Best Western Seven Seas history

In January 1888 Pelusso, Narduzzo and La Cava began fishing for the hotel in the boat Lucaro.

The hotel, opened in 1903 was the biggest and the most luxurious in town.

A 1909 guide to Odessa (by Moskvich) noted that this is one of the best hotels in the city with a restaurant that has a good reputation.

In 1916 (to the left from the entrance of the hotel, on the 1 st floor) pastry shop «Astron» was opened.

When Germans left Taganrog, 2nd floor of the hotel became the place of location of main department of general Denikin army. It was Taganrog where Ukraine government moved to in 1918.

In 1923, Hippolyte Jammet purchased Jules de Castellane's former property.

The hotel opened in April 1925, when the Roaring Twenties were in full swing: it was the heyday of Josephine Baker, Sydney Bechet and the Charleston.

After the revolution, in 1928, Bristol Hotel was restored and renamed as Krasnaya (Red) Hotel in honour of the Red Army, the Red Banner as the symbol of revolution, and the Red Square in Moscow.

In June 1940, Le Bristol Paris became the home of the American Embassy and American nationals living in Paris.

The new government that emerged from the 1943 Argentine coup d'état took moves to reduce rents and make eviction much harder, and set up a vacation office.

The closing of the Bristol in June 1944 symbolized the end of the belle époque.

The city's principal theatre company, the Bristol Old Vic, was founded in 1946 as an offshoot of the Old Vic company in London.

In 1947 it was twinned with Bordeaux and Hanover, the first post-war twinning of British and German cities.

In 1954, the first Pierre Cardin boutique opened at 118 rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré. Christian Lacroix, Louboutin and many others followed, and famous clients flooded through the doors of Le Bristol Paris: Konrad Adenauer, Kim Novak, Rita Hayworth and Charlie Chaplin.

In 1962, the authoritative American travel guide 'Fielding's Travel Guide to Europe' ranked Le Bristol Paris in top position, securing a prestigious reputation in the USA that continues today.

In 1978, Rudolf Oetker, founder of the German industrial group Oetker and already the owner of Brenners Park-Hotel and Spa in Baden-Baden and Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Cap d'Antibes, acquired Le Bristol Paris.

Founded in 1981, Bristol began business as Harvey Hotel Company, the owner and operator of The Harvey Hotel, located in Dallas, Texas.

Late in 1989, the company acquired The Sheraton Hotel in Houston and renovated it, converting it to Harvey Suites.

Phase one of the United Inns renovation program was completed in October 1995.

In March 1996, the last of the $130 million earmarked for the renovation of United Inns was invested in the redevelopment of eight more United Inns properties.

Additional acquisitions in the years ahead appeared assured, as the company narrowed its sights on the $15 to $20 billion of acquisition targets it had identified by the end of 1997.

In February 1998, the company increased the number of hotel rooms under its control 14 percent in a $100 million transaction that included 20 midwestern Holiday Inns.

Public transport in the city consists largely of its bus network, provided by First Group. (PDF) Since 2000 the city council has included a light rail system in its Local Transport Plan, but has so far been unable to fund the project.

The city has two League football clubs: Bristol Rugby rugby union club, which has won promotion to the Guinness Premiership, a first-class cricket side, half marathon, and in 2001 played host to the World Half Marathon Championships.

Local support of fair trade issues was recognised in 2005 when Bristol was granted Fairtrade City status.Bristol City Council, 2005.

A distinctive dialect of English is spoken in Bristol (known colloquially as Brizzle or Bristle). Accessed 10 April 2006.

In 2007, Le Bristol Paris acquired the adjoining building on the avenue Matignon.

In 2013 Bar du Bristol was elected best bar in the world.