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How did a child of immigrants, starting with no background in the hotel business, create the world's most admired and successful hotel brand? And how has Four Seasons grown so dramatically, over nearly half a century, without losing its focus on exceptional quality and unparalleled service? Isadore Sharp answers these questions in his inspiring memoir. He started out in Toronto, the son of a modest builder from Poland, but ambition and fate rapidly took him beyond his father's three-man construction business.

Ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes in hotels? Hotels represent nations, hosting visiting monarchs, politicians, and diplomats. Hotels underpin global networks of travel and communication, on which national and international prosperity have increasingly depended since the end of the First World War. Yet hotels are also places where people can be anonymous; where murderers and thieves mix with adulterers and con artists; and where prejudice finds expression in who is refused access, and in the forms of 'service' provided by staff in the lowest-paid roles.

Hotel Anywhere is een plek voor mensen die durfden afwijken van het verwachte pad. Voor zij die hun richting vonden met een ander kompas, en voor iedereen die zich wil laten inspireren door hun verhalen. Wat als je zou durven wat je al heel lang wil doen? Door: Hans De Reydt

In this charming and uproariously funny hotel memoir, Ludwig Bemelmans uncovers the fabulous world of the Hotel Splendide—the thinly disguised stand-in for the Ritz—a luxury New York hotel where he worked as a waiter in the 1920s. With equal parts affection and barbed wit, he uncovers the everyday chaos that reigns behind the smooth facades of the gilded dining room and banquet halls.

No hotel is as inseparably linked to its city than Raffles Hotel, writes Pico Iyer, arguably the world's greatest travel writer alive. Drawing upon numerous stays in Raffles over 35 years and the fast-ascending city all around it, Iyer—a lifelong global soul—reflects on the "Grand Old...

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Alfredo Bini è l'uomo che ha reso possibile il cinema di Pier Paolo Pasolini. Questa autobiografia è la storia di uno dei più grandi produttori cinematografici italiani e il romanzo di una vita vissuta a perdifiato, dall'infanzia sulle colline toscane alla guerra in Grecia e Albania, dalle luci della ribalta dei festival a un oblio inspiegabile e amaro. È un album fotografico in cui si incontrano i volti di Claudia Cardinale e Anna Magnani, di Gina Lollobrigida e Marcello Mastroianni, di Totò e Federico Fellini.

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In a captivating tale of suspense, a kind-hearted young woman finds herself jilted and entangled in a web of intrigue. With mysterious deaths that some suspect may be murder, and eerie apparitions haunting a hotel, she must navigate a chilling conundrum. Can she uncover the truth and finally bring closure to the haunting mystery? (Summary by Kehinde)

Bienvenidos al podcast del hotel Emperador, un destino único, lleno de historias y leyendas. Hito arquitectónico diseñado y construido en 1947 por los hermanos Julián y Joaquín Otamendi, ha sido y es testigo de la vida de Madrid y de sus huéspedes y visitantes, y desde su terraza, ofrece las mejores vistas de una de las joyas de la ciudad, ya sabes, ‘de Madrid, al cielo’.Celebra con nosotros el 75 aniversario del hotel, y acompáñanos en este homenaje a la ciudad de Madrid y a su calle más emblemática, la Gran Vía, desde un lugar de excepción: El Hotel Emperador. Te esperamos en...

The publication of Jarhead launched a new career for Anthony Swofford, earning him accolades for its gritty and unexpected portraits of the soldiers who fought in the Gulf War. It spawned a Hollywood movie. It made Swofford famous and wealthy. It also nearly killed him. Now with the same...

Step into the world of Inspector Hanaud, a distinguished member of the French Sûreté, and the inspiration behind Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot. Different from the renowned Sherlock Holmes, Hanaud is a stout, professional policeman relying on psychological analysis above physical clues. Explore his intriguing journey in The Affair At The Semiramis Hotel, a captivating novella that is the second in a seven-part series. Was the reported robbery and murder a real event or merely a mescal-induced delusion of the witness? Unravel this mystery with Hanaud and his confidante, retired ...

