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The Forbes Traveler has published the rating of hotels which have become a history. The first place is given to Singapore Raffles Hotel: in 1942 it was a base for Japanese armies and after reconstruction it has turned into magnificent hotel complex decorated in colonial style. The second place is given to the well-known Parisian Ritz, the place where Proust has written his "In searches of the lost time", and princess Diana has spent her last night.
On the third place stands the Fairmont Hotel (San Francisco). In 1945 here was held the meeting of 50 countries' delegates, and has been formed the United Nations Organization. Moreover all American presidents since Truman stayed in Fairmont Hotel. The fourth place is given to Parisian Hotel de Crillon, constructed by Lui King the XV in 1758, and during the First World War being the base for the French and British armies.
Lorraine Motel, located in Memphis (USA) is on the fifth place - here Martin Luther King has been killed. Copacabana Palace (Rio de Janeiro), Inter-Continental (Berhtesgarden), The Greenbrier (White-Salpher-Springs), La Mamounia (Marrakech) and The Mount Washington Hotel (Breton-Woods) are also included in the list. |
