July 4, 1828 - Cornerstone laid for Tremont House, Boston, MA (Isaiah Rogers architect); first U.S. hotel to install bathrooms (indoor plumbing, running water); water raised by steam-powered pump to a storage tank on roof, fed by gravity to the taps.

October 16 , 1829 - First U.S. annunciator ("hanging bells") installed in the Tremont House, Boston, MA, invented by Seth Fuller; 140 bells in a space 57 feet long, 6 feet high and 1 foot deep; small hammer hit a gong, caused an audible warning sound, vibrated a card giving the room number.

1856 - Harvey Parker established the Parker House in Boston, MA; introduced European Plan, started practice of serving meals continuously, coined term "scrod" for  fresh white fish catch of the day; 1968 - acquired by Dunfey Hotels Corporation; 1983 - name changed to Omni Parker House; longest continually operating hotel in America

1887 - Four Armenian brothers, Martin, Tigran, Aviet, Arshak Sarkies, opened Raffles Hotel in Singapore.

1904 - Fourth Earl Grey acquired first "Trust House" in Hertfordshire, UK; hailed as rebirth of traditional English country inn; 1930s - 222 hotels (including Brown's, The Cavendish, Hyde Park Hotel, Grosvenor House); 1966 - acquired, merged with John Gardner Catering, one of Britain's largest catering companies; 1970 - merged with Forte's Holdings, formed Trust Houses Forte; 1971 - operated 181 hotels (10,300 rooms).

March 21, 1904 - The St. Francis Hotel opened in San Francisco; built by family of Charles Crocker for $2.5 million; 1938 - operated the world’s only silver coin cleaning operation as a favor to its guests to keep ladies’ white gloves from getting dirty.

May 17, 1906 - Turnberry Hotel (100 rooms), a new luxury golfing hotel built by the Glasgow and South-Western Railway Company, opens in conjunction with the Maidens and Dunure Light Railway, 19 miles long through the heart of Burns Country at Alloway, inland through the estate of Culzean and on to Turnberry.

May 1, 1912 - Beverly Hills Hotel opened.

December 12, 1925 - The first motel,  ''Motel Inn'', opened in San Luis Obispo, CA.

May 20, 1927 - J. Willard Marriott moved to Washington DC with new bride; opened nine-stool A&W Root Beer stand, later called "The Hot Shoppe", with Hugh Colton; 1928 - Colton sold his half of business for $5,000,  Marriott became sole owner; 1929 - Hot Shoppes, Inc., officially incorporated; 1937 - airline catering business began; 1939 - landed first food-service management contract with U.S. Treasury; 1945 - landed first government feeding contract; 1955 - landed first institutional and school feeding contracts; 1957 - opened first hotel, 365-room Twin Bridges Motor Hotel in Arlington, VA; 1967 - name changed from Hot Shoppes, Inc., to Marriott Corporation; 1973 - obtained first hotel-management contracts; 1977 - sales top $1 billion; 1981 - 100th hotel opened in Hawaii; 1983 - first Courtyard hotel opened; 1987 - acquired Residence Inn Company, entered lower-moderate lodging segment with Fairfield Inn; 1989 - opened 500th hotel in Warsaw, Poland; 1993 - company split into Marriott International and Host Marriott Corporation; 1995 - acquired the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, LLC; 1998 - 1,500th hotel opened; sales reached $8 billion; 2000 - 2,000th Marriott property opened in Tampa, FL; 2002 - over 2,300 hotels, 156 Senior Living Services Communities, 200,000 associates, operations in 63 countries and territories with annual sales of $20 billion; opened 2,500th hotel worldwide in Phoenix, AZ; increased North American market share to 8%; 2004 - revenues totaled $10 billion, $594 million in net income; global system had 2,632 hotels and timeshare units (484,690 rooms); 2005 - sold Ramada International hotels.

