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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1971
Page
13
Paris hotels now boast electric lighting and modern comforts, a contrast to Mark Twain’s 1867 stay at the Hotel du Louvre noted for dim candles and no gas. Since 1945 tourism surged, and while more than 100 Paris hotels have become offices or apartments, new hotel construction remained limited and rooms declined by five percent.
Eddie and a boy fall overboard in a raft while discussing a ship. The survivor, Eddie, notes relief at the loss of his son. The piece shifts to the decline of the Grand Hotel era as European hotels adopt American DIY service, with airlines owning about 150 hotels worldwide and 65 planned. It cites Pan American’s Inter-Continental refurbishment of Paris Hotel Continental, preserving ambiance with antique furniture. It mentions medieval hospitality and various European stately accommodations catering to tourists.
A long excerpt surveys European innkeeping highlights from labor forecasts to Frommer’s Europe on Five Dollars a Day, detailing France’s hotel categories, Paris hotel expansion, and promotional tactics aimed at attracting travelers. It notes a rise in women entering the workforce and shifting management attitudes, plus evolving lodging practices and amenities in Paris amid new hotel construction.
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