Binding: Hardcover EAN: 9789810012878 ISBN: 981001287X Label: The Most Famous Hotels In The World Limited Manufacturer: The Most Famous Hotels In The World Limited Number Of Pages: 152 Publication Date: 1997 Publisher: The Most Famous Hotels In The World Limited Studio: The Most Famous Hotels In The World Limited
Editorial Reviews:
Book presents a colorful history of the world-renowned hotel, The Oriental, located on the banks of the Menam River in Bangkok. Numerous photos & anecdotes about some of its famous guests, including Noel Coward, Somerset Maugham, etc.
Spotlight customer reviews:
Customer Rating: Summary: Famous visitors of the Oriental Hotel Comment: From back cover:
"When Thailand was still Siam, a rest-house was established on the banks of the Menam river to cater to the increasing number of foreign seafarers. It was to become one of the greatest hotels in the world: The Oriental.
Oriental - so many stories, so many tales: Joseph Conrad, the captain with only one sea-going command in his life, drank in the bar; Nijinsky danced in the ballroom; Jim Thompson, the silk king, owned it; Peter Ustinov loves it, Barbara Catland has a suite named in her honour; Michael Jackson hid from the press there."
'I was almost evicted from The Oriental because the manager did not want me to ruin her business by dying in one of her rooms.' - Somerset Maugham