May 19, 1927 - Ritz-Carlton, Boston opened, room rate of $15; Boston Mayor James Michael Curley had asked Edward N. Wyner, local Boston real estate developer, to build a world-class hotel; agreed, changed an apartment building in process into a hotel; received permission from The Ritz-Carlton Investing Company and the Paris Ritz for use of the name and set out to create luxury in the heart of Boston; 1983 - Gerald W. Blakely, chairman and major shareholder of Cabot, Cabot & Forbes (land developers), sold hotel and rights to The Ritz-Carlton name to William B. Johnson, who established The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company.

February 1929 - Charles Pierre, born Pierre Casalasco in Sicily, son of Jacques Pierre, owner of once internationally known Hôtel Anglais in Monte Carlo, former Corsican headwaiter at Sherry's, raised $15 million from investors that included Walter P. Chrysler, E. F. Hutton, Otto Kahn, Herbert Pratt, filed plans for 42-story Pierre hotel at the southeast corner of 61st Street and Fifth Avenue in Manhattan ((designed by architects Schulze and Weaver); October 1930 - 714-room hotel opened; 1938 - acquired by John Paul Getty for $2.5 million; sold some of property's original 714 guestrooms as cooperative apartments; 1973 - acquired by Trust House Forte; 1981 - acquired by Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts; 1992 - $70 million renovation; July 1, 2005 - acquired by Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces.

October 1, 1931 - Original Waldorf-Astoria Hotel  opened in New York on Park Avenue at 51st St.; named after Astor family's hometown in Germany; 1949 - purchased by Hilton.

1933 - Ernest and George Henderson, Robert Moore (all of Beacon Participations investment company) acquired Continental Hotel in Cambridge, MA; 1937-  acquired Stonehaven Hotel in Springfield, MA; 1939 - purchased three hotels in Boston, one of which had electric sign ("Sheraton Hotel") too expensive to replace; expanded holdings to include properties from Maine to Florida; 1947 -first hotel chain to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange; 1949 - expanded internationally with purchase of two Canadian hotel chains; December 11, 1951 - Sheraton Corporation of America registered "Sheraton" trademark first used 1928 (hotel and restaurant services); 1960s - first Sheraton hotels in Latin America and Middle East and; 1965 - 100th Sheraton opened; 1985 - first international hotel chain to operate hotel in People's Republic of China; 1998 - acquired by Starwood® Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.

1935 - Charles Forte borrowed £2,000 borrowed from his father, opened Meadow Milk Bar, England's second milk bar (soda fountain), on Regent Street; 1938 - owned five milk bars; 1951 - won contract to supply Festival of Britain; 1955 - first contract for food service at Heathrow Airport (eventually provided 40 million meals/year to 150 airlines); 1958 - acquired Waldorf Hotel in central London; mid-1960s - acquired three of finest hotels in Paris (George V, Plaza Athenee, Hotel de la Tremoille); 1970 - Forte's Holdings had amassed total of 43 hotels with 12,500 beds, largest caterer in Britain, pretax profit of £5.6 million; merged with Trust Houses, formed Trust Houses Forte; 1973 - owned 95.5% share of TraveLodge; 1987 - joint venture with Pepsico to operate 310 Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurants in UK; 1996 - acquired for £3.8bn by Granada (TV, leisure group).

1938 - Curtis L. Carlson founded Gold Bond Stamp Company in Minneapolis, MN; 1953 - trading stamps introduced into Super Valu food stores, first large supermarket chain in nation to use trading stamps; 1962 - Carlson acquired first Radisson Hotel in downtown Minneapolis; 1968 - peak year for trading stamps issued nationally by all companies; 1973 - name changed  to Carlson Companies, Inc.; 1975 - acquired T.G.I. Friday's restaurants (opened 500th restaurant in U.S. in 2001); 1977 - $1 billion in annual revenues; 1996 - acquired Regent brand; 2008 - Regent Seven Seas Cruises operations acquired by Apollo Management L.P.; Carlson Leisure Group, portfolio of leisure travel-related businesses acquired by CLG's management team

