MailOnline Travel has delved into the archives and unearthed celebrated hotels that have since been replaced by shopping malls, swanky apartments, offices and car parks.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 .
Registration fee: Livestreaming participants: free of charge Please note that due to safety considerations regarding COVID-19, the March 3 Roundtable by The Japan Times will hold without the participation of an audience.
The contents of Roundtable by The Japan Times will be published as an archive at a later date and will be run in the main paper of The Japan Times and on the website of Sustainable Japan by The Japan Times.
Marybeth Boller
Marybeth was born to be a chef. By 11 she was accompanying her aunt to fine Manhattan restaurants.
After college, legendary chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten put her to work in the Lafayette restaurant in New York’s Drake Hotel. Next came the Michelin three-star L’auberge de L’ill in France, the Hotel Martinez in Cannes and the three-star La Gavroche in London, where she worked with Gordon Ramsay. Marybeth returned to New York as executive chef of Lafayette, then sous chef at the casual Nougatine. She ran her own company before being re