More than forty years after the construction of a skyscraper hotel in one of the capitals of the world is a novel about the lives of hotel: "The Dream the decade - The London Roman "by Afshin Rattansi, former producer of the BBC today.
The location of the novel is the high-rise Hilton London Park Lane, completed in 1963 and designed by architects William B. Table. The hero, a 1980 working class man-made-good is a millionaire - But what other people who have chosen to live in hotels instead of buying the property?
In New York: The Carlyle - "While the hotel residents are of different shapes, sizes and ages, the population tends to skew older and with a high support, "said Marcie Lieberman, hotel manager at The Carlyle." Generally, a person level. People who are accustomed to a certain ease and enjoy life in an environment where things are available, "she said.
Combine that with the right amount of pampering, and you have the answer to prayer, a resident of the hotel - all the hours of pleasure. The Ritz-Carlton Central Park South, for example, offers a global service and the letter for any situation you want a massage to need diamonds at any time. "(Daniel Bubbeo, Newsday)
In London: "John Petch, sales manager of Boutique Hotel Group, GLA Hotels (owners of the Lancaster in Paris and the Cadogan Hotel in London) began his career with the Group of Savoy in the 1980s. At the time the fifth floor was reserved at Claridges to long-term customers. But in the 1990s, he said, the hotel residence was disappearing. Even the rich regarded as unprofitable and have longer stays focused on affordable second homes for investment opportunities.
However, winds, both in Lancaster and Cadogan three long-term residents who use the hotel as your base city. "People back into hotels for safety and service "Says Petch. Boutique hotels also excel in providing a homely atmosphere at home care with personalized service." If you have an apartment, you could have someone to look after you, "he said." Here is our duty staff "." (Tracy Hoffman, Financial Times)
Hotel names of living: Geri Halliwell - The Lanesborough, London Bobby Hashemi, founder of Coffee Republic - Claridge's, London, Ruud Gullit - Malmaison London Chris Evans - Langham Hilton, London Richard Harris - Savoy Court in London with Rupert Murdoch, Wendi Deng - The Mercer Hotel in New, Ken Hom York - The Dorchester, London, Peter Sellers and Britt Ekland, Richard Burton and Liz Taylor - The Dorchester, London. Coco Chanel - Paris Ritz Marlene Dietrich - De Paris Hotel Lancaster Greta Garbo - Fairmont Miramar, Los Angeles, Howard Hughes - Desert Inn, Las Vegas Salvador Dalí - Hotel Meurice, Paris Peter Bogdanovich - Stanhope Hotel, New York, Claude Monet - Savoy, Cate Blanchett London - Covent Garden Hotel, London Christina Ricci - Covent Garden Hotel, London Diane Von Furstenberg - Carlyle, New York, Frank Sinatra - The Waldorf Towers, New York, Cole Porter - The Waldorf Towers, New York, Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald - Lowell Hotel in New York Madonna - Carlyle in New York, Madonna - Home House, London, William Burroughs - Beat Hotel, Paris William Burroughs - Hotel Chelsea, New York, Sid Vicious - Chelsea Hotel, New York, Dylan Thomas - Hotel Chelsea, New York, Arthur C. Clarke, - Hotel Chelsea, New York, Bob Dylan - Hotel Chelsea, New York, Tim Burton - Portobello Hotel, London to Francis Ford Coppola - Portobello Hotel, London, John Lennon - Hilton Amsterdam
The title of the novel in the quartet, Sleeping Decade, in late May in unsettling circumstances, but it's just to watch the tragedies of the celebrities who died in the hotel know that it is not uncommon. ends
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