1940 - Irving Saunders, successful real estate entrepreneur, purchased small hotel across from former Metropolitan Theater (now The Wang Center) in Boston, MA; 1948 - acquired Copley Square Hotel (one of first hotels in nation to lease space to restaurant operator - Café Budapest, Boston institution); 1962 - Saunders Hotel Group ("SHG") officially incorporated as one of first independent management companies in United States; 1963 - acquired minor interest in Lenox Hotel (full control in 1996) 1965 - Broadway Hotel taken by eminent domain by City of Boston to make way for Elliot Norton Park in Boston's Theater District; 1976 - acquired abandoned Statler Hilton Hotel, reopened it as The Boston Park Plaza Hotel & Towers (first hotel ever to reopen in Boston after having once been shut); 1996 - Boston Park Plaza acquired by Starwood Hotels.

1946 - Joseph Warford Drown created Hotel Bel-Air after buying an 18.5 acre site in lower Stone Canyon in Alphonzo E. Bell's residential enclave Bel-Air Estates in 1945; owned hotel for 36 years; favorite rooms: Judy Garland (118), Marilyn Monroe (133, 135), Richard Nixon (138), Doris Day (150), Mario Lanza (155), David Niven (99), Tyrone Power (136), Bette Davis (140), Yul Brenner (264), Barbara Hutton (160, 161), Grace Kelly ((160), Jackie Gleeson (160), Margaret Thatcher (150).

1946 - M.K. Guertin, Long Beach, CA-based hotelier with 23 years of experience in lodging industry, founded Best Western as a cooperative membership association, an informal telephone referral system among network of about 40 independent hotel operators; 1948 - 162 properties; 1963 - largest chain in industry (699 member hotels, 35,201 rooms); 1964 - "Gold Crown" logo introduced; began global expansion when Canadian hotel owners joined system; 1976 - entered Mexico, Australia, New Zealand.

December 26, 1946 - Mobster Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel opened The Pink Flamingo Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, NV (named for his girlfriend, Virginia Hill, whose nickname was "The Flamingo" because of her red hair and long legs) to generate sales (hotel not yet completed); total cost of $6 million on 40-acre facility; casino lost $300,000 in first week of operation; had taken property already under construction by Billy Wilkerson, owner of Hollywood Reporter, supervised the building; January 1947 - Flamingo closed; March 1, 1947 - re-opened as The Fabulous Flamingo; April 1947 - Wilkerson forced out; May 1947 - resort profitable; June 20, 1947 - Siegel killed while reading newspaper at Hill's Beverly Hills mansion; 2007 - hotel now known today as The Flamingo Las Vegas; owned, operated by Harrah's Entertainment, 3,626 hotel rooms, 77,000-square-foot casino.

1952 - Homebuilder Charles Kemmons Wilson opened first Holiday Inn motel on Sumner Avenue in Memphis, TN; 1954 - he and Wallace E. Johnson incorporated; name (Holiday Inn) chosen by architect Eddie Bluestein as a joke, reference to Bing Crosby movie; 1960 - went international; 1968 - 1000th Holiday Inn opened in San Antonio, TX; August 24, 1989 - acquired by British brewery Bass.

1953 - Moana Hotel Manager Lyle Guslander borrowed $25,000, leased Coco Palms property (24-room inn, 5 employees), part of an old copra plantation on island of Kauai, HI; asked Grace Buscher to run it; became renowned as one of first hotels in Hawaii that celebrated Hawaiian culture; 1965 - Buscher named Outstanding Hotel Manager of the Year from among an international selection; 1969 - Guslander's Island Holidays hotel chain acquired for $20 million by American Factors; married Buscher; 1979 - Buscher named "Man of the Year" at New York City’s International Hotel, Motel and Restaurant Show, first woman to win title; 1992 - Hurricane Iniki severely damaged Coco Palms Hotel; resort decayed as repairs, insurance issues proved too costly.

