The "Grand" dị ka a na-akpọ ya n'àgwàetiti ahụ, bụ akụkọ ihe mere eme nke dị n'ụsọ oké osimiri nke nwere ọmarịcha ihe owuwu ụzọ mbata nke dị mita 660 n'ogologo, nke dị okpukpu atọ. N'okpuru veranda a kpuchiri ekpuchi bụ ahịhịa a na-akpụ akpụ na-agbada n'ubi ifuru ebe geranium 10,000 na-eto n'oge n'etiti akwa ifuru ndị ọzọ nwere ifuru ọhịa. Ụlọ nkwari akụ ahụ dị na Mackinac Island nke dị n'etiti ọdọ mmiri Michigan na Lake Huron. Ọ na-eme nke ọma n'ihi mkpebi dị mkpa e mere na 1920s. A machibidoro ụgbọ ala na gwongworo niile iwu n'agwaetiti ahụ nke na-enye ndị ọbịa ohere ibi n'ime obodo na-enweghị ụgbọala. N'ebe ha nọ, ndị bi n'àgwàetiti ahụ na-adabere n'ịnyịnya igwe na ụgbọ ịnyịnya na-adọkpụ na ụgbọ ala. A na-akpọbu Plank's Grand Hotel mgbe onye wuru ya John Oliver Plank, otu n'ime ndị na-ewu ụlọ nkwari akụ America na ndị na-arụ ọrụ na njedebe 1880s na mmalite 1900s.

Na 1886, Michigan Central Railroad, Grand Rapids na Indiana Railroad, na Detroit na Cleveland Steamship Navigation Company hiwere Mackinac Island Hotel Company. Ndị otu ahụ zụtara ala nke ụlọ oriri na ọṅụṅụ a rụrụ na ya wee malite ịrụ ya, dabere na nhazi nke Detroit architects Mason na Rice. Mgbe ọ meghere n'afọ na-esote, a kpọsara ụlọ oriri na ọṅụṅụ na Chicago, Erie, Montreal na Detroit ndị bi na ya dị ka oge ezumike maka ndị ezumike na-abịa site n'ọdụ ụgbọ mmiri na ụgbọ okporo ígwè si n'ofe kọntinent ahụ. Ụlọ oriri na ọṅụṅụ ahụ mepere na Julaị 10, 1887 wee were naanị ụbọchị 93 iji wuchaa.

The Grand jisiri ike nọgide na-ama mma narị afọ nke 19 na ịlanarị n'afọ nke ụlọ oriri na ọṅụṅụ mmefu ego, okporo ụzọ interstate na ụgbọ ala ntụrụndụ. Ọ na-enye ọkwa okomoko na-adịghị ahụkebe nwere echiche nke ụdị nke na-apụkarị n'anya. Nri a bụ atụmatụ Amerịka nke na-egosipụta nri ụtụtụ ise na nri abalị nwere jaket na njikọ nke ụmụ nwoke na ụmụ nwanyị “na kacha mma ha”. Enweghị ntinye aka na Grand na agbakwunyere 18% gratuity na ụgwọ ọ bụla.

Ndị isi ala US ise gara: Harry Truman, John F. Kennedy, Gerald Ford, George HW Bush na Bill Clinton. Ụlọ nkwari akụ ahụ kwadoro ihe ngosi ihu ọha mbụ nke phonograph Thomas Edison na mbara ámá yana ihe ngosi mgbe nile nke ihe ọhụrụ ndị ọzọ na-emekarị n'oge Edison na-anọkarị. Mark Twain mekwara nke a ka ọ bụrụ ebe ọ na-eme njem nlegharị anya okwu na etiti ọdịda anyanwụ.

Na mgbakwunye, aha ụlọ isii maka ma hazie ya site n'aka ụmụ nwanyị mbụ mbụ nke United States asaa, gụnyere Jacqueline Kennedy Suite (ya na kapeeti nke gụnyere ugo onye isi ala ọla edo na okirikiri na-acha anụnụ anụnụ na mgbidi na-ese ọla edo), Lady Bird Johnson Suite (edo edo). Mgbidi kpuchiri damask na ifuru ọhịa na-acha anụnụ anụnụ na ọla edo), Betty Ford Suite (green with cream and a dash of red), Rosalynn Carter Suite (nke nwere ihe atụ nke china e mere maka Carter White House na mgbidi mkpuchi na Georgia peach), Nancy Reagan. Suite (nke nwere mgbidi na-acha uhie uhie mbinye aka na mmetụ aka nke Oriakụ Reagan), Barbara Bush Suite (emebere ya na-acha anụnụ anụnụ na pearl yana ma Maine na Texas mmetụta) na Laura Bush Suite.

Na 1957, a họpụtara Grand Hotel ka ọ bụrụ ụlọ akụkọ ihe mere eme nke steeti. N'afọ 1972, a kpọrọ ụlọ oriri na ọṅụṅụ ahụ na National Register of Historic Places, na June 29, 1989, ụlọ oriri na ọṅụṅụ e mere National Historic Landmark.

The Conde Nast Traveler "Gold Lists" ụlọ nkwari akụ ahụ dị ka otu n'ime "Ebe kacha mma ịnọ n'ụwa dum" na akwụkwọ akụkọ njem + ntụrụndụ depụtara ya dị ka otu "Ụlọ oriri na ọṅụṅụ kacha elu 100 n'ụwa." Onye na-ekiri mmanya ahụ kwuru na Grand Hotel nwere “Award of Excellence” wee mee ndepụta Gourmet nke “Top 25 Hotels in the World”. Ndị otu American Automobile Association (AAA) na-akwụ ụlọ ọrụ ahụ dị ka ebe ntụrụndụ diamond anọ. N'afọ 2009, a kpọrọ Grand Hotel otu n'ime ụlọ oriri na ọṅụṅụ 10 US Historic nke America site na National Trust for Historic Preservation.

Na 2012, Grand Hotel mere ememe ncheta 125th ya na usoro ihe omume echefuru echefu: nri abalị Saturday na ndị gọvanọ Michigan gara aga, ngosi nke Grand Hotel ime ụlọ Carlton Varney, ihe ọkụ abalị Friday, ọrụ ndụ site na John Pizzarelli na ọtụtụ ndị ọzọ. E bipụtara mbipụta pụrụ iche akwụkwọ tebụl kọfị 125thaniversary.

2018 bụ akara ụbọchị ọmụmụ 131st nke Grand Hotel yana ihe karịrị afọ 85 nke ikike ezinụlọ Musser.

Onye edemede, Stanley Turkel, bụ onye ama ama na onye ndụmọdụ na ụlọ ọrụ nkwari akụ. Ọ na-arụ ọrụ ụlọ oriri na ọṅụṅụ ya, ile ọbịa na omume ndụmọdụ ọkachamara na njikwa akụ, nyocha ọrụ na ịdị irè nke nkwekọrịta franchising ụlọ oriri na ọṅụṅụ na ọrụ nkwado ịgba akwụkwọ. Ndị ahịa bụ ndị nwe ụlọ nkwari akụ, ndị na-etinye ego na ụlọ ọrụ ịgbazinye ego.

AuthorHouse ebipụtala akwụkwọ ọhụrụ ya: “Hotel Mavens Volume 2: Henry Morrison Flagler, Henry Bradley Plant, Carl Graham Fisher.”

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