Pan American Airways

Crew Layovers

The best of times.

Hard at work at the navigator's station, Boeing 707, somewhere over the Pacific.

This site is under continuous development by Claude Hudspeth

PAA 1/31/1966-12/04/1991

For information on the up coming 75th annavirsy of the China Clipper flight in San Francisco, go to:

www.china-clipper.com

This site is beginning to take its final form. At present there are 70 cities and over 160 hotels on this site. Many thanks to Louis Berman, Zan Owen Ward, Jim somebody, Agnes Asperslag and, John Marshall, and Evelyn David who have sent me pictures and written descriptions of our experences at the hotels. Also thanks to Rejeanne Cote Touzot for hotel names and photos, Janet Morgan, Joseph Diekemper, Dorcie Sakuma, Greg Buckner, Roger Klein, John McEwan, Nance Rivers Abadilla, Marty Seaholm, Loree Bubert, Jeanne Jackson, Ken Pfrang, Ann Kaplan, and a few who didn't give me their names, for their input. Surely there must be more of you out there with pictures and interesting information on these hotels. I don't know how many cameras I bought in Tokyo, but I don't seem to have any pictures from them to use here (except the one above). If you have any, please send them to me (cbhiii@aol.com) so I can make all of this site as interesting as the Princess in Bangkok, the Metropole in Karachi, and the CAAC in Beijing.

Here are some of locations which I have forgotten the name of the hotel we used. Douala, Rabat, Casablanca, Shanghai. Surly someone knows what happen to the Eruopa in Copenhagen?

Links to:

Crew Layover Hotels

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Pan Am Building in Honolulu

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Honolulu

Moana Hotel

"During the "boat-days" and after, until about 1950, our layover in HNL was at the Moana Hotel.  The fifth and sixth floors were set aside for PAA crews.  The Outrigger Club, next door, extended membership privileges to the crews and we made good use of them.  When the club moved to the Diamond Head end of Waikiki we were offered a visitor membership for the grand fee of $10 per year!" Tom Kewin

 

Royal Hawaiian Manor

Yes, the Manor is still there. It is used for offices by the Sheraton. The two top floors have been completely remodeled. The other floors are pretty much as we left them, with some walls removed here and there. Even the carpet looks the same.

We were staying at the Sheraton Waikiki in February 2009 with a room that looked down on the Manor (above) that gave me the idea to do a web site of all the crew layover hotels. If for no other reason, if you can't remember the name of a hotel you stayed at someplace, you should be able to find it here.

Zan Owen in Muumuu

Princess

 

Ambassador

 

Ala Moana

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Pago Pago

InterContinental Rainmaker

(Photos Courtesy Zan Owen Ward)

(Zan is the author of The World-My Oyster-Thank You-Pan Am)

Click here for current information on the Rainmaker

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Djakarta

Hotel Indonesia InterContinental

(The part we stayed in is on the right)

 


Bangkok

Princess Hotel

(Need Picture of Exterior)

 

(Photos Courtesy of Zan Owen Ward)

 

Pan Am dinning Room Kitchen Staff and Louis Berman, Manager

"In spite of having its own dining room , the owners of the Princess hotel were agreeable for PanAm having its own.It was located off the hotel lobby...The ' Crew Dining Room ' was open to all BKK based personnel, to  all PA personnel in-transit either on company business or on vacation  or whatever...Crew members had priority over all other categories of PA personnel. .The DR operated 365 - 7 X 7 - 24 hours / Day.  Crew members could have food at any time they chose.There always was a great assortment of food and exotic local fruit, all previously disinfected by washing in permanganate potasium as recommended by the PA medical office at SFO Hq...Other hygiene practices were also strictly observed, not only about the food items for the crew dining room but for in-flight food  provisioning as well .These precautions that applied also not only  to crew dining room personnel , but to those of our personnel who handled aircraft food provisioning ...

