The Compagnie Internationale des Grands Hôtels (CIGH) was founded on 11 April 1894 as a subsidiary of the railway company Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits (CIWL). This hotel chain was established to provide the customers of CIWL with high quality accommodation before or after their train journey.

History

Georges Nagelmackers created the Compagnie Internationale des Grands Hotels to develop and operate luxury hotels throughout its trains' routes.[1] Three hotels already operated by CIWL before 1894 were integrated in the hotel chain.

The CIGH operated most of King Ismail's palaces in Egypt before his abdication in 1879. It then remodeled the Gezirah Palace and opened it in 1894.[2] The CIGH's instant expansion throughout Europe made it the first international hotel chain.[3]

The CIGH had operated successfully for twenty years when World War I heavily affected the hotel business. CIGH had to sell or close many hotels and at the end of World War I only four hotels were operated by CIGH. After World War I the CIGH wasn't regarded as a core business and it wasn't until after World War II that the hotel business was revived.

Properties

Details and changes are in the article regarding the hotel.

Hotel Place Country Management by CIGH
Avenida PalaceLisbon Portugal1891
Le Bosphorus Summer PalaceTherapia Turkey1894
Buffet de LyonLyon France1900
Buffet TerminusOran Algeria1914
Chateau Royal d'ArdenneDinant Belgium1900
Elysée PalaceParis France1896
Gezirah PalaceCairo Egypt1894
Grand Hotel des BainsCherbourg France1901
Grand Hotel InternationalBrindisi Italy1893
Grand Hotel des Wagons-LitsBeijing China1904
Hotels et Bains de HongrieCsorba Hungary1903
Maloja PalaceMaloja  Switzerland1895
Pavillon de BellevueMeudon France1899
Pera PalaceConstantinople Turkey1894
Hôtel de la PlageOstend Belgium1895
QuarneroAbbazia Austria1898
Riviera PalaceNice France1893
Riviera PalaceMonte Carlo (Beausoleil, Alpes-Maritimes) Monaco1899
Hôtel Royal PalaceOstend Belgium1899
Shepheard's HotelCairo Egypt1897
Hotel TerminusBordeaux France1897
Hotel Terminus et BuffetMarseille France1900
Hotel Terminus MaritimeOstend Belgium1913
Tunisia PalaceTunis Tunisia1902
Victoria HotelIsmailia Egypt1898

See also

References

  • A. Mühl, 125 Jahre/Ans/Years CIWL, Freiburg 1998
  1. ↑ Mark Tungate (2017). The Escape Industry: How Iconic and Innovative Brands Built the Travel Business. Kogan Page Publishers. ISBN 9780749473518.
  2. ↑ "Panorama of the past". Grandhotelsegypt.com. 20 March 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
  3. ↑ Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle (13 August 2014). "The Luxurious Orient Express Train Rolls Into Paris In A One-Of-A-Kind Exhibition". Forbes.com. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
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