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Georges Marquet
Georges Marquet (18 September 1866, in Jemeppe-sur-Meuse – 27 March 1947, in Nice) was a Belgian hotel manager and owner of many luxurious hotels in Europe. He created the ''Compagnie Internationale des Grands Hôtels Européens'', which later would be part of the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits, Compagnie Internationale des wagons-lits group, created by his compatriote and inventor (among other things) of the Orient-Express, the Belgians, Belgian Georges Nagelmackers. After he had bought the most luxurious hotels of Madrid, Spain, namely, the Hôtel Ritz (Madrid), Ritz Madrid and the The Westin Palace Madrid, Palace Hotel (''today called Westin Palace''), his son lived in Madrid and was in charge of the Hôtel Ritz (Madrid), Ritz Madrid direction. Georges Marquet was a member of the Belgian Parliament for the Liberal Party, from 1929 until 1936. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Marquet, Georges 20th-century Belgian businesspeople 1866 births 1947 deaths ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Georges may refer to: Places *Georges River, New South Wales, Australia *Georges Quay (Dublin) *Georges Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania Other uses *Georges (name) *Georges (novel), ''Georges'' (novel), a novel by Alexandre Dumas *Georges (song), "Georges" (song), a 1977 song originally recorded by Pat Simon and covered by Sylvie Vartan *Georges (store), a department store in Melbourne, Australia from 1880 to 1995 *Georges (Green Card character), Georges (''Green Card'' character) People with the surname *Eugenia Georges, American anthropologist *Karl Ernst Georges (1806–1895), German classical philologist and lexicographer, known for his edition of Latin-German dictionaries. See also *École secondaire Georges-P.-Vanier, a high school in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada *École secondaire Georges-Vanier in Laval, Quebec, Canada *French cruiser Georges Leygues, French cruiser ''Georges Leygues'', commissioned in 1937 *French frigate Georges Leygues (D640), French frigate ''G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
