Iyo "Grand" sekudanwa kwainodanwa pachitsuwa, inzvimbo ine nhoroondo yemahombekombe ine inoshamisa 660-mamita kureba, ine nhurikidzwa nhatu vharanda. Pazasi pevheranda iyi yakafukidzwa pane lawn yakashongedzerwa inotsvedza ichidzika kubindu remaruva rakarongeka apo 10,000 geraniums inotumbuka mumwaka pakati pemimwe mibhedha yemaruva ine maruva emusango. Ihotera iri paMackinac Island iyo iri pakati peLake Michigan neLake Huron. Yakabudirira nekuda kwechisarudzo chakakosha chakaitwa muma1920. Motokari dzese dzakazvimirira nemarori zvakarambidzwa pachitsuwa izvo zvinopa vashanyi mukana wekugara mumusha usina mota. Munzvimbo yavo, vagari vepazvitsuwa vanotsamira pamabhasikoro nengoro dzinodhonzwa nemabhiza nengoro. Pakutanga yainzi Plank's Grand Hotel mushure memuvaki wayo John Oliver Plank, mumwe wevagadziri vehotera yepamusoro muAmerica uye vashandi mukupera kwema1880 uye kutanga kwema1900.

Muna 1886, iyo Michigan Central Railroad, Grand Rapids uye Indiana Railroad, uye Detroit neCleveland Steamship Navigation Company yakaumba Mackinac Island Hotel Company. Iboka rakatenga ivhu pakavakirwa hotera iyi uye kuvaka kwakatanga, zvichibva pane zvakagadzirwa neDetroit vagadziri Mason naRice. Pakavhurwa gore rinotevera, hotera iyi yakashambadzirwa kuChicago, Erie, Montreal neDetroit vagari senzvimbo yekuzorora yezhizha kune avo vanozorora vakasvika nedziva remvura uye nechitima kubva kudunhu rese. Ihotera yakavhurwa muna Chikunguru 10, 1887 uye yakatora mazuva makumi mapfumbamwe nemapfumbamwe kuti ipedze.

Iyo Grand yakakwanisa kuchengetedza yayo yezana ramakore rechi19 runako uye kurarama kusvika zera remahotera mahotera, nzira dzepakati nepakati uye mota dzekuvaraidza. Iyo inopa yakajairika nhanho yeumbozha nepfungwa yechimiro iyo yakanyanya kubuda muchitaira. Kudya uku chirongwa cheAmerica chine kosi dzekudya kwemabhawa shanu uye kudya kwemanheru nemajaketi uye zvisungo kune vanhurume nevakadzi "mune avo vakanakisa". Hapana kupihwa mari kunotenderwa kuGreat ne18% yemahara yekuwedzera inowedzerwa kune yega bhiri.

Vatungamiri vashanu veUS vashanyira: Harry Truman, John F. Kennedy, Gerald Ford, George HW Bush naBill Clinton. Ihotera iyi zvakare yakaita kuratidzwa kwekutanga kuruzhinji rwegiramufomu raThomas Edison pavheranda uye kuratidzira kwakajairika kwezvimwe zvigadzirwa zvitsva zvaiwanzo kuitwa panguva yaigara Edison kazhinji. Mark Twain akaitirawo iyi nzvimbo yakajairwa pane ake mafambiro ekutaura mukati medwest.

Pamusoro pezvo, masuti matanhatu akatumidzwa mazita uye akagadzirwa neanomwe aimbova maFirst Ladies eUnited States, kusanganisira Jacqueline Kennedy Suite (ine kapeti inosanganisira yegondo purezidhendi wegoridhe pabhuruu rebhuruu nemadziro akapendwa goridhe), Lady Bird Johnson Suite (yero madziro-akafukidzwa madziro ane bhuruu negoridhe maruva emusango), Betty Ford Suite (girini nekirimu uye dash red), Rosalynn Carter Suite (ine sampu yechina yakagadzirirwa Carter White House uye akafukidza madziro muGeorgia peach), Nancy Reagan Suite (ine sigineti yakatsvuka madziro uye kubata kwaMai Reagan), Barbara Bush Suite (yakagadzirirwa neruvara rwebhuruu neparera uye nezvose zviri zviviri Maine neTexas) uye Laura Bush Suite.

Muna 1957, iyo Grand Hotel yakasarudzwa seState Historical Building. Muna 1972, hotera yacho yakatumidzwa kunyoresa kuNational Register of Historic Places, uye musi waJune 29, 1989, hotera yacho yakaitwa National Historic Landmark.

Iyo Conde Nast Traveler "Goridhe Rondedzero" iyo hotera seimwe ye "Nzvimbo Dzakanakisa dzekugara muNyika Yese" uye Travel + Leisure magazini inozviratidzira seiri pakati pe "Mahotera 100 Akakwirira Munyika." Waini Spectator akacherekedza Grand Hotel ne "Mubairo Wekunaka" uye yakaita Gourmet yemagazini "Akakwirira 25 Mahotera Munyika" runyorwa. IAmerican Automobile Association (AAA) inotara zvivakwa senge Four-Diamond resort. Muna 2009 iyo Grand Hotel yakatumidzwa seimwe yepamusoro 10 US Historic Hotels of America neNational Trust for Historic Preservation.

Muna 2012, iyo Grand Hotel yakapemberera gore rayo zana nemakumi masere nemasere nezviitiko zvisingakanganwiki: Mugovera manheru chisvusvuro nevaimbove magavhuna eMichigan varipo, kuratidzwa neGrand Hotel yemukati dhizaini Carlton Varney, mafirita eChishanu manheru, kuratidzwa kwehupenyu naJohn Pizzarelli uye nezvimwe zvakawanda. Rakakosha rakadhindwa 125thanniversary kofi tafura bhuku rakaburitswa.

2018 inoratidzira Grand Hotel's 131 Yekuzvarwa uye anopfuura makore makumi masere nemashanu eiyo Muridzi wemhuri muridzi.

Munyori, Stanley Turkel, ane masimba anozivikanwa uye mupangamazano muindastiri yehotera. Iye anoshanda muhotera yake, kugamuchira vaeni uye kuita zvehunyanzvi kunoongorora manejimendi manejimendi, kushanda kuongororwa uye kushanda kwezvibvumirano zvekutengesa muhotera uye kupihwa rutsigiro. Vatengi varidzi vemahotera, vatengesi uye masangano ekukweretesa.

Bhuku rake nyowani rakaburitswa naAuthorHouse: "Hotel Mavens Vhoriyamu 2: Henry Morrison Flagler, Henry Bradley Plant, Carl Graham Fisher."

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