A very special edition of VIEWS: 175 years ago, hospitality pioneer Johannes Baur recognised the signs of the times, saw where the nascent discipline of tourism might lead and promptly founded the Baur au Lac: the first hotel designed to accommodate the modern era – and the reason for an anniversary unique in the history of hoteliery. An in-depth article honours Mr. Baur himself and the six generations of his family who have run the hotel ever since, bringing historic highlights into focus.
Andrea Kracht, the current owner of the Baur au Lac and Chairman of The Leading Hotels of the World, gives us an insight into his work and looks ahead to the future of the hotel industry. Picking up on what he says, we cast a glance at the hotel's newest rooms.
Most reports on China zoom in on economic facts and figures. VIEWS pans out across the natural side of this vast country, immersing you in mesmerically swaying evergreen bamboo forests far removed from booming metropolises.
