This book is in German (we are planning an English edition for 2007/8)

1849 entsteigen der Postkutsche in Pontresina zwei Männer: Vater und Sohn, Andreas und Lorenz Gredig. Sie sind auf dem Weg ins Veltlin, der italienischen Weinbauregion jenseits des Berninapasses. Während ihrer Rast in Pontresina fällt ihr Augenmerk auf ein verlassenes Gasthaus. Es heisst Rössli. Die Gredigs kaufen es.
1851 wird aus dem Rössli der Gasthof Krone-Post. Händler auf der Durchreise steigen hier ab. Jetzt kommen die ersten sogenannten Fremden in die Region. Sie tragen…

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In the summer of 1889 – the days of Gilbert and Sullivan, the heroes of English operetta – The Savoy opened its doors. It was the creation of theatre impresario Richard D’Oyly Carte. He engaged the young César Ritz to run the hotel who in turn brought in Auguste Escoffier – the ‘Emperor of all chefs’. The Prince of Wales said 'Where Ritz goes, I go.' In 1898, Ritz and Escoffier had…

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A fine leather bound edition of this book is available, too (please see below)


Updated, with sparkling new photographs and an even richer collection of historical material
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 the 'House of the…

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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 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 instrumental as a…

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