The 16 stories featured in this book chronicle how the development of hotels was stimulated by the confluence of travel, tourism, and transportation—from the transcontinental railroad to the interstate highway system to the advent of air travel. Meet the 19th and 20th century entrepreneurs and business leaders who shaped the development of the U.S. hospitality business.
Profile subjects include: John M. Bowman, Carl G. Fisher, Henry R. Flagler, John Q. Hammons, Frederick H. Harvey, Ernest Henderson, Conrad N. Hilton, Howard D. Johnson, J. Willard Marriott, Kanjibhai M. Patel, Henry B. Plant, George M. Pullman, A.M. Sonnabend, Ellsworth M. Statler, Juan T. Trippe, and Kemmons Wilson. |
