World / USA / Massachusetts / Somerville, 5 km from center Coordinates: 42°20'56"N   71°4'34"W
Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel

Historic luxury hotel built in 1912 as a sister hotel to the Plaza in New York. Suffered a severe fire in 1979 in which media tycoon Sumner Redstone was nearly killed. The Copley Plaza is also recognized as an innovator in the hotel industry. The hotel is known for these industry first: the first hotel completely air-conditioned in Boston, the first hotel with an international reservations system, and the first to accept credit cards. www.fairmont.com/copleyplaza/
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copley_Plaza_Hotel
Category: hotel square fairmont


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