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The Hotel Del Monte was a large resort hotel in Monterey, California, from its opening in 1880 until 1942. It was one of the finest luxury hotels in North America. [ 1 ] During World War II, it closed and the building was leased to the United States Navy. [ 2 ]
La Ribera kept its original name until the 1960s when new management renamed it the Cypress West hotel. In the mid-1980s, businessman Denny LeVett and actress Doris Day restored the hotel and reopened it as the Cypress Inn. [6] It was an early pet–friendly hotel [7] and was featured on March 15, 1999, in the Architectural Digest. [8] [9]
Best Western International, Inc. owns the Best Western Hotels & Resorts brand, which it licenses to over 4,700 hotels worldwide. [1] The franchise, with its corporate headquarters in Phoenix, Arizona, [2] includes more than 2,000 hotels in North America. [3] The brand was founded by M. K. Guertin in 1946.
The El Carmelo Hotel was Pacific Grove's first hotel, opening to guests on May 20, 1887. It was sometimes called the sister of Monterey's Hotel Del Monte. It was located on Lighthouse Avenue between Fountain and Grand avenues and owned by the Pacific Improvement Company (PIC). In 1907, the name changed to the Pacific Grove Hotel.
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The Monterey Aquarium is one of Monterey County's most visited attractions. Monterey County is a county on the Pacific coast of the U.S. state of California, its northwestern section forming the southern half of Monterey Bay. The population of the county in 2021 was 437,325. [1]
He purchased the Cherry Motor Court in Long Beach in 1933, and in 1938 purchased the Beach Motel, which would become the first Best Western property. Over time he built or owned 13 motels in California. In 1946 he started an association of independently owned hotels to refer business to each other, which was the beginning of Best Western. [1]
Here are maps showing some of Northern California’s most populated areas within a tsunami hazard zone, as determined by the California Geological Survey. The yellow section indicates the tsunami ...