At the time I was there, 1956-1959, BKK was administered by the Pacific-Alaska Division (PAD) and it delineated  the '' Border ' between the PAD and the Atlantic Divisions . It was at this point like two different companies .When a Round-the -World (RTW) transited BKK there was even a variation in certain  parts of the crew uniforms, namely the cap covers ( Always white covered for the PAD and same for the ATL in summer..and no cap cover in winter etc..) . Different procedures were also in order as far as galley equipment arrangements were concerned , different catering and maintenance procedures, i.e what may be a ' Go ' item for the ATL, may be a ' No-Go ' for PAD,..All in all  a challenge  and a great place to develop team spiti with the crews, and thus it was.

Regarding a picture of the front of the hotel, to the best of my recollection , the hotel did not have a facade fronting  New Road. To enter it  one had to proceed through a covered carriage way , used for pedestrians only..It was lined by at least one shop held by a charming young Indian lady..Jewelry and all that, and perhaps another shop. or two ( ? ). Then one proceeded to a open sky inner courtyard..To the left of it was the swimming pool. To the right ,  the hotel offices, the hotel 'own dining room and then close by the Pan Am crew dining room..somewhere in the back...all fronting the swimming

That night club you mention.I remember it well. It was not exactly next door, but almost if we are talking about the same place. The one I have in mind and is probably the same you mention was on New Road, on the same side of it as the Princess but to get to it one had to cross Sunwongse Road where the PanAm district sales  and admin. offices  were located in the Thoresen Bldg."". Louis Berman

"The name of the bar that we used to go to after getting to the Princess Hotel in Bangkok was the Dew-Drop-Inn on Oriental Avenue.  Just up from the Oriental Hotel." Barb Longnecker Cain

 

 

 

Siam InterContinental

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Bermuda

Princess Hotel

"From NY I flew a lot of Bermuda shuttles in the DC-6B, often with Trippe and his guests aboard when he owned the Princess Hotel and that's where we stayed on Bermuda layovers.  That's when 1st class was in the back rather than the front of the plane and I'd always make one trip down the aisle and he would introduce me around to a bunch of names that I wish I could remember now... Sen. Brewster and CEO Charlie Wilson of GM come to mind.  When we flew a "W" with an overnight in Boston we got 1st class treatment at the old Copley Square Hotel where there was always a convention or wedding party going on." Lee Nelson

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Damascus

Omayad Hotel

"With a couple times a week schedule and the unreliable Connies we spent a lot of time at the "Oh My God" Hotel in Damascus on the NY to Calcutta run in the '40s.  It's hard for me to believe but this interment photo looks like the Omayad Hotel where we stayed on the second floor.  The entrance was on a corner like this and across the lobby as you entered was a small brass open cage elevator that slowly ground it's way from floor to floor and gave gawking locals a glimpse of the future..  The large windows were then open 24/7 to the sounds of busy street noise, camels, hawkers, and amplified calls to prayer." Lee Nelson 

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Beirut

Phoenicia InterContinental

(Le Cave and the Tavern Swiss apear to be no more. Photos Marianne Jonsson Nisco , PAA 1962-1986 )

A MAJESTIC LANDMARK ON THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA   Overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, the InterContinental Phoenicia Beirut is situated along the famous boardwalk “Corniche,” a few minutes from the city’s business and banking district, and the ever lively and entertaining “Down Town” city centre. Beirut International Airport is only a few kilometres away. The historic sites of Beiteddine, Baalbeck and The Cedars are well worth the drive. The InterContinental Phoenicia Beirut is a historic landmark in Lebanon and the Middle East.

 

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London

Kensington Palace Hotel

Athenaeum Court

Here's an anecdote about the Athenium Court from the '60s. Captians stayed in small suits which were on the back of the hotel. Early one morning there was a fire in the hotel; the captain I was flying with (name forgotten) crawled out of his first floor room onto the wide ledge (they were under the windows on all floors). When I walked around to the backside of the hotel to watch the fire brigade in action, captain ??? was sitting in his pajamas on the ledge which was perhaps 12 or 14 feet above street level. An alarmed fireman shouted at him through a bull horn "sir, don't jump!" The world's most experienced cupped his hands to his mouth and shouted back, "don't worry." Greg Buckner

 

Chelsea Closters

 

Sheraton Skyline

Grosvenor House

Millennium

Cavendish St James

Park Lane

 

Sheraton Park Tower

 

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Guam

Guamerica

(Could use some pictures taken here)

 

Cliff Hotel

(Red Carpet restaurant is still there)

 

Okura

 

Guam Hilton-(Our last hotel in Guam, 1986).

