Short answers, pulled from the story.
The Nishiyama Onsen Keiunkan opened its doors in the year 707 and has been run by the same family for forty-six generations. This establishment in Yamanashi, Japan, holds the title of the oldest hotel in continuous operation in the world.
The Tremont House in Boston opened in 1829 as the first luxury hotel to provide indoor plumbing. This revolutionary feature transformed the guest experience and set a new standard for future hotels.
The First World Hotel in Genting Highlands, Malaysia, is the world's largest hotel with 7,351 rooms. Guinness World Records listed this property in 2006 with 6,118 rooms before it expanded to its current capacity.
Nikola Tesla lived the last ten years of his life at the New Yorker Hotel until he died in his room in 1943. Howard Hughes also lived in hotels during the last ten years of his life from 1966 to 1976, primarily in Las Vegas.
Title II of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is part of a United States law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, religion, or national origin in places of public accommodation. This legislation marked a turning point in the history of the industry by ensuring that the doors of these grand establishments were open to all.
The Ice Hotel in Jukkasjärvi, Sweden, was first built in 1990 and is the first ice hotel in the world. It is built each winter and melts every spring, requiring it to be redesigned and rebuilt in its entirety every year.