We Challenge You to Match These Hotels Reaching Their 100th Birthday

The roaring twenties was a heyday for more than just flappers, speakeasies, and Louis Armstrong. It’s also when some of the world’s finest five-star hotels were born. So what was happening 100 years ago that enabled so many elegant properties to thrive?

Then as now, technological advancement paved the way. Better design and construction techniques allowed for suites with their own private bathrooms, lit by electric lights instead of gas or candles. But Bjorn Hanson, a travel…