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Suva-Fiji

 

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Tahiti

InterContinental Taharra-Papeete

Click here for more information on this famous hotel

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New Delhi

Ashok Hotel

This hotel is one of New Delhi's most distinctive landmarks and has hosted some of India's most important national and international events. The hotel was first made famous when the UNIDO conference was held here in 1956 which was the first ever international event held in India since it asserted its independence. The Ashok Hotel is situated just two kilometers from the Presidential Palace and is a short drive to the International Airport. The pink wall structure boasts 550 rooms ranging from modern double rooms to glamorous Presidential suites with each room containing broadband internet, mini bar and television with satellite channels. The hotel features a whole host of recreational facilities including a full fitness center, swimming pool, Spa, tennis court and a jogging track and also contains a staggering 12 restaurants serving food from all corners of the world such as Lebanese, Korean, Chinese and, of course, Indian.

 

Oberoi Hotel

Overlooking an 18-hole golf course, Oberoi is located approximately one mile from Delhi Zoo and 15 miles from Indira Gandhi International Airport. The Oberoi has five exclusive restaurants: La Rochelle & Wine Bar for continental cuisine, The Palms for all day dining, Taipan for Cantonese and Szechuan cuisine, Baan Thai for Thai cuisine, and The Kandabar for Indian cuisine. There are also two bars, a beauty parlor, and a shopping arcade on site. Room service is available 24 hours a day.

 

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Kabul

InterContinental

Click her for information on this hotel.

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Rome

Metropole

"We stopped for drinks at the Metropole the last time we were in Rome. Do you remember the name of the restaurant near there everyone called the 'three brothers'? That wasn't it - it was the Coq'd Ore or some other thing with 'gold' in the name." Greg Buckner

Under the picture of the Hotel Metropole, Greg Buckner asked what the real name of the restaurant everybody called, "The Brothers, or Three Brothers," is.  The real name is, "Trattoria Nuova Stella, owned by the Fedeli brothers, and still open.  Neither place looks anything like it did back in the day. Thanks for the site! Frank Rizzuto - NYCOQPA (1966-1981)

 


"Me" is Zan Owen Ward

 

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Vienna

 

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Lisbon

Hotel Palaco-Estoril

Embaixador Hotel (Photo-Marianne Edwards)

(Now a Comfort Inn)

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Barbados

Sam Lord's Castle

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Frobisher

 

"The company staff house was the ultimate. The kitchen was open 24 hours a day." Tom Kewin

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Anchorage

Captain Cook

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Tokyo

Imperial Hotel

(Frank Loyd Wrights masterpiece; The Imperial Hotel.  Duck your head!  The door to the bathroom is only 6 feet high. Tom Kewin)

Palace Hotel

(This hotel has been demolished and is being replaced)

 

Narita View

(Any one have a picture of the crew dinning room/)

 

Keio Plaza

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Taipei

Sheraton

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Seoul

Grand Hyatt

Lotte Hotel

 

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Hong Kong

Peninsula Hotel

"We were picked up at the airport by a green Rolls Royce limousine." Tom Kewin

 

Park Hotel

 

 

Hyatt Regency

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Shanghai

Cathy Hotel

"PAA was drowning in Chinese currency since they couldn't exchange it for greenbacks.  The crews just signed for meals in the very posh dining room.  Shrimp cocktail, steak, potatoes, and a baked alaska for dessert." Tom Kewin

(Need name and photo of last hotel)

Shanghai Zoo (Al Holman, Claude Hudspeth. Send me

the names of the othere if you know them. )

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Beijing

 

CAAC Hotel-

(Need Picture)

