Mbiri yak hotelo: Grand pachilumba cha Mackinac idakalipobe pambuyo pa zaka 132

"Grand" momwe amatchulidwira pachilumbachi, ndi malo achitetezo am'mbali mwa nyanja okhala ndi khonde lalitali mamita 660, nsanja zitatu zazitali. Pansi pa veranda wokutidwayo pali udzu wokongoletsa womwe umatsikira kumunda wamaluwa pomwe ma geraniums 10,000 amaphuka nyengo yake pakati pa mabedi ena amaluwa okhala ndi maluwa amtchire. Hoteloyo ili pachilumba cha Mackinac chomwe chili pamavuto pakati pa Nyanja ya Michigan ndi Nyanja ya Huron. Idachita bwino chifukwa cha chisankho chofunikira chomwe chidapangidwa m'ma 1920. Magalimoto onse ndi magalimoto onse adaletsedwa pachilumbachi zomwe zimapatsa alendo mwayi wokhala m'mudzi wopanda magalimoto. M'malo mwawo, okhala pazilumba amadalira njinga ndi ngolo zokokedwa ndi mahatchi. Poyamba ankatchedwa Plank's Grand Hotel pambuyo pomanga John Oliver Plank, m'modzi mwa omanga ndi ogulitsa ku America kumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 1880 ndi koyambirira kwa ma 1900.

Mu 1886, Michigan Central Railroad, Grand Rapids ndi Indiana Railroad, ndi Detroit ndi Cleveland Steamship Navigation Company adapanga Mackinac Island Hotel Company. Gululo linagula malo omwe hoteloyo idamangidwapo ndikumangidwanso, kutengera kapangidwe ka omanga a Detroit a Mason ndi Rice. Itatsegulidwa chaka chotsatira, hoteloyo idalengezedwa ku Chicago, Erie, Montreal ndi ku Detroit ngati malo opumulirako tchuthi omwe amabwera pafupi ndi sitima yapamadzi komanso njanji kuchokera kudera lonselo. Hoteloyo idatsegulidwa pa Julayi 10, 1887 ndipo idangotenga masiku 93 kuti amalize.

Grand wakwanitsa kusungabe chithumwa chake cha m'zaka za zana la 19 ndikupulumuka mpaka zaka za hotelo za bajeti, misewu yapakatikati ndi magalimoto azisangalalo. Amapereka malo osowa kwambiri ndi mawonekedwe amachitidwe omwe sanasinthe kale. Zakudyazi ndizakudya zaku America zodyera kadzutsa kasanu ndi chakudya chamadzulo chokhala ndi jekete ndi matayi aamuna ndi amayi "mwabwino kwambiri". Palibe chololedwa ku Grand ndi chiwongola dzanja cha 18% chowonjezeredwa pamilandu yonse.

Atsogoleri asanu aku US adayendera: Harry Truman, John F. Kennedy, Gerald Ford, George HW Bush ndi Bill Clinton. Hoteloyo idawonetsanso chiwonetsero choyamba pagalamafoni ya a Thomas Edison pakhonde ndipo ziwonetsero zanthawi zonse zazatsopano zatsopano nthawi zambiri zimachitika nthawi yomwe a Edison amakhala. A Mark Twain adapanganso malo awa pafupipafupi pamaulendo ake olankhula kumadzulo chakumadzulo.

Kuphatikiza apo, ma suites asanu ndi amodzi amatchulidwa ndi kupangidwa ndi ma Ladies Oyambirira asanu ndi awiri aku United States, kuphatikiza a Jacqueline Kennedy Suite (yokhala ndi kapeti yomwe imaphatikizapo chiwombankhanga cha purezidenti wagolide pabulu la navy bwalo ndi makoma opaka golide), Lady Bird Johnson Suite (wachikaso Makoma okutidwa ndi damask okhala ndi maluwa akuthengo abuluu ndi golide), Betty Ford Suite (wobiriwira ndi zonona ndi zofiira), Rosalynn Carter Suite (yokhala ndi china cha china chopangira Carter White House ndi zokutira khoma ku pichesi la Georgia), Nancy Reagan Ma Suite (okhala ndi makoma ofiira osainira ndi zomwe mayi Reagan adakhudza), a Barbara Bush Suite (opangidwa ndi buluu wotumbululuka ndi ngale komanso ndi ma Maine ndi Texas) ndi Laura Bush Suite.

Mu 1957, Grand Hotel idasankhidwa kukhala State Historical Building. Mu 1972, hoteloyo idatchedwa National Register of Historic Places, ndipo pa June 29, 1989, hoteloyo idapangidwa kukhala National Historic Landmark.

Conde Nast Traveler "Gold Lists" hoteloyo ndi amodzi mwa "Malo Abwino Kwambiri Kukhala Padziko Lonse Lapansi" komanso magazini ya Travel + Leisure imalemba kuti ndi amodzi mwa "Mapiri 100 Opambana Padziko Lonse Lapansi." Wine Spectator adazindikira Grand Hotel ndi "Mphoto ya Kuchita Zabwino" ndipo idapanga mndandanda wamagazini a Gourmet kukhala "Malo Otsogola Oposa 25 Padziko Lonse Lapansi". American Automobile Association (AAA) imayesa malowa ngati malo a Diamondi Anai. Mu 2009 Grand Hotel idasankhidwa kukhala imodzi mwamagawo 10 apamwamba kwambiri aku America ku America ndi National Trust for Historic Preservation.

Mu 2012, Grand Hotel idachita chikondwerero chokumbukira zaka 125 ndi zochitika zingapo zosaiwalika: Loweruka usiku chakudya chamadzulo ndi akazembe akale aku Michigan omwe adapezekapo, akuwonetsedwa ndi wopanga nyumba zamkati ku Grand Hotel Carlton Varney, zophulitsa moto Lachisanu usiku, John Pizzarelli ndi zina zambiri. Buku lapadera la tebulo la khofi la chikumbutso cha 125 lidasindikizidwa.

Chaka cha 2018 ndichokumbukira kubadwa kwa Grand Hotel 131 komanso zaka 85 zakubadwa kwa Musser Family.

Wolembayo, Stanley Turkel, ndi wovomerezeka komanso wothandizira pamsika wama hotelo. Amagwiritsa ntchito hotelo yake, kuchereza alendo komanso kuwunikira komwe kumagwiritsa ntchito kasamalidwe ka chuma, kuwunikiridwa kwa magwiridwe antchito ndi magwiridwe antchito amgwirizano wama franchising ndi ntchito zothandizira milandu. Makasitomala ndi eni hotelo, osunga ndalama ndi mabungwe obwereketsa.

Buku lake latsopanoli lasindikizidwa ndi AuthorHouse: "Hotel Mavens Volume 2: Henry Morrison Flagler, Henry Bradley Plant, Carl Graham Fisher."

Mabuku Ena Osindikizidwa:

• Amalonda Akuluakulu ku America: Apainiya a Makampani Ogulitsa (2009)
  • Kumangidwa Pomaliza: Mahotela Akale Zaka 100+ ku New York (2011)
  • Kumangidwira Pomaliza: Mahotela Azaka 100+ Kum'mawa kwa Mississippi (2013)
  • Hotel Mavens: Lucius M. Boomer, George C. Boldt ndi Oscar waku Waldorf (2014)
  • Great American Hoteliers Voliyumu 2: Apainiya Ogulitsa Makampani (2016)
  • Kumangidwira Pomaliza: Mahotela Azaka 100+ Kumadzulo kwa Mississippi (2017)

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