Adlon – der Mythos lebt. Felix Adlon kann kein Hotel betreten, ohne dass er vom Hoteldirektor höchstpersönlich empfangen wird. Kein Wunder, denn das legendäre Grand Hotel Adlon direkt am Brandenburger Tor in Berlin kennt jeder. Im Familienbesitz ist das Hotel zwar schon lange nicht mehr, trotzdem ist Felix Adlon mit dem Mythos um das Hotel groß geworden, das sein Ururgroßvater Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts gegründet hat. Jetzt geht er den Geheimnissen seiner Familie auf den Grund – und erzählt ganz nebenbei noch ein Stück deutsche Geschichte: vom Ende der Kaiserzeit bis zum Mauerfall und danach.

Nachhaltig nachgefragt ist ein Podcast der BIO HOTELS, einer Wertegemeinschaft von über 50 Hoteliers in Europa, die sich maximaler Nachhaltigkeit und höchsten Qualitätsstandards verschrieben haben. Die Berliner Journalistin Julia Hackober spricht zweimal im Monat mit Menschen, die ein BIO HOTEL leiten oder in einem Bio Hotel arbeiten. Ihr erfahrt, wie ein umweltfreundlicher Urlaub aussehen kann, was ein nachhaltiges Hotel ausmacht, welche Herausforderungen zu bewältigen sind, wenn ein Hotel wirklich bio werden soll und wieviel Durchhaltevermögen und Überzeugungen auf dem Weg in eine ...

Few foreigners are lucky enough to set foot on Tibetan soil, but Alec Le Sueur spent five extraordinary years there, working in the unlikeliest Holiday Inn in the world. Against the breathtaking beauty of the Himalayas unfolds a highly amusing and enlightening account of his experiences. Fly infestations at state banquets, unexpected deliveries of live snakes, a predominance of yaks and everything yak-related, the unbelievable Miss Tibet competition, insurmountable communication problems and a dead guest are just some of the entertainments to be found.

Suite Talk is the premier podcast brought to you by Hotel Magazine, where the hospitality industry’s brightest minds come together to share insights, stories, and strategies for success. Each episode spotlights influential leaders, from hoteliers to innovators shaping the guest experience, offering candid conversations about leadership, trends, and the evolving world of hospitality. Suite Talk provides listeners with thought-provoking perspectives and practical inspiration – we hope you enjoy!

Ben Novack, Jr., was born into a hotel empire, Miami's lavish Fontainbleau. But his luxurious, celebrity-studded lifestyle would ironically end in another hotel room - where the police found him bound up in duct tape, beaten to death. Seven years earlier, police found Novack in an eerily similar situation - when his ex-stripper wife Narcy duct-taped him to a chair for 24 hours and robbed him. Claiming it was a sex game, he never pressed charges and never followed through with a divorce.

New York City, 1972: Bobby Comfort and Sammy "the Arab" Nalo were highly skilled jewel thieves who specialized in robbing luxury Manhattan hotels. (They once robbed Sophia Loren's suite, relieving the Italian actress of over $1 million in gems.) With the blessing of the Lucchese crime family, their next plot targeted the posh Pierre Hotel - host to kings and queens, presidents and aldermen, and the wealthiest of the wealthy.

Back in print after two decades, the story of Hollywood’s most exclusive hotel and its star-studded guest list Raymond Sarlot bought the Chateau Marmont in 1975, but what was originally a business purchase became a love affair as he delved into the hotel’s incredible history. From its perch...

ENTERTAINMENT SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 What Goes on Tour, Stays on Tour…Until Now! As a cricketer, broadcaster and celebrity jungle-dweller, Phil Tufnell has travelled the world far and wide. From the great cricket tours of Australia and South Africa to his equally memorable jaunts to...