{"id":64,"date":"2007-05-29T23:09:16","date_gmt":"2007-05-29T13:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/?p=64"},"modified":"2007-05-29T23:09:16","modified_gmt":"2007-05-29T13:09:16","slug":"splendours-of-egypt-the-amazing-history-of-the-cairo-marriott-hotel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/egypt\/splendours-of-egypt\/splendours-of-egypt-the-amazing-history-of-the-cairo-marriott-hotel","title":{"rendered":"Splendours of Egypt &#8211; The Amazing History of the Cairo Marriott Hotel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"float: right\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-1009507070974015\";\r\ngoogle_alternate_ad_url = \"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/google_adsense_script.html\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\ngoogle_ad_format = \"300x250_as\";\r\ngoogle_ad_type = \"text_image\";\r\n\/\/2007-06-30: TSBlog 300x250\r\ngoogle_ad_channel = \"2928184950\";\r\ngoogle_color_border = \"FFFFFF\";\r\ngoogle_color_bg = \"FFFFFF\";\r\ngoogle_color_link = \"FF6600\";\r\ngoogle_color_text = \"000000\";\r\ngoogle_color_url = \"339933\";\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\n  src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>It is well known that the Marriott Hotel was built by Khedive Ismail Pasha to accommodate <a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/v\/Egypt\/Cairo\/Mariott\/IMG_4147.jpg.html\">Empress Eugenie<\/a> of France on her visit to Egypt.\u00a0 The Khedive spared no expense in building this hotel\u00a0to house the wife of Napoleon Bonaparte III and other<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" vspace=\"3\" align=\"left\" width=\"110\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/d\/10351-2\/DSC_0464.jpg?resize=110%2C85\" hspace=\"3\" alt=\"Cairo Marriott\" height=\"85\" style=\"width: 110px; height: 85px\" title=\"Cairo Marriott\" \/> European dignitaries during the inaugural celebrations of the Suez Canal in 1869.<\/p>\n<p>The modern-day hotel\u00a0was built around\u00a0the al Gezira\u00a0Palace which housed Egypt\u2019s royal family during the 19th century.\u00a0After the Suez event, the next biggest gala was the wedding of the Khedive\u2019s four children in one massive, lavish celebration. After the signing of the marriage documents, festivities continued for 40 days, and included royal guests from all over the world.<\/p>\n<p>When the Khedive\u00a0eventually went bankrupt, and had to liquidate his assets to cover his debts, the palace was acquired by the <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" vspace=\"3\" align=\"right\" width=\"85\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/d\/10345-2\/IMG_4137.jpg?resize=85%2C110\" hspace=\"3\" alt=\"Cairo Marriott\" height=\"110\" style=\"width: 85px; height: 110px\" title=\"Cairo Marriott\" \/>Egyptian Hotels Company in 1879, operating as the Gezira Palace Hotel. The tourism industry suffered a downturn after WWI as a result of which the hotel was auctioned off.\u00a0\u00a0Habib Lotfallah Pasha, head of a wealthy land-owning family from Syria, bought the Gezirah Palace for LF140,000 in 1919, along with which he\u00a0acquired\u00a0the title of prince. For the next 42 years, the palace was the home of Prince Lotfallah\u2019s descendents, who kept most of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/v\/Egypt\/Cairo\/Mariott\/IMG_4139.jpg.html\">original structure<\/a>, furniture, artifacts and paintings intact.\u00a0 The Saraya Cafe was used as an arabesque dining room by the Lotfallah&#8217;s family, in which they hosted a great number of elites during this eventful historical period.<\/p>\n<p>Well, Tony and I can claim to be guests of this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/v\/Egypt\/Cairo\/Mariott\/IMG_4145.jpg.html\">famous dining room<\/a>\u00a0as well, however our feast was somewhat more modest, comprising\u00a0salads and espressos.<\/p>\n<p>Helen\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is well known that the Marriott Hotel was built by Khedive Ismail Pasha to accommodate Empress Eugenie of France on her visit to Egypt.\u00a0 The Khedive spared no expense in building this hotel\u00a0to house the wife of Napoleon Bonaparte III and other European dignitaries during the inaugural celebrations of the Suez Canal in 1869. 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