"I remember staying at the old CAAC Hotel in Beijing in 1983, when we were first going into China.  It was run by CAAC, which naturally was a branch of the government.  It was like a military barracks, very austere, with a hall monitor strategically located on each floor where she (it always seemed to be a no-nonsense woman), could watch the entire corridor to make sure no one slipped from room-to-room.  The wake-up call on the phone was always a gruff, "You!  Wake up now!"  It was right at the airport, and located next to a militayr installation so we could hear the trucks and troops being noisily mustered under our windows at first light.  There was a huge radar antenna on top of a building no more that 50 yards from the hotel that rotated constantly.  I could swear that I sort of vibrated every time it went around.  I wonder how many people it sterilized." John Marshall

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Shannon

Old Ground Hotel-Ennis

"It became so infested with rats we refused to stay there for a while." Tom Kewin

Shannon Shamrock Inn-Shannon -------------------------Durty Nell's

Jurys-Limerick

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Istanbul

Hilton

 

InterContinental

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Teheran

Hilton (Now Esieghlal Grand Hotel)

 

InterContinental (Now Laleh International Hotel)

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Preswick

Turnberry (Ice Palace)

Fabled white walls rise up to a thousand red tiles. An enchanting hotel, sentinel above historic lands. Here, the views fall away and away towards mystical islands and jagged mountains. The waves crash. A lighthouse stands guard. And between you and the safety of the fairway lies 200 yards of open water and perilous rock. This is what links golf is all about.

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Guatemala City

 

Holiday Inn

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Panama City

La Siesta (Image from Agnes Asperslag)

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San Salvador

InterContinental Real

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Boston

Copley Square Hotel

"When we flew a "W" with an overnight in Boston we got 1st class treatment at the old Copley Square Hotel where there was always a convention or wedding party going on." Lee Nelson

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Chicago

Edgewater Beach Hotel (Since 1967 apartments)

Palmer House (Hilton)

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Miami

Kings Inn (Now a Comfort Inn)

 

Marriott

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Seattle

Roosevelt Hotel

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San Francisco

Benjamin Franklin Hotel-San Mateo

"In the '40s and '50s before the big airport hotels were built the company put me up several times at the Benjamin Franklin Hotel in San Mateo which was closer than the city,  It was the largest building in a small town and you couldn't miss it down the block on 3rd Ave when traveling El Camino Real.  It had a very nice outdoor swimming pool and was close to restaurants and there was  a good tailor (Murphey & Heartless ?) right across the street who made uniforms." Lee Nelson 

Jack Tar Hotel

Click here for information on this hotel.

Sir Francis Drake

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New York

Penn Garden Hotel (now Affinia Manhattan)

When I started with Pan Am in 1967, we stayed at the Penn Garden Hotel, on 7th Ave. near Madison Sq. Gdns.  I could not find it since I’m sure that it has changed names, but there was a fire station on the side street and the alarms would keep us awake while we tried to sleep during the day after an all-nighter From EZE.   True story:   Pat Cavalaris, a Purser from MIA, was getting ready for pick-up, running the shower with hot water to steam out her uniform and set her hair ( the days before portable irons and steam curlers).   When she tried to go back to the room, the door would not open, so she went to the bathroom window, opened it, and tried to attract attention … some New Yorkers thought she was trying to jump … alerted the firemen and the front desk, they even had the trampoline for her to jump into.   A fireman went to the room next door, and opened the window to convince her NOT to jump, so she calmly explained that her door was stuck and only wanted someone to open the door for her to finish getting dressed for pick-up !   They had to use a fire axe … too many coats of paint ?   I wonder if that is one of the many reasons that the Doral and so many other hotels secured the windows so that they could not be opened ….Keep up the good work, Donna.

 

 

 

Doral Inn (Now W New York Hotel)

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Singapore

 

Grand Hyatt

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Dakar

La Meridien President

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Roberts Field

Need Picture of Hotel (Photo-Marianne Edwards)

 

General Information

The Roberts Field Hotel in Monrovia, Liberia situated Robert Field Int'l Airport can be contacted by phone +231721014. Here it is unfortunately not yet possible to book online. This accommodation Roberts Field Hotel would be glad to welcome you soon. The correct data depends on the update of the information through the management and cannot be guaranteed.

