality.
For over 100 years the Kämp rules one of the most beautiful corners of the lovely Esplanade, that used to dived the city in a Southern and a Northern hemisphere.

It was the haunt of every discerning traveller who visited Finland. Its historical roots lay in the days when the Russian tsar ruled Finland as a Grand Duchy. The Kämp was…

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"Anyone who comes to Hong Kong should stay at the Peninsula at least once!" said James Clavell, when author Andreras Augustin called him at his home in Switzerland.
He shared this point of view with many celebrities:
"Know what I do first thing after arriving in Hong Kong? I take a front room at The Peninsula, open the curtains and watch the ships in the harbour passing by."
Noël Coward
This was the second book in the FAMOUS HOTELS series - we still have a…

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Welcome to the Grand Hôtel Métropole Palace, as this wonderful hotel has been called on its opening day in 1901. Come and see the old colonists as they meet at the Café of the Metropole, sip a Nuoc-Soda and exchange the latest gossip. Stroll through the history of exotic Vietnam.
Encounter Gustave-Émile Dumoutier, the fabled French anti-imperialist who opened the hotel in 1901. Meet André Ducamp, Dumoutier’s wealthy partner, who ran the hotel for almost three decades.
Here the first “moving pictures” were shown, long before Charlie…

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Since 1866 the Grand Hotel stands proudly on the banks of the River Arno. During its illustrious history, it has been the retreat of the most celebrated globetrotters past and present, all of them attracted to a famous hotel in a famous city.
This book dives deep into the history of Florence, from its origins as a major trading centre to its flowering as the birthplace of the Renaissance, and later to its development as a hub of global tourism.
Housed in an old Renaissance palace, the Grand…

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