Built to Last: 100+ Year-Old Hotels in New York - Couverture rigide

Turkel CMHS ISHC, Stanley

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1463443412 ISBN 13 : 9781463443412

Editeur : AuthorHouse, 2011

Synopsis

"Built to Last: 100+ Year-Old Hotels East of the Mississippi" is a sequel to my 2011 book, "Built To Last: 100+ Year-Old Hotels in New York." It has 86 chapters, one for each century-old hotel (of 50 rooms or more) east of the Mississippi River and each is illustrated by an antique postcard. The Foreword was written by Joseph McInerney, CHA, President of the American Hotel & Lodging Association. The book has been accepted for promotion, distribution and sale by the American Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute. My research into the histories of these hotels turned up fascinating stories about single-minded developers, brilliant and accidental architects, dedicated owners, famous and infamous guests and even the story of an underground bunker-shelter the size of two football fields built under a hotel to house the U.S. Government in the event of a nuclear war.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

The thirty-two century-old hotels featured in this book have defied the passage of time for a variety of reasons, many explicable, some beyond explanation, all miraculous. For eighteen of them, it was the fortuitous creation of the New York City Landmark Preservation Commission in 1965. The landmarks law was enacted in response to the demolition of the iconic Pennsylvania Station in 1963. After 139 years, the following evaluation is still true: "New York is the paradise of hotels. In no other city do they flourish in such numbers, and nowhere else do they attain such a degree of excellence. The hotels of New York naturally take the lead of all others in America, and are regarded by all who have visited them as models of their kind." James D. McCabe, Jr. Lights and Shadows of New York, 1872

Biographie de l'auteur

Stanley Turkel is a recognized authority and consultant in the hotel industry. He specializes in asset management, franchising and litigation support. Prior to forming his consulting firm, Turkel was the Product Line Manager at the International Telephone & Telegraph Corp. overseeing the Sheraton Corporation of America. Earlier, he was the GM of the Summit Hotel and the Drake Hotel. Turkel serves on the Board of Advisors and lectures at the N.Y.U. Tisch Center for Hospitality, Tourism and Sports Management. Turkel is one of the most widely-published authors in the hospitality field. He brings many talents and accomplishments including his broad-based experience, his informed knowledge, his frequent appearances as guest speaker and his sterling reputation for integrity and honesty.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: AuthorHouse
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1463443412
• ISBN 13: 9781463443412
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 420
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Buchpark GmbH; https://www.buchpark.de; ; Krügerweg 1; Trebbin; Brandenburg; 14959; Allemagne