Have you heard about the rich past of the hotel Esplanade Zagreb, the venue of this years WFC annual summit? The Esplanade Zagreb Hotel is a historic luxury hotel in Zagreb, Croatia. It was built in 1925 to provide accommodation for passengers of the famous Orient Express train, which traveled between Paris and Istanbul. In 1964 the hotel became the Esplanade Intercontinental Zagreb, part of the Inter-Continental Hotels chain. In 1968 was nominated as the best hotel among the 62 Inter-Continental hotels in Europe and the Middle East. In 1975 the hotel received a medal from President Josip Broz Tito with a golden wreath. Inter-Continental constructed another hotel nearby in 1975 and the Esplanade left the chain a few years after. Throughout the 20th century the hotel was the site of key social events of the Croatian capital. Many world famous personalities have stayed there, including: Josephine Baker, Charles Lindbergh, Orson Welles, Vivien Leigh, Alfred Hitchcock, Leonid Brezhnev, Elizabeth Taylor, Sophia Loren, Andrew Dickson, Louis Armstrong, Francis Ford Coppola, Queen Elizabeth II, Ella Fitzgerald, Richard Nixon, Pele, Catherine Deneuve, Tina Turner, Samantha Fox, Nelson Piquet, Woody Allen, Garry Kasparov, and Pierce Brosnan. The hotel was a filming site for The Winds of War and The Great Escape II: The Untold Story. The hotel closed in 2002 for a major renovation, and reopened on May 18, 2004 as The Regent Esplanade Zagreb. The hotel left the Regent chain in 2012 and currently operates independently. In 2012 it was named the Best Hotel in Croatia in all 3 categories (the best hotel, the best service and the best luxury hotel) by Tripadvisor Croatian Radio Television
Posted on: Fri, 12 Sep 2014 07:48:57 +0000
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