September 27, 1957 - Jay A. Pritzker opened Hyatt Corporation's first hotel at Los Angeles International Airport (acquired Hyatt House, owned by local entrepreneur, Hyatt R. von Dehn. for $2.2 milion); 1967 - opened world's first atrium hotel, Hyatt Regency Atlanta; became known worldwide; 1969 - 13 Hyatt® hotels in United States, opened first international hotel, Hyatt Regency Hong Kong; 1980 - Grand Hyatt® and Park Hyatt® brands introduced; 1998 - 182 hotels, 34 more under construction ; 2006 - 215 Hyatt branded hotels and resorts (over 90,000 rooms) in 43 countries around the world; 49 Hyatt hotels and resorts under development, including 15 new hotels in China.

1958 - Five Dunfey brothers founded Dunfey Hotels Corporation; began with Lamie’s Motor Inn (32 rooms) in Hampton, NH; Jack Dunfey as president; 1972 - acquired by Aetna Life & Casualty Co. (18 hotel, motor inn properties), operated by Dunfeys; 1964 - acquired several existing hotels, motor inns owned by Sheraton; became largest hotel franchise holder in world (14 inns); 1968 - acquired financially ailing Parker House in Boston; 1968 - started "Wayfarers Club" (model for frequent traveler programs); 1976 - acquired by Aer Lingus, Irish national airline; 1983 - acquired Omni International Hotels (three hotels in Atlanta, Norfolk, Miami); company reorganized into Dunfey Hotels (14 hotels, motor inns operated under independent or franchise names, or under Dunfey name - divested by 1992), Omni International Hotels (9 hotels); 1987- acquired by World International Holdings, Ltd. and The Wharf (Holdings) Limited for $135 million; first major hotel chain to shift focus of its frequent traveler program from awards program to guest recognition program; 1991 - World International's share acquired by Wharf Holdings Limited; February 1996 - Omni Hotels/North America acquired by TRT Holdings, Inc. (Corpus Christi, TX) - nine upscale hotels, management contracts, franchise agreements on 26 others, rights to Omni Hotels brand name worldwide, excluding Asia; 1998 - acquired new Omni Hotels in San Francisco, Denver, Detroit, Charlotte, New Haven, Connecticut, Puerto Aventuras, Mexico; 2008 - privately owned, mid-size company, operates 39 luxury hotels.

1960 - Isadore Sharp, builder in family construction business, founded Four Seasons Hotels, Inc.; 1961 - opened 125-room Four Seasons Motor Hotel (cost less than $1 million), modest motor hotel on edge of red light district in downtown Toronto, ON (room went for $9 a night); location of hotel with informality of motel; all rooms faced inner courtyard; opened second property, Inn on the Park, in Toronto; 1972 - opened Four Seasons Sheraton (fourth hotel) with ITT to build convention hotel in Toronto (had 49% interest); focused on medium sized hotels of exceptional quality, with exceptional service levels; specialized in personalized service, round-the-clock, for global business traveler; first to provide European-style concierge services, 24-hour room service, shampoo in shower, bathrobes, cleaning and pressing, two-line phone in every guest room, big, well-lighted desk, 24-hour secretarial services; redefined luxury as service; 1992 - 43 hotels in 17 countries; first big hotel company to manage, rather than own, hotel facilities that bore its name; April 2007 - acquired by Cascade Investment (Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates), Kingdom Hotels International (Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal of Saudi Arabia) for $3.7 billion; 2008 - 74 hotels in 33 countries, 18,00 guest rooms, more than 35 properties under development.

1962 - William Becker, Paul Green opened First Motel 6 in Santa Barbara, CA ($6/night for spare, clean room); 54 rooms with no closets (hanging bars, shelves), shower stalls with rounded corners to reduce cleaning time, sheets which required no ironing, coin-operated TV sets ($.25 for 6 hours); 1968 - sold 180-motel chain for $14 million.

1968 - Six independent hoteliers founded Preferred Hotels & Resorts as referral service for top guests; 2007 - for-profit stock corporation representing more than 120 hotels worldwide.

