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Hilton Grand Vacations was launched in 1992 as a subsidiary of Hilton Worldwide, this was the first venture into the timeshare and vacation ownership industry by the Hilton brand. In 2017 HGV was spun off from Hilton Worldwide into a separate publicly traded company, allowing for HGV to be able to focus solely on the timeshare and vacation ...
The Grand Pacific Hotel (first known as the Starr Building and sometimes the California Block [2] [i]) is a historic building in Seattle, Washington, United States.It located at 1115-1117 1st Avenue between Spring and Seneca Streets in the city's central business district.
Hotel Grand Pacific is a 4.5-star hotel in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. [1] [2] It was built by Murray Gammon, acquired by Standard Life in the mid 1990s, and sold to Pacific Sun in 1996. [3] It underwent a $5 million renovation in the mid 2010s. [4] The hotel hosts tea, [5] and has hosted the Victoria Whisky Festival. [6]
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David Bonderman (November 27, 1942 – December 11, 2024) was an American billionaire businessman. He was the founding partner of TPG Inc. (formerly Texas Pacific Group), and its Asian affiliate, Newbridge Capital.
In 1928 Sir Charles Kingsford Smith landed his plane into Albert Park near the hotel, having flown from California, en route to Australia to complete the first trans-Pacific flight from the United States to Australia. [8] Before his departure, a ball was held in his and his crew's honour at the Grand Pacific Hotel on 6 June 1928. [9]
Seaspan ULC evolved into a prominent marine transportation company serving the West Coast of North America with a large tugboat and barge fleet. Seaspan's barges haul forestry materials (logs, wood chips, hog fuel, lumber, pulp, paper and newsprint), minerals (construction aggregate and limestone), railcars, plus machinery, fuel and supplies to coastal communities.
Originally, Balboa Island was little more than a mudflat surrounded by swampland. Today's Newport Harbor emerged only after dredging millions of tons of silt. In the late 1860s, James McFadden and his brother, Robert, purchased a large portion of the future site of Newport, including the oceanfront of Newport Beach, much of Balboa Peninsula, and the sandbars that were to become Balboa Island ...