Of course great hotels have always been social ideas, flawless mirrors to the particular societies they service.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
All good hotels tend to lead people to do things they wouldn't necessarily do at home.
The very best hotel I've stayed in is the Intercontinental on Park Lane. We went there for the Chelsea Flower Show a few years ago, and it was sheer luxury. Everybody had a smile on their face. I came home and changed all my pillows because the hotel ones were so beautiful.
Indian hotels are doing well globally because they understand hospitality.
The great advantage of a hotel is that it is a refuge from home life.
My new hotels will play a leading role in promoting world peace.
I don't like the idea that one hotel could be better than another. In any city, I try to find a hotel that has the identity of that place - Claridge's in London, the Danieli or Cipriani in Venice. In New York, I stay at the Mercer Hotel; it is so much in the character of SoHo.
Truthfully, I despise hotels. I've had such better experiences staying at people's houses and guesthouses; it's so much more comfortable and homey.
I rarely stay in hotels because I have friends all over the world.
I grew up in the motel business, and it evolved into hotels.
The strange thing about hotel rooms is that they look familiar and seem familiar and have many of the accoutrements that seem domestic and familiar, but they are really weird, alien and anonymous places.