1975 - Tom Wolfe began first hotel concierge desk in United States at Fairmont Hotel (San Francisco); founded American chapter of Les Clefs d'Or, professional association of concierges.

2005 - Smith Travel Research (Hendersonville, TN), lodging industry's leading information, data provider found 2005 most profitable year ever for the domestic hotel industry; $122.7 billion in industry revenue, $22.6 billion in profit (slightly higher than the previous record in 2000).

2006 - Record $35 billion in hotel mergers and acquisitions (source: Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels).

July 3, 2007 - Hilton Hotels, world's fourth-largest hotelier (Doubletree, Embassy Suites, Hampton Inn, Waldorf-Astoria properties - 480,000 rooms in 2,800 hotels in 76 countries), agreed to be acquired by Blackstone Group for $26 billion; deal means Blackstone will own, manage or franchise rights to 3,700 hotels representing about 600,000 rooms.

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--- (2007). Peak: How Great Companies get Their "Mojo" from Maslow. (San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 288 p.). Founder, Owner of Joie de Vivre Hospitality. Psychology, Industrial; Self-actualization (Psychology); Employee motivation; Success in business. Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs became  organizing structure for understanding aspirations,  motivations in workplace, marketplace; peak experiences for employees, customers, investors fostered peak performance for company.

(Joie de Vivre Hospitality), Chip Conley, Eric Friedenwald-Fishman (2006). Marketing That Matters: 10 Practices To Profit Your Business and Change the World. (San Francisco, CA: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 202 p.). Founder, Owner of Joie de Vivre Hospitality. Social marketing; Social responsibility of business. Marketing - key to advancing business ideals, bottom line; guide to marketing plan that embodies personal values; ten key principles that guide any business.

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(Loews Hotels), Jonathan Tisch (2007). Chocolates on the Pillow Aren't Enough: Reinventing the Customer Experience to Win Lifelong Loyalty. (Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 256 p.). CEO of Loews Hotels. Hospitality industry--Customer services; Hotel.; Customer relations. Creating intimate, positive, long-lasting connection with customer is what world’s great hoteliers do best = key to 21st century success for every kind of organization.

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(Mauna Kea Beach Hotel), Adi W. Kohler (2003). Mr. Mauna Kea. (Indian Wells, CA: McKenna Pub., 176 p.). Former General Manager of the Mauna Kea Beach Hotel. Kohler, Adi W.; Hotel Industry; Mauna Kea Beach Hotel. 

(Mission Inn), Steve Lech and Kim Jarrell Johnson (2006). Riverside’s Mission Inn. (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Pub., 128 p.). Mission Inn; Hotels--California--Riverside--History; Riverside (Calif.)--History. Founded by entrepreneur Frank Miller, integral to city’s turn-of-the-20th-century tourism as wealthy Easterners flocked to Riverside, lured by Mediterranean climate, investment opportunities, vast navel orange groves. 

(Mohonk Mountain House), Robi Josephson (2002). Mohonk: Mountain House and Preserve. (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Pub., 128 p.). Mohonk Mountain House; Mohonk Preserve. Established in 1869 by Quaker twins Albert and Alfred Smiley; 251-room hotel set on acres of woodlands and gardens; last of grand Victorian hotels in the Shawangunk, Catskill Mountain region.

(Oberoi Group), Bachi J. Karkaria (1992). Dare to Dream: A Life of Rai Bahadur Mohan Singh Oberoi. (New York, NY: Viking, 259 p.). Oberoi, Mohan Singh, 1900- ; Hotelkeepers--India--Biography. Called the Conrad Hilton of India. 

(Olympic Hotel), lan J. Stein and the HistoryLink staff (2005). The Olympic: The Story of Seattle’s Landmark Hotel Since 1924. (Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press, 63 p.). Olympic Hotel (Seattle, Wash.)--History.

