MailOnline Travel has delved into the archives and unearthed celebrated hotels that have since been replaced by shopping malls, swanky apartments, offices and car parks.
The once-famous hotels loved by celebrities now lost to time
They were once some of the world s hottest spots to check into, but these iconic hotels have now checked out. MailOnline Travel has delved into the archives and unearthed celebrated hotels now lost to time, from New York s Drake Hotel, which attracted everyone from Frank Sinatra to Jimi Hendrix before it was demolished, to the marble-clad Regent Palace Hotel in London, which was Europe s largest hotel when it opened in 1915 but which gained a reputation as a house of ill repute before closing in 2006. Read on and enter a world of showgirls, Art Deco decadence and tables appointed with elegant pewter .
It was not until October 2016 that a missing person investigation was launched
Edward Cairney and Avril Jones, of Inverclyde, were arrested in 2017 and convicted of her murder in July 2019 - 20 years after she first disappeared
The carers who killed tragic teenager Margaret Fleming could have got away with the murder if they hadn t been hoarders who kept vital evidence, a leading lawyer has said.
In Murder At My Door: The Mystery of Missing Margaret Fleming, which will air on Crime+Investigation next month, IaIn McSporran QC, who led the prosecution against Edward Cairney and Avril Jones, said a hotel receipt found in their rundown seaside cottage was crucial to the case against them.