Originally Posted by
Kagehitokiri
surprising how early some luxury hotel brands began >
1971 - regent
1976 - orient express
1979 - rosewood
1985 - mandarin oriental
1986 - rafael
from stories here, the 'golden eras' sounded pretty great
1988 - Amanresorts (after Adrian Zecha, Georg Rafael & Bob Burns sold Regent International)
And yes, the golden eras were pretty great!