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(Palace Hotel), Oscar Lewis, Carroll D. Hall (1939). Bonanza Inn: America's First Luxury Hotel. (New York, NY: Knopf, 346 p.). Palace hotel, San Francisco; San Francisco--Social life and customs.

(Peabody Hotel), Scott Faragher, Katherine Harrington (2002) The Peabody Hotel. (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Pub., 128 p.). Peabody Hotel--History. Emerged from post-Civil War South in 1869 to become one of finest hotels in America; reputation for comfort, service, fine dining; 1925 - original hotel replaced by new 12-story, 615-room hotel; synonymous with elegance; social center of Memphis, mid-South.t important cities.

(Pick Hotels Corporation), Judith Barnard (1980). The Indestructible Crown: The Life of Albert Pick, Jr. (Chicago, IL: Nelson-Hall, 239 p.). Pick, Albert, 1895-1977; Hotelkeepers--United States--Biography.

(Pierre), Ira Berkow (1987). The Man Who Robbed the Pierre: The Story of Bobby Comfort. (New York, NY: Atheneum, 318 p.). Reporter (New York Times). Comfort, Robert Anthony, 1932- ; Brigands and robbers--New York (State)--Biography; Robbery--New York (State)--Case studies.

(Plaza Hotel), Eve Brown (1967). The Plaza; Its Life and Times. (New York, NY: Meredith Press, 244 p.). Plaza Hotel (New York, N.Y.). A

(Plaza Hotel), Sonny Kleinfield (1989). The Hotel: A Week in the Life of the Plaza. (New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 334 p.). Westin Plaza Hotel (New York, N.Y.).

(Plaza Hotel), Curtis Gathje (2000). At the Plaza: An Illustrated History of the World's Most Famous Hotel. (New York, NY: St. Martin's Press, 180 p.). The Plaza's Official Historian Since 1994. Plaza Hotel (New York, N.Y.)--History. 

(Plaza Hotel), Ward Morehouse, III (2001). Inside the Plaza: An Intimate Portrait of the Ultimate Hotel. (New York, NY: Applause Books, 232 p.). Plaza Hotel (New York, N.Y.)--History.

(Pontins Ltd.), Peter Willsher (2003). Fred Pontin: The Man and His Business. (Cardiff, Wales: St. David's Press, 222 p.). Pontin, Fred; Tourist camps, hostels, etc.--Great Britain; Businessmen--Great Britain--Biography.

(Raffles), Raymond Flower (1984). Raffles, Story of Singapore. (Singapore: Eastern Universities Press, 373 p.). Raffles Hotel--History; Singapore--History.

(Raffles), Gretchen Liu; photographs, Raghu Rai, Albert Lim K.S. (1992). Raffles Hotel. (Singapore: Landmark Books, 219 p.). Raffles Hotel--History.

(Ramada Corporation), Raymond Leo Starr (1987). Marion. (New York, NY: Vantage Press, 446 p.). Isbell, Marion W., 1905- ; Hotelkeepers--United States--Biography. Isbell - founder of Ramada Corporation.

(Ritz-Carlton), Marie Louise Ritz (1938). César Ritz, Host to the World. (Philadelphia, PA: J.B. Lippincott company, 360 p.). Ritz, César, 1850-1918; Hotels, taverns, etc.

(Ritz-Carlton), Adrian Waller (1989). No Ordinary Hotel: The Ritz-Carlton's First Seventy-Five Years. (Montreal, QU: Véhicule Press, 266 p.). Ritz-Carlton Hotel (Montréal, Québec)--History.

(Ritz-London), George Criticos, as told to Richard Viner (1959). The Life Story of George of the Ritz. (London, UK: Heinemann, 238 p.). Criticos, George, b. 1884; Ritz Hotel (London, England)--History; Porters--England--London--Biography.

(Ritz-London), Marcus Binney; special photography by James Mortimer (1999). The Ritz Hotel, London. (London, UK: Thames & Hudson, 144 p.). Ritz Hotel (London, England)--History.