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Johannesburg

Carlton Hotel

Holiday Inn (Airport)

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Nairobi

InterContinental

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Brussels

Metroploe

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Paris

 

Terrass Hotel

 

Zan Owen, Karen von Raden, Lennie Thorrel, forgot name, Chantal Besnard

At dinner in Paris. (Photo-Zan Owen Ward)

Hotel de Paris

(photos by Rejeanne Cote Touzot 1961-1965 and Marianne Edwards)

Scribe

(photo by Rejeanne. Now an InterContinental Hotel)

 

InterContinental

(Now The Westin Paris)

 

Le Meridien Montparnasse

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Frankfurt

Metropole-Monopol

 

InterContinental

(A photo of the "gas station" here would be nice)

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Bombay

Sheraton Rajputana Place

Taj Mahal Palace

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St. Thomas

 

Bluebeards Castle

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Hotel Diamant Les Bains-Martinique

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Antigua

 

Hawksbill Hotel-Antigua

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St. Maarten

Caravanserai

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San Juan

 

Hotel Pierre & The Swiss Chalet

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Port of Spain

 

Piarco Guest House

"The Piarco Guest House in Trinidad was still standing this month (January,2010), it was used by the Government, but it will be demolished sometime this year. I got this info since I'm from there and an ex pilot, Richard Eckel, sent a verification." Donna Valdes

 

Hilton

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San Jose

 

Cariari

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Buenos Aires

 

City Hotel

"The bar where we would meet after we changed was always fun we would  play Bidu Bidai (sp?), a fun game like liar's dice.  This was during Presidente Peron's time and many foreign correspondents would hang out with us - for info and safety.  Very dangerous times in B.A. through out the 50's. When Peron was re-elected -he died in office, and his wife Isabalita became Pres - during the mid 70's (again it became a dangerous place) the West Coast had South American trips. Thats all I flew as I was fluent in Spanish and had many friends still living there.Flying LAD was never dull." Evelyn David

Presidente Hotel

Old layover hotel was the Continental, on Diagonal Norte (fireplaces in the lobby and in every room!), before we moved to the El Presidente on Cerrito.  Memories: The widest boulevard in the world, and only one traffic light between Ezeiza Airport and downtown; favourite restaurants (La Estancia, La Cabana, El Caballito Blanco - with a musical saw player!); shopping on Avenida Florida (leather, silver, paintings - and copper-clad milk cans!); Plaza Inglaterra, renamed Plaza Espana during the Falklands War; the Costaneira restaurants, along the banks of the River Plate; "meatless" weeks, when we enjoyed chivito (goat) instead of baby beef; the Argentine Air Force Museum at Aeroparque, including many British types and RAF films on display; La Boca (Italian section), with colourful buildings and tango establishments on the Caminito; no mini-skirts or public displays of affection allowed; the beautiful National Theatre; the super-structure of the scuttled German Graf Spee still visible at low tide; the windowless prison, nicknamed the Buenos Aires Hilton, near the cemetery; flying trips to the Bariloche ski resort while on long (5-day) layovers.  A pedestrian overpass bridge at the edge of Ezeiza Airport had a spray-painted "welcome" message for American visitors: "Yanqui go home."  One of our enterprising local PAA employees added a phrase - in equally large letters - that never failed to bring a smile to the faces of weary Clipper crews: "- Via Pan Am." !!!    Dave "Mac" McLay   

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Montevideo

 

No Picture Yet

Victoria Plaza Hotel

Dear Mr. Hudspeth

I had the occasion of taking a look at the very interesting site you are developing on the hotels Pan Am crews stayed at. In looking at the space devoted to MVD I remarked there is no picture but a legend stating that the old Victoria Plaza Hotel building has been replaced by a modern construction. This is only partially true. There is indeed a modern building which was built behind the original one. The original hotel building is still there, connected to the new one by a steel and glass bridge over a street, so that the access to the new Hotel is done through the remodeled lobby of the old one. That building is still being used for office space. I'’ve already talked to the marketing people at the Radisson and they promised to look for vintage photos. If I do get one, I’ll send it to you.

