No Ordinary Hotel: the Ritz-Carlton's First Seventy-Five Years

Waller, Adrian

ISBN 10: 0919890865 / ISBN 13: 9780919890862

Published by Vehicule Press, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 1989

About this Item

Fine in Fine jacket 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. pp.266 with index. January 1, 1913 Montreal's Ritz Carlton Hotel opened, the dream of four tycoons. clean tight unread copy minuscule edgewear to top edge of d/j.

Seller Inventory # 004221

Bibliographic Details

• Title: No Ordinary Hotel: the Ritz-Carlton's First Seventy-Five Years
• Publisher: Vehicule Press, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0919890865
• ISBN 13: 9780919890862
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

About this title

Synopsis

The essence of the Montreal Ritz-Carlton Hotel is captured in this book, which weaves stories of human foibles with solid historical research on a world-class establishment. On the bone-chilling morning of January 1, 1913, Montreal's Ritz-Carlton opened for business - the dream of four tycoons who lived in Montreal's Golden Square Mile, and who were said to have possessed about seventy percent of Canada's entire wealth. The Ritz has since become inseparable from the city it has enhanced, and an integral part of Canadian history. It has coddled the rich, flattered the famous, and catered to the sophisticated needs of anyone else who could afford to be among its guests. Today, the Ritz-Carlton, an idiosyncratic bastion of refinement and elegance, is alive and well and sustained by the durable concept of luxury bequeathed by the one-time Swiss shepherd, Csar Ritz.

About the Author

Adrian Waller (born in West Wickham, Kent, England, on June 17, 1936), is a magazine journalist and author. In his 45-year career he earned a living from 16 published books, nearly 600 articles in magazines, including Time and Reader's Digest, and from numerous newspaper columns that appeared in the United Kingdom, Canada, and Japan. He was also known in Canada as an actor, theatre director, and opera tenor, having sung with the Canadian Opera Company, given numerous concerts, and recorded two LPs, Adrian Waller Sings and A World of Song.