(Ritz-Paris), Samuel Marx (1978). Queen of the Ritz. (Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs-Merrill, 207 p.). Auzello, Blanche; Auzello, Claude; Ritz Hotel (Paris, France); Hotel management--France--Paris--Biography.

(Ritz-Paris), edited by Mark Boxer; introduction by Pierre Salinger (1991). The Paris Ritz. (New York, NY: Thames and Hudson, 175 p.). Ritz Hotel (Paris, France)--History.

(Ritz-Paris), Claude Roulet (1998). Ritz: Une Histoire Plus Belle que La Légende. (Paris, FR: Quai Voltaire, 188 p.). Ritz, César, 1850-1918; Ritz Hotel (Paris, France)--History; Hotels--History.

(Rockefeller Center), David Loth (1966). The City within a City; the Romance of Rockefeller Center. (New York, NY: Morrow, 214 p.). Rockefeller Center.

(Royal Hotel -Scarborough), Tom Laughton (1977). Pavilions by the Sea: The Memoirs of an Hotel-Keeper. (London, UK: Chatto and Windus, 216 p.). Hotel Owner (Brother of Charles Laughton). Laughton, Tom; Hotelkeepers--Biography.

(Sandals Resorts), Pamela Lerner Jaccarino; Foreword by Sir Richard Branson (2006). All That's Good: The Story of Butch Stewart, the Man Behind Sandals Resorts. (Boca Raton, FL: Sandow Media, 328 p.). Sandals Resorts; Stewart, Butch; Travel and Touris -- Caribbean. Gordon Arthur (Butch) Stewart. Spirit, drive behind one of most successful travel and tourism ventures worldwide.

(Sheraton), Ernest Henderson (1960). The World of "Mr. Sheraton". (New York, NY: D. McKay, 277 p.). Sheraton Corporation of America.

(Paul Smith's Hotel), Helen Escha Tyler (1988). Born Smart: The Story of Paul Smith. (Utica, NY: North Country Books, 182 p.). Smith, Paul, 1825-1912; Businesspeople--United States--Biography. Founded 1858, now site of Paul Smith College.

(Stakis plc), Jack Webster (1999). Stakis: The Reo Stakis Story. (Edinburgh, Scotland: B & W, 258 p.). Stakis, Reo; Hotelkeepers -- Great Britain -- Biography.

(Statler), Rufus Jarman (1952). A Bed for the Night; the Story of the Wheeling Bellboy, E.M. Statler, and His Remarkable Hotels. (New York, NY: Harper, 309 p.). Statler, Ellsworth Milton; Hotels Statler Company, inc.

(Statler), Floyd Miller (1968). Statler, America's Extraordinary Hotelman. (New York, NY: Statler Foundation, 240 p.). Statler, Ellsworth Milton.

(Trusthouse Forte PLC), Charles Forte (1997). Forte: The Autobiography of Charles Forte. (London, UK: Pan Books, 242 p.). Forte, Charles, 1908-2007; Trust Houses Forte Ltd.; Trusthouse Forte PLC.; Hotelkeepers -- Great Britain -- Biography.

(Vail Resorts), Peter W. Seibert with William Oscar Johnson; [foreword by Jean-Claude Killy] (2000). Vail: Triumph of a Dream. (Boulder, CO: Mountain Sports Press in conjunction with Vail Resorts Management Co., 192 p.). Co-Founder, Vail Resorts. Ski resorts --Colorado --Vail --History; Vail (Colo.) --History; Vail (Colo.) --History --Pictorial works; Vail (Colo.) --Pictorial works.

(Waldorf-Astoria - since 1893), Edward Hungerford (1925). The Story of the Waldorf-Astoria. (New York, NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 283 p.). Boldt, George C., 1853-1916; Waldorf-Astoria Hotel (New York, N.Y.)

