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Nobody Asked Me, But… No. 263: Hotel History: Frederick Law Olmsted

Landscape Architect: Frederick Law Olmsted was an American landscape architect, journalist, social critic, and public administrator. He is considered to be the father of landscape architecture. Olmsted was famous for co-designing many well-known urb...

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Fairmont’s ‘Grand by Nature’ Book: Iconic Moments of Our Time

Fairmont’s ‘Grand by Nature’ Book: Iconic Moments of Our Time

Fairmont Hotels & Resorts is delighted to announce the release of Grand By Nature, published by Skira and authored by Claire Wrathall and Claire-Marie Angelini-Thiennot. The book spans more than 300 pages and 500 illustrations and photographs, shari...

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2022 Top 25 Historic Hotels of America Most Unique Culinary Heritage and Culinary Traditions List Is Announced

2022 Top 25 Historic Hotels of America Most Unique Culinary Heritage and Culinary Traditions List Is Announced

Historic Hotels of America has many iconic and legendary hotels that have made important contributions to the culinary heritage and traditions of the United States. The Omni Parker House which opened in 1855 is famous for the creation of both the so...

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2022 Top 25 Historic Hotels of America Most Unique Culinary Heritage and Culinary Traditions List Is Announced

Dorchester Collection announces partnership with House of Taylor

Dorchester Collection announces partnership with House of Taylor

Following what would have been the late Elizabeth Taylor’s 90th birthday, Dorchester Collection announces a partnership with House of Taylor in honour of the legendary star and activist.

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Nobody Asked Me, But… No. 262: Hotel History: Tampa Bay Hotel

Nobody Asked Me, But… No. 262: Hotel History: Tampa Bay Hotel

Hotel History: Tampa Bay Hotel (511 rooms). The success of Henry M. Flagler’s Ponce de Leon Hotel in St. Augustine convinced Henry B. Plant that Tampa needed a spectacular new hotel. With the agreement of the town council for a new bridge across the...

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Nobody Asked Me, But… No. 262: Hotel History: Tampa Bay Hotel

Nobody Asked Me, But… No. 261: Hotel History: The Homestead, Hot Springs, Virginia

Nobody Asked Me, But… No. 261: Hotel History: The Homestead, Hot Springs, Virginia

The Homestead is a famous luxury resort that opened a decade before the American revolutionary war. Located in the middle of the Allegheny Mountains, the area has the largest hot springs in Virginia. Native Americans used the waters to rejuvenate th...

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Nobody Asked Me, But… No. 261: Hotel History: The Homestead, Hot Springs, Virginia

2022 Top 25 Historic Hotels of America for a Romantic Proposal List is Announced

2022 Top 25 Historic Hotels of America for a Romantic Proposal List is Announced

Historic Hotels are the perfect place for celebrating special occasions that create lifelong memories and are the ideal location for a romantic proposal. These special milestones include romantic getaways, the ideal place to propose, the destination...

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2022 Top 25 Historic Hotels of America for a Romantic Proposal List is Announced

Nobody Asked Me, But… No. 260: Hotel History: Terminal City, The Roosevelt Hotel and The Postum Building, New York

Nobody Asked Me, But… No. 260: Hotel History: Terminal City, The Roosevelt Hotel and The Postum Building, New York

Hotel History: Terminal City (1911). Terminal City originated as an idea during the reconstruction of Grand Central Terminal from the old Grand Central Station from 1903 to 1913. The railroad owner, the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad, wi...

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Nobody Asked Me, But… No. 260: Hotel History: Terminal City, The Roosevelt Hotel and The Postum Building, New York

Nobody Asked Me, But… No. 259: Hotel History: The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia

Nobody Asked Me, But… No. 259: Hotel History: The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia

Hotel History: The Greenbrier (682 rooms). The original hotel, the Grand Central Hotel, was built on this site in 1858. It was known as “The White” and later “The Old White”. Beginning in 1778, people came to follow the local Native American traditi...

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Nobody Asked Me, But… No. 259: Hotel History: The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia

Back to the Future: celebrating our heritage of 150 years in travel

Back to the Future: celebrating our heritage of 150 years in travel

‘If you want to know the future, look to the past,’ they say. We are at a time of year that’s ripe with reflection and ambition. As we all look back at twelve months of hard work - at what went well and what didn’t – and make plans for 2022, does it...

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