THE PEABODY, MEMPHIS This 150-year-old legendary hotel is known for its five resident mallard ducks that twice daily are marched through the lobby by the hotel’s 'duckmaster'. Guests can book a Ducky Day overnight package that includes helping out as honorary duckmaster. The hotel was where Elvis Presley attended his senior prom in 1953. THE BROADMOOR, COLORADO SPRINGS Colorado’s opulent 'Grande Dame of the Rockies' has been welcoming well-heeled guests since 1918. The Italianate building sits 6,000 feet high at the foot of Cheyenne Mountain – which houses the former Cold War-era NORAD command bunker – with its grounds fashioned by the firm that laid out Central Park. OMNI MOUNT WASHINGTON, NEW HAMPSHIRE This all-season resort in Bretton Woods, at the base of Mount Washington, is surrounded by the White Mountain National Forest. It was the site of the International Monetary Conference in 1944, which created the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank. Bretton Woods is New Hampshire's largest ski area. WILLARD INTERCONTINENTAL, WASHINGTON DC Yards from the White House, the historic Willard InterContinental, which opened in 1818, was Abraham Lincoln’s temporary residence before his inauguration as president. The term 'lobbyist' was coined by another president, Ulysses S. Grant, for those who pestered him for political favours as he relaxed in the hotel's lobby. THE OMNI GROVE PARK INN, ASHEVILLE Atop Sunset Mountain in the foothills of North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains, the 100-year-old hotel is known for its striking exposed stonework cladding exterior and interiors such as huge fireplaces, period-style furniture and a spa pool grotto. Like The Broadmoor (above), it has a Donald Ross-designed golf course. THE HISTORY MAKERS CHARACTERFUL HOTELS THE PEABODY MEMPHIS GRAND HOTEL THE BROADMOOR OMNI MOUNT WASHINGTON RESORT 56 visitusa.org.uk
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