“Omkhulu” njengoko ubizwa njalo esiqithini, yindawo yokhenketho enembali enembonakalo entle eneenyawo ezingama-660 ubude, nevaranda emithathu enemigangatho emithathu. Apha ngezantsi kweveranda egqunyiweyo kukho ingca eyenziwe ngomthi ethambeka iye ezantsi kwigadi yeentyatyambo esesikweni apho i-10,000 geraniums iqhakaza ngexesha lazo phakathi kwezinye iibhedi zeentyatyambo ezineentyatyambo zasendle. Ihotele ibekwe kwisiqithi saseMackinac esisembindini ophakathi kweLake Michigan kunye neLake Huron. Iphumelele ngenxa yesigqibo esibalulekileyo esenziwe nge-1920s. Zonke iimoto zabucala kunye neelori ziye zavalwa kwesi siqithi enika iindwendwe ithuba lokuhlala kwilali engenazimoto. Kwindawo yabo, abemi beziqithi baxhomekeke kwiibhayisikile nakwiinqwelo ezirhuqwa ngamahashe neenqwelo. Ekuqaleni yayibizwa ngokuba yiPlank's Grand Hotel emva komakhi wayo uJohn Oliver Plank, ongomnye wabakhi behotele ephezulu eMelika kunye nabaqhubi ngasekupheleni kweminyaka yoo-1880 nasekuqaleni kweminyaka yoo-1900.

Ngo-1886, i-Michigan Central Railroad, i-Grand Rapids kunye ne-Indiana Railroad, kunye ne-Detroit kunye ne-Cleveland Steamship Navigation Inkampani yabumba i-Mackinac Island Hotel Company. Eli qela lathenga umhlaba apho ihotele yakhiwa khona kwaye ulwakhiwo lwaqala, ngokusekwe kuyilo olwenziwe ngabakhi beDetroit uMason kunye neRis. Xa ivulwa kunyaka olandelayo, ihotele yapapashwa eChicago, e-Erie, eMontreal naseDetroit njengabahlali beholide ababefika ngee-steamer nangololiwe kwilizwekazi liphela. Ihotele yavulwa ngoJulayi 10, 1887 kwaye yathatha iintsuku ezingama-93 ukugqiba.

Omkhulu ukwazile ukugcina umtsalane wenkulungwane ye-19 kunye nokusinda kubudala beehotele zebhajethi, oohola bendlela kunye nezithuthi zolonwabo. Inika inqanaba elinqabileyo lobunewunewu ngengqondo yesitayile esele iphume kwisitayile. Izidlo zizicwangciso zaseMelika ezinesidlo sakusasa esineekhosi ezintlanu kunye nezidlo sangokuhlwa ezisesikweni ezineebhatyi kunye namaqhina kumanenekazi namanenekazi “kwezona zintle”. Akukho thiphu ivumelekile kwaGrand ngentlawulo ye-18% yesisa eyongezwe kuyo yonke i-bill.

Abaongameli abahlanu baseMelika batyelele: UHarry Truman, uJohn F. Kennedy, uGerald Ford, uGeorge HW Bush noBill Clinton. Ihotele ikwabambe umboniso wokuqala kawonke-wonke wegramafoni kaThomas Edison kwiveranda kwaye imiboniso rhoqo yezinye izinto ezintsha zazisoloko ziqhutywa ngexesha lokuhlala rhoqo kukaEdison. UMark Twain naye wenza le ndawo rhoqo kukhenketho lwakhe lokuthetha kumbindi mpuma.

Ukongeza, ii-suites ezintandathu zithiwe zayilwa ngamanenekazi asixhenxe okuqala e-United States, kubandakanya neJacqueline Kennedy Suite (enekhaphethi ebandakanya ukhozi lwegolide kumongameli oluhlaza waselwandle kunye nodonga olupendwe ngegolide), uLady Bird Johnson Suite (tyheli Iindonga ezigqunywe ngamadama ngeentyatyambo zasendle eziluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka kunye negolide), uBetty Ford Suite (oluhlaza onokhilimu kunye nomdaka obomvu), uRosalynn Carter Suite (ngesampula yasechina eyenzelwe iCarter White House kunye nokugqunywa eludongeni kwipeyiki yaseGeorgia), uNancy Reagan Suite (kunye notyikityo lodonga olubomvu kunye nokuthinta kukaNkosikazi Reagan), uBarbara Bush Suite (eyilelwe ngombala oluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka kunye neeperile kunye nefuthe laseMaine naseTexas) kunye neLaura Bush Suite.

Ngo-1957, iGrand Hotel yachongwa njengeSakhiwo seMbali kaRhulumente. Ngo-1972, ihotele yabizwa kwiRejista kaZwelonke yeNgingqi, kwaye ngoJuni 29, 1989, ihotele yenziwa i-National Historic Landmark.

Umhambi waseConde Nast "uLuhlu lweGolide" ihotele njengenye yeendawo "zokuHlala eziBalaseleyo kuMhlaba wonke" kunye noMagazini iTourism + Leisure uyidwelise njengenye yeehotele ezili-100 eziPhambili eMhlabeni. I-Wine Spectator iqaphele iGrand Hotel nge “Award of Excellence” yaza yenza uluhlu lwephephancwadi iGourmet “kwiihotele ezingama-25 eziPhezulu eMhlabeni”. Umbutho weAmerican Automobile Association (AAA) amaxabiso ezinto njengendawo yokubonelela ngeDayimane. Ngo-2009 iGrand Hotel yabizwa ngokuba yenye yeendawo ezili-10 eziphambili zaseMelika eMelika yiNational Trust yoLondolozo lweMbali.

Ngo-2012, iGrand Hotel yabhiyozela isikhumbuzo sayo seminyaka eli-125 kunye nothotho lweziganeko ezingalibalekiyo: Isidlo sangokuhlwa sangoMgqibelo kunye nababesakuba ngabaphathi baseMichigan ababekhona, umboniso womyili weGrand Hotel ingaphakathi uCarlton Varney, iziqhushumbisi zangoLwesihlanu ebusuku, ukusebenza kukaJohn Pizzarelli nokunye okuninzi. Ushicilelo olukhethekileyo lonyaka we-125 wencwadi yetafile yekofu yapapashwa.

I-2018 iphawula i-Grand Hotel ye-131th yokuzalwa nangaphezulu kweminyaka engama-85 yobunini bentsapho kaMusser.

Umbhali, uStanley Turkel, ligunya elaziwayo kunye nomcebisi kwishishini lehotele. Uqhuba ihotele yakhe, ukubuk 'iindwendwe kunye nokuziqhelanisa nokubonisana ngokukodwa kulawulo lweeasethi, uphicotho-zincwadi olusebenzayo kunye nokusebenza kwezivumelwano zokuthengisa ngokuthengisa kunye nokunikezelwa kwenkxaso yesimangalo. Abathengi ngabanini behotele, abatyali mali kunye namaziko abolekisa ngemali.

Incwadi yakhe entsha ipapashwe ngu-AuthorHouse: “Ihotele Mavens Umqulu 2: Henry Morrison Flagler, Henry Bradley Plant, Carl Graham Fisher.”

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