ANON. Grand Hotel Emma, Merano.
Original hotel luggage label, c.1925. 95 x 115 mm.
Emma Hellenstainer was a German hotelier and owner of several establishments. She retired to Merano and after her death her son Herman opened the hotel, named after his mother in 1908.
The hotel soon attracted the wealthy and elite who enjoyed Winter sports in the Tyrol. In the 1980's due to a downturn in Winter sports and an oversupply of hotel rooms much of the hotel was converted to residential apartments.
Emma Hellenstainers pioneering work in the tourism industry is celebrated at a permanent exhibition in the Merano tourism museum.
Printers: S. Poetzelberger-Merano.
Rare.
SKU: 2126650
ANON. Grand Hotel Emma, Merano.
Original hotel luggage label, c.1925. 95 x 115 mm.
Emma Hellenstainer was a German hotelier and owner of several establishments. She retired to Merano and after her death her son Herman opened the hotel, named after his mother in 1908.
The hotel soon attracted the wealthy and elite who enjoyed Winter sports in the Tyrol. In the 1980's due to a downturn in Winter sports and an oversupply of hotel rooms much of the hotel was converted to residential apartments.
Emma Hellenstainers pioneering work in the tourism industry is celebrated at a permanent exhibition in the Merano tourism museum.
Printers: S. Poetzelberger-Merano.
Rare.
SKU: 2126650
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