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{{newreview[[image:Mourby_Rooms.jpg|author=Adrian Mourbyleft|titlelink=Rooms with a Viewhttps: The Secret Life of Great Hotels|rating//www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1785782754?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=4|genreas2&camp=Travel|summary1634&creative=Adrian Mourby has given us a flying visit to each of fifty grand hotels, from fourteen regions of the world, with the hotels in each section being arranged chronologically rather than by region, which helps to give something of an overall picture. So what makes a hotel 'grand'? The first hotel to call itself 'grand' was in covent Garden in 1774 and it ushered in the beginning of a period when a hotel would be a lifestyle choice rather than a refuge for those without friends and family conveniently nearby. The hotels we visit all began life in different circumstances and each faced a different set of challenges. We begin in the Americas, move to the United Kingdom, circumnavigate Europe, briefly visit Russia and Turkey then northern Africa, India and Asia. Australia, it seems, does not go for the grand.|amazonuk6738&creativeASIN=<amazonuk>1785782754</amazonuk>]]}}
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