Archive for the ‘Hotel Books’ Category
Friday, March 12th, 2010
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Legendary Hotels of Asia features some of the region’s most historically significanthotels,from the Taj Mahal in India to the Raffles Hotel in Singapore to the Railway Hotelin Hua Hin. The result is a showcase of unique establishments where the past is not only present, but celebrated—and where one can discover what it was like to travel when a
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Wednesday, March 10th, 2010
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The total Paris experience Where to stay and what to visit in the City of Love? Among the sumptuously-photographed accommodations included here are the Christian Lacroix-designed Le Petit Moulin, the Dokhan’s (designed by Frédéric Méchiche), the ultra-chic Hotel Costes by Jacques Garcia, the charming low budget Le Recamier Hotel overlooking
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Monday, March 8th, 2010
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This lavishly illustrated guide to the most beautiful beach hotels in the world should do for sea-side vacations what Ski Hotels did for winter get-aways. The hotels featured are distinguished by masterly architecture and exemplary interior design and range over five continents. Whether in luxurious European destinations or more exotic locales in
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Sunday, March 7th, 2010
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In this lively study, Rachel Sherman goes behind the scenes in two urban luxury hotels to give a nuanced picture of the workers who care for and cater to wealthy guests by providing seemingly unlimited personal attention. Drawing on in-depth interviews and extended ethnographic research in a range of hotel jobs, including concierge, bellperson, and
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Tags: acts, class, hotels, inequality, luxury, service
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Friday, March 5th, 2010
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From Big Sur to Boston, this enticing volume follows in the footsteps of Jim Morrison, Marilyn Monroe, Tennessee Williams, Al Capone, Clint Eastwood, Esther Williams, and some of America s most famous personalities and hotel guests. Which famous star stayed at the Biltmore in Coral Gables? Where did notorious Beat writer Jack Kerouac seek refuge? W
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Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010
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Tags: city, city2009, guide, hotels, michelin, restaurants, selection, york
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Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010
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This beautifully produced book tells the story of the conception, construction, and occupation of the Ahwahnee, one of the finest lodges in the national park system. Meticulously researched and illustrated with over one hundred photographs.
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Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010
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This updated volume of the successful "best designed wellness hotels" series seduces the reader into a world of looking at beautiful details, and the harmony between colours and shapes, whether it be in the centre of pulsating large cities, on the Caribbean Islands, in the winelands of California, the Moyave Coast, in the forests of North America,
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Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
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"You can have the universe, if I can have Italy," said Giuseppe Verdi. This sounds generous, but Verdi knew that Italy is a universe—beautiful, diverse, and filled with the relics of two millennia of civilization. The new volume of Hip Hotels presents amazing places to stay in destinations the length and breadth of its boot-shaped peninsula and i
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Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
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Joe Ambrose stayed at the Chelsea Hotel, home to many famous authors, artists, and outlaws down the years. Andy Warhol shot Chelsea Girls there, and welsh poet Dylan Thomas died there, having reputedly inspired the young Zimmerman to change his name to Bob Dylan. Every room at the Chelsea tells its own story-not unlike The Overlook in Ste
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