(Waldorf-Astoria), Horace Herbert Smith (1929). Crooks of the Waldorf, Being the Story of Joe Smith, Master Detective (New York, NY: The Macaulay company, 318 p.). Waldorf-Astoria, New York. [from old catalog]; *Smith, Joe. [from old catalog]; Detectives. [from old catalog]; Crime and criminals--New York (City) [from old catalog]; Thieves.

(Waldorf-Astoria), Albin Pasteur Dearing (1986). The Elegant Inn: The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, 1893-1929. (Seacaucus, NJ: L. Stuart, 250 p.). Waldorf-Astoria Hotel (New York, N.Y.); New York (N.Y.)--History--1898-1951; New York (N.Y.)--Social life and customs.

(Waldorf-Astoria), Ward Morehouse III (1991). The Waldorf-Astoria: America's Gilded Dream (New York, NY: M. Evans, 260 p.). Waldorf-Astoria Hotel (New York, N.Y.)--History.

(Waldorf-Astoria), Justin Kaplan (2006). When the Astors Owned New York: Blue Bloods and Grand Hotels in a Gilded Age. (New York, NY: Viking, 208 p.). Astor family; Waldorf-Astoria Hotel (New York, N.Y.)--History; Hotels--New York (State)--New York--History. Two feuding Astors built monumental grand hotels, chief among them the original Waldorf-Astoria on lower Fifth Avenue. 

(Wentworth-by-the-Sea), J. Dennis Robinson (2004). Wentworth-By-The-Sea :The Life and Times of a Grand Hotel. (Portsmouth, NH: Peter E. Randall Publisher, 2004., 256 p.). Wentworth-by-the-sea; Hotels -- New Hampshire -- history. Built in 1873 by Campbell family, dominant architectural feature in seacoast New Hampshire; early success, bankruptcy, resurgence under gilded age tycoon (Frank Jones), one month as social center of major international peace conference, decades as prominent family resort, convention center, then near total demolition, resurrection as major upscale hotel, spa.

(Willard Hotel), Garnett Laidlaw Eskew (1954). Willard's of Washington, the Epic of a Capital Caravansary (New York, NY: Coward-McCann, 240 p.). Willard Hotel (Washington, DC).

Onofre Martorell Cunill (2006). The Growth Strategies of Hotel Chains: Best Business Practices by Leading Companies. (New York, NY: Haworth Hospitality Press, 213 p.). Professor of the Masters of Tourist Direction (Universitat de les Illes Balears). Hotel management. How and why the largest worldwide hotel chains achieved dominant international status.

Lynn M. Hudson (2003). The Making of "Mammy Pleasant": A Black Entrepreneur in Nineteenth-Century San Francisco. (Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 193 p.). Pleasant, Mary Ellen, 1814-1904; African American women -- Biography; African Americans -- Biography; African American businesspeople -- California -- San Francisco -- Biography; Businesswomen -- California -- San Francisco -- Biography; San Francisco (Calif.) -- Biography; San Francisco (Calif.) -- History -- 19th century; African Americans -- California -- San Francisco -- History -- 19th century; San Francisco (Calif.) -- Race relations.  

Paul L. Ingram (1996). The Rise of Hotel Chains in the United States, 1896-1980. (New York, NY: Garland Pub., 159 p.). Hotel chains--United States--History--20th century; Hotel chains--United States--History--19th century.

Henry S. Mower (1912). Reminiscences of a Hotel Man of Forty Year's Service. (Boston, MA: Worcester Printing Company, 159 p.). Hotels--United States.

Andrew Sandoval-Strausz (2007). Hotel: An American History. (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 268 p.). Assistant Professor of History (University of New Mexico). Hotels--United States--History; Hotels--Social aspects--United States. History of hotel in America; why invented, how its architecture developed, many ways it influenced course of United States history (capitalism, mobile society).

Philip Swain, Denise Madland, Mary K. Richards, and Jana Reeg Steidinger (1990). A Literature Guide to the Hospitality Industry. (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 112 p.). Hospitality industry--Bibliography; Hospitality industry--Information services; Information storage and retrieval systems--Hospitality industry.

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