Chapter 1
Palace on wheels and iron roads
Chapter 2
Floating palaces of the high seas
Chapter 3
Silver wings and flying boats
Chapter 4
The art of packing and staying
Ch 4 · The art of packing and staying
louisvuitton The Ritz Paris
Power in the walls and a bath of your own, The very first rooms with a private telephone.
louisvuitton To replace rounded carriage trunks, Vuitton created waterproof grey Trianon canvas flat trunks that stacked easily inside steamships and trains.
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Why did traditional travel trunks have rounded tops before Louis Vuitton's 1858 flat-topped invention?
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What was the color and pattern of the very first canvas used on Louis Vuitton's flat trunks?
louisvuitton Vuitton's patented lock secured the valuable luggage of golden age luxury travelers.
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In which year did the Louis Vuitton company introduce its patented, unpickable tumbler lock system?
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Which famous escape artist did Georges Vuitton publicly challenge to escape from a locked Vuitton trunk?
Fun Fact
Hotel history: Raffles Singapore was the first hotel in its region to install electric lights, illuminating its grand verandas in the late 19th century.
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Who were the entrepreneurial brothers who founded the Raffles Hotel in Singapore in 1887?
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Which famous cocktail was invented at the Long Bar in Singapore's historic Raffles Hotel?
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Which major hotel innovation did César Ritz introduce at his Paris hotel in 1898?
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Why did César Ritz replace traditional heavy wooden beds with lightweight brass beds in his hotel?