Author: Stanley Turkel CMHS hotel-online.com
Brown Palace Hotel: Built on a Cow Pasture
The Brown Palace Hotel opened in 1892 with an eight-story atrium designed by architect Frank E. Edbrooke (1840-1921). More than ... Read More
Four Seasons Hotel NY Now Housing Medical Professionals
Is it possible to conceive that the Four Seasons Hotel in New York has been converted to house medical professionals ... Read More
Admiral Fell Inn: 4-Story-High Skyscraper
Fell’s Point was founded in the early 1700s when the Fell Brothers arrived from Lancaster, England. Edward was a shopkeeper ... Read More
The Barbizon Hotel in New York was Once Only for Women
The Barbizon Hotel for Women was built in 1927 as a residential hotel and clubhouse for single women who came ... Read More
Carlyle Hotel: A Living Legend that Embodies the Spirit of New York
The Carlyle Hotel was built by Moses Ginsberg and designed in Art Deco style by architects Sylvan Bien (1893-1959) and ... Read More
Peninsula Hotel New York: Recalling the golden age of luxury hotels
On February 7, 1989, the Peninsula Hotel was designated as a Landmark by the New York Landmarks Preservation Commission. The ... Read More
Grand Hotel, Point Clear, Alabama: The Gathering Place
The site on which The Grand Hotel sits today has seen two earlier hotels so named, and the area surrounding ... Read More
Red Lion Inn Nearly Demolished for Gas Station
Hotel History For more than 246 years, the Red Lion Inn has been welcoming visitors to the Berkshires with traditional ... Read More
Hotel History: The Wales Hotel
One of the most charming historic hotels in New York, the Wales Hotel is closing its doors in 2020. It ... Read More
Hotel History: YMCA of Greater New York
Do you know that there is a 167-year old organization located in New York City which owns and operates more ... Read More
Hotel History: Hotel Florence – elegance and beautiful design
The Hotel Florence is a former operating hotel located in the Pullman Historic District on the far south side of ... Read More
Hotel History: The Heathman Hotel
The original Heathman Hotel was built in 1926 one block from the current structure by George Heathman for $1 million. ... Read More
Hotel History: Josh Billings on hotels 148 years ago
Josh Billings was the pen name of the 19th century American humorist Henry Wheeler Shaw (1818-1885). He was a famous ... Read More
Hotel History: Hotelier Raymond Orteig meets Mail Pilot Charles Lindbergh
Raymond Orteig (1870-1934) was the New York City hotel owner who offered the $25,000 Orteig Prize to the first aviator ... Read More
Hotel History: Catskill Mountain Resort Hotels – phenomenon unlike any other
This is the story of an area of 250 square miles, approximately an hour-and-a-half drive northwest of New York City, ... Read More
Hotel History: Hotel Man of the Half Century awarded 22 years after death
In 1950, the hotel industry named Ellsworth Milton Statler “Hotel Man of the Half Century,” even though he had been ... Read More
TWA back at JFK Airport: Sleep quietly
On May 15, 2019, New York’s spectacular new TWA Hotel opened at John F. Kennedy International Airport. At a cost ... Read More
Hotel History: Shepheard’s Hotel in Cairo known for opulence, famous guests, and the military
Shepheard’s Hotel history goes back 178 years when it was originally built by Englishman Samuel Shepheard in Cairo. It was ... Read More
Hotel del Coronado: One of the most popular beach resorts in the US
The renowned Hotel del Coronado is a grand example of elegant Victorian architecture providing one of the most beautiful and ... Read More
Hotel History: Asian American Hotel Owners Association?
The Asian American Hotel Owners Association (AAHOA) is a trade association that represents hotel owners. As of 2018, AAHOA has ... Read More
John Q. Hammons: Master hotel developer and builder
One of the great hoteliers/developers of our time, John Q. Hammons developed 200 hotel properties in 40 states. But mere ... Read More
Hotel History: The Americana of New York
The Americana of New York opened on September 25, 1962 as a 2,000-room convention hotel. It was constructed by brothers ... Read More
Hotel history: The Grand on Mackinac Island still thriving after 132 years
The "Grand" as it is called on the island, is a historic coastal resort with a spectacular 660-foot long, three-story ... Read More
Hotel history: Mary Elizabeth Jane Colter
Mary Elizabeth Jane Colter was a pioneering American woman architect and interior designer whose distinct architectural knowledge was steeped in ... Read More
From pot walloper to hotel maven: Frederick Henry Harvey
With foresight and entrepreneurship, Fred Harvey, an immigrant from England, built up business ventures that included hotels and restaurants. Read More
The Skirvin Hotel: Oldest hotel in Oklahoma
On September 26, 1911, the ornate Skirvin Hotel was opened for public inspection in Oklahoma in the United States. Read More
The Grande Dame of Washington: Hotel of Presidents
The Mayflower Hotel, Washington, DC opened on February 18, 1925 with 440 guestrooms. It is known as the “Grande Dame ... Read More
Hotel history: Swiss hotelier and chef de cuisine run revolutionary Savoy
Cesar Ritz, Swiss hotelier, and chef de cuisine, Auguste Escoffier, were invited to run the revolutionary new Savoy Hotel in ... Read More
Hotel history: The art of hospitality
Fanciful prediction; “turnpike;” pineapple as hospitality; Hokusai, the Japanese printmaker – examples of ways hospitality plays into hotels. Read More
Hotel History: Jefferson Hotel, U.S. Grant Hotel, The Montauk Manor, and The Jung Hotel
Some years ago, I served as the hotel consultant to the Sybedon Corporation, a New York-based real estate firm that ... Read More
Hotel history: Ralph Hitz – Contact the hell out of ‘em
The hotel business has seen many fine promoters and salesmen but perhaps none as creative as Ralph Hitz. His two ... Read More
Hotel history: The Broadmoor hotel, Colorado Springs
For over a century, dreamers, farmers, investors, and even a Prussian Count have held a vision of the magnificence in ... Read More
Hotel history: The Elephantine Colossus Hotel
When Coney Island went from a sandbar resort in Brooklyn to the city’s biggest beachfront playground in the 1880s, all ... Read More
Hotel history: John McEntee Bowman – builder of the Biltmore chain
During his lifetime career as a hotel developer and operator, John Bowman was a horse lover and a thoroughbred racing ... Read More
Hotel history: President of the Bowman-Biltmore Hotel Corporation (1875-1931)
John McEntee Bowman, president of the Bowman-Biltmore Hotel Corporation, had no easy boyhood. Born in 1875 in Toronto to Irish-Scottish ... Read More
Hotel history: The Negro motorist Green Book
This series of AAA-like guides for black travelers was published by Victor H. Green from 1936 through 1966. It listed ... Read More