The Savoy was the world's first truly great hotel and it is now again undoubtedly one of the best.

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At Genting--which boasts the world's largest hotel, the 6, 118-room First World that's part of its Genting Highlands casino resort outside Kuala Lumpur--he's responsible for finding new areas for growth.

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In Dubai, you will find the tallest building in the world, the first-ever seven-star hotel and the biggest indoor ski slope.

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And content for us lives first and foremost in the offline world through our hotel guest experience.

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Gucci started as a single store in Florence, opened in 1921 by Guccio Gucci, who had developed an eye for luxury while working as a bellboy at the Savoy Hotel in London before the first world war.

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Abu Dhabi has the world's most expensive hotel ever built and the first ever gold-dispensing ATM.

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In 1997, UNESCO declared the entire town a World Heritage Site, and in 2009, the first boutique hotel, Jing's Residence, opened, mixing ancient and modern styles within a former silk merchant's mansion.

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During the second world war they lived in Britain, at first at the Ritz hotel in London and then in a rented stately home.

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The world's first pair of coastal radio stations were set up at a hotel near the Needles on the Isle of Wight and at another hotel in Bournemouth (later moved to a hotel near Poole, Dorset).

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