"Grand" joalo ka ha e bitsoa sehlekehlekeng sena, ke sebaka se tummeng sa leoatle se nang le mathule a malelele a maoto a 660, a mekato e meraro. Ka tlasa veranda ena e koahetsoeng ke mohloa o iketlileng o thellisang serapeng sa lipalesa moo lipalesa tsa geraniamo tse 10,000 1920 li thunyang nakong ea selemo har'a libethe tse ling tsa lipalesa tse nang le lithunthung tsa naha. Hotele e sehlekehlekeng sa Mackinac se maemong a pakeng tsa Letša la Michigan le Letša la Huron. E atlehile ka lebaka la qeto ea bohlokoa e entsoeng lilemong tsa bo-1880. Likoloi tsohle le literaka li ile tsa tlosoa molaong sehlekehlekeng sena se fang baeti monyetla oa ho lula motseng o se nang likoloi. Sebakeng sa bona, baahi ba lihlekehleke ba its'etleha ka libaesekele le likariki tse huloang ke lipere le likariki. Qalong e ne e bitsoa Plank's Grand Hotel kamora sehahi sa eona John Oliver Plank, e mong oa lihahi le lihotele tse holimo tsa Amerika lilemong tsa bo-1900 le mathoasong a lilemo tsa bo-XNUMX.

Ka 1886, Michigan Central Railroad, Grand Rapids le Indiana Railroad, le Detroit le Cleveland Steamship Navigation Company ba thehile Mackinac Island Hotel Company. Sehlopha se rekile setša seo hotele e hahiloeng ho sona mme moaho oa qala, ho ipapisitsoe le boqapi ba meralo ea Detroit Mason le Rice. Ha e buloa selemong se hlahlamang, hotele e ile ea phatlalatsoa ho baahi ba Chicago, Erie, Montreal le Detroit e le sebaka sa phomolo sa lehlabula bakeng sa baeti ba fihlileng ka sekepe sa letša le ka terene ho tsoa kontinenteng eohle. Hotele e ile ea buloa ka la 10 Phupu, 1887 mme ea nka matsatsi a 93 ho e qeta.

Grand e atlehile ho boloka mokhabiso oa eona oa lekholo la bo19 la lilemo le ho phela ho fihlela lilemong tsa lihotele tsa bajete, litsela tse kholo le likoloi tsa boithabiso. E fana ka boemo bo sa tloaelehang ba mabothobotho ka mokhoa oa setaele o seng o felile haholo. Lijo ke leano la Amerika le nang le lijo tsa hoseng tsa mefuta e mehlano le lijo tsa mantsiboea tse nang le baki le maqhama ho banna le basali "ka botle ba bona". Ha ho na chelete e lumelloang ho Grand ka tefo ea mahala ea 18% e kenyellelitsoeng ho bili e ngoe le e ngoe.

Baetapele ba bahlano ba Amerika ba etetse: Harry Truman, John F. Kennedy, Gerald Ford, George HW Bush le Bill Clinton. Hotele e boetse e tšoere pontšo ea pele ea phatlalatsa ea keramafono ea Thomas Edison mathuleng mme lipontšo tsa khafetsa tsa tse ling tse ncha li ne li etsoa khafetsa ha Edison a lula khafetsa. Mark Twain le eena o entse sebaka sena khafetsa maetong a hae a ho bua bohareng ba bophirima.

Ntle le moo, li-suites tse tšeletseng li rehelletsoe le ho qaptjoa ke Basali ba Pele ba Pele ba United States, ho kenyeletsoa le Jacqueline Kennedy Suite (e nang le k'hapete e kenyeletsang ntsu ea mopresidente oa khauta mokokotlong oa boputsoa ba metsing le mabota a pentiloeng ka khauta), Lady Bird Johnson Suite (o mosehla Marako a koahetsoeng ka marako a nang le lipalesa tsa naha tse putsoa le khauta), Betty Ford Suite (botala bo nang le tranelate le 'mala o mofubelu), Rosalynn Carter Suite (e nang le sampole ea china e etselitsoeng Carter White House le masira a koahelang perekisi ea Georgia), Nancy Reagan Suite (e nang le mabota a khubelu a saenneng le likhahla tsa Mofumahali Reagan), Barbara Bush Suite (e entsoeng ka 'mala o moputsoa le perela le pherekano le tšusumetso ea Maine le Texas) le Laura Bush Suite.

Ka 1957, Grand Hotel e ile ea khethoa hore e be Mohaho oa Nalane ea Naha. Ka 1972, hotele e ile ea rehelloa ho Ngoliso ea Naha ea Libaka tsa Nalane, mme ka la 29 Phuptjane 1989, hotele e ile ea etsoa National Historic Landmark.

Conde Nast Traveler "Gold Lists" hotele e le e 'ngoe ea "Libaka tse Molemohali tsa ho lula Lefatšeng Lohle" le makasine ea Travel + Leisure e e thathamisitse e le "Lihotele tse 100 tse holimo lefatšeng." Veine Spectator e hlokometse Grand Hotel ka "Khau ea Bokhabane" mme ea etsa lenane la makasine oa Gourmet "Lihotele tse 25 tse holimo Lefatšeng". American Automobile Association (AAA) e lekola meaho ena e le sebaka sa phomolo sa litaemane tse 'ne. Ka 2009 Grand Hotel e ile ea reoa e 'ngoe ea lihotele tse 10 tsa maemo a holimo tsa Amerika tsa Amerika ke National Trust for Historic Preservation.

Ka 2012, Grand Hotel e ketekile sehopotso sa eona sa lilemo tse 125 ka letoto la liketsahalo tse sa lebaleheng: Moqebelo bosiu bosiu le babusisi ba mehleng ba Michigan ba neng ba le teng, e hlahisitsoeng ke moqapi oa kahare oa Grand Hotel Carlton Varney, lithunya tsa Labohlano bosiu, ts'ebetso ea John Pizzarelli le tse ling tse ngata. Ho phatlalalitsoe buka e khethehileng ea selemo sa 125 sa tafole ea kofi.

2018 e tšoaea Letsatsi la Matswalo la Grand Hotel la bo-131 le lilemo tse fetang 85 tsa ho ba beng ba Musser Family.

Sengoli, Stanley Turkel, ke molaoli ea tsebahalang le moeletsi indastering ea hotele. O sebetsa hoteleng ea hae, kamohelo ea baeti le boits'oaro ba boeletsi bo ikhethileng mabapi le taolo ea thepa, tlhahlobo ea ts'ebetso le katleho ea litumellano tsa ho rekisa lichelete le likabelo tsa tšehetso ea linyeoe. Bareki ke beng ba lihotele, batseteli le litsi tsa kalimo.

Buka ea hae e ncha ka ho fetesisa e phatlalalitsoe ke AuthorHouse: "Hotel Mavens Volume 2: Henry Morrison Flagler, Henry Bradley Plant, Carl Graham Fisher."

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