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Foreword
Myadventurewiththehistoryofthehotelindustrystartedbackin2003,whenasahotel
managerwithtenyears’ofexperienceIwrotemyfirstarticleonKemmonsWilson–
thefounderoftheHolidayInnbrand.ItwaspublishedinaPolishhotelmagazine
calledHotelarzunderthetitleofRewolucyjnapodróż(ARevolutionaryJourney).Back
then,thePolishpublishingmarketdidnotofferanybooksaboutprominentfiguresof
thelodgingindustry.Tofillthisgap,IstartedexploringtheInternetandferretingoutall
theinformationonhotelkeepersfromdifferenterasandpartsoftheworld,analyzing
theircontributiontothegrowthofthisprofessionandtheentirehospitalityindustry.
Asaresult,subsequently,biographiesofErnestHenderson,EllsworthStatler,Charles
ForteandJohnWillardMarriottwereforged.
Eventually,Iarrivedattheideaofenrichingthesepreviousloosearticleswithmore
charactersthatwouldbethencombinedintoasinglecomprehensivebook.Originally,
Iintendedtopresentbiographiesofsixteenfamoushoteliers;however,thevolumeof
myworkgrewprogressivelyreachinguptothirty-sixchapters.Theultimateversion
ofthebook,whichIhavetitledTheMostFamousHoteliersOfAllTime,tooknearly
fifteenyearstowrite.AlthoughinthecourseofthisprocessIstoppedworkingin
thehotelbusiness,thesubjectofthisstudyhasbecomemypassion.ApassionIhave
givenmyallhearttobydedicatinglotsoftimetoexploreit.Iwantedtocreateavalu-
ablecompendiumofknowledgethatwouldbefactuallycorrect,witheverymentioned
factbackedbyareliablesource.Throughoutthoseyears,Ihavecollectedandread
tensofbooksinforeignlanguagesandthousandsofonlinearticles,includingmany
digitalizedpressexcerptsdatingasfarbackastothefirsthalfofthe20thcentury.Some
ofthepreviouslywrittenchaptershadtobecorrectedlateronafterIencounteredother
significantinformationorwhensomeoftheprotagonistspassedaway.Alltheseefforts
allowedmetohonemystudytotheminutestdetail.
SinceDecember2021,theprintedversionofthebookinPolishNajsławniejsi
hotelarzewszechczasówhasbeenavailableonsale.Thereleasewasfinancedusing
myownresourcesexclusively,withoutthehelpofanypublishingcompany.Owingto
thepowerofsocialmediaandword-of-mouthpublicity,theentirefirstissuesoldout
withinonlythreemonths.Goodreviewsprovidedmainlybypeopleintheindustry
encouragedmetotakeupfurtherstepstopromotetheknowledgeabouttheillustrious
hoteliersaroundtheworld.Upuntilnow,AmericansusedtowriteaboutAmerican
hotelkeepersonly,whereastheSwissusedtowriteabouttheSwissones;however,now,
aPolishmandecidedtobringtogetherallthestoriesandachievementsofhoteliersof
variousnationalitiesintheformofonecomprehensivestudy.
ThedigitalEnglishversionofTheMostFamousHoteliersOfAllTimecomprises
twovolumesarrangedintothirty-sixchaptersthatunravelincrediblestoriesofforty-one