 For a bit of history, I’ll tell you that I was with Pan Am in Montevideo from 1968 to 1991. Having been hired as an Accounting cashier, I was finally promoted to Country Manager in 1983, so the sad task of closing down the operations there fell upon me. If everything pans out OK, I’ll be attending the November celebrations in SFO

Yours,

José Luis Hernández

Montevideo, Uruguay
tel/fax +598  24801944
cel +598 (0) 99 6641

 

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Caracas

 

Tamanaco InterContinental (Photo-Marianne Edwards)

 

 

Sheraton Macuto

"Again, learned that day at the Macuto there was an unsolved murder of a Flt Eng.- plus a horrible T-storm that our staff were stuck at the airport and we could not layover there and continued or FIREBALLED to Port of  Spain for many Rum and Cokes !!!" Evelyn David

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Rio de Janeiro

Maramar

Old layover hotel was the Miramar Palace (v. Marama) on  Avenida Atlantica (great tanga bikini-watching at Copacabana Beach, as we sipped gin & tonics on the front patio!), before we re-located to the IHC at Gavea.  During one of many power failures at the Miramar Palace, we had to hoof it up to our rooms on the 12th floor, and then discovered a locked gate leading to the 14th floor roof bar; our LEC layover committee reported it as a safety hazard for evacuations but I don't recall if management ever corrected the condition.  Carnaval and the samba schools were a magical experience, as were trips to Paqueta Island in Guanabara Bay (no motor vehicles, but lots of horse-drawn carriages), Brazilian stations dispensed local cash (cruzeiros) for layovers, which de-valued rapidly, sometimes during a four- or five-day layover!  Dave "Mac" McLay

InterContinental

Sheraton

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Campinas

Savoy Hotel

(Need Picture)

"The name of the Hotel in Campinas was the Savoy, it is no longer there, it is now a parking lot." Donna Valdez

"Hotel in Campinas was the Savoy.  We ate at the Gaucho nearby." Carol Munn, MIA 1970-1991

VCP (Viracopos Airport serving nearby Campinas, and SAO - that did not have a jet runway in the 1960s) - Campinas layover hotel was the Savoy, on Rua Regente Feijo.  LAD and NYOD crews consumed prodigious amounts of churrasco and Brahma Chopp beer during long layovers in that location, at the Churrascaria Gaucha, Casa Portugal (Frank's Bierhalle), the Armorial, and other garden spots . . .  We had privileges at the local tennis club clay courts and enjoyed riding the "bondes" (streetcars).  Local excursions included Cometa bus rides to Piracicaba ("place where the fishes run") and churrasco peixe (fish barbecue) at the Mirante Restaurant overlooking the waterfalls.  Nearby Limeira and Lindoia were pretty colonial towns.  The big city of Sao Paulo was a 2-hour Ava bus ride away, and visits included the Butantan Snake Institute.  A former PAA pilot from MIA, who had been bitten by poisonous snakes many times, regularly donated his blood there for use in anti-venom shots. Dave "Mac" McLay 

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Santiago

 

 

Sheraton-Santiago

 

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Bahrain

 

Sheraton

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Dubai

Hyatt Regency

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Abidjan

Ivoire InterContinental

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Karachi

Metropole

(Photos-Zan Owen Ward)

"The Hotel Metropole in Karachi where we had sbout two thirds of one floor blocked off for our exclusive use as crew accommodation. This included kitchens and dining rooms with staff to prepare and serve all meals as it was unsafe to eat out in restaurants or even in the dining room of the same hotel. Also included was a crew recreation room. The bedding and dining linens were done in our own laundry room washers & dryers by a staff of stewards who cleaned and made up the rooms. No hotel employees were or others were permitted access to these quarters to assure privacy and a quiet atmosphere that allowed sleep around the clock. The entire facility and staff were under the supervision of the Pan Am Station Operations Manager." Jim ........

 

Sheraton

 

InterContinental

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Mexico City

Holiday Inn-Airport

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Dahahran

Dhahran International Hotel

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Manila

Manila Hotel

(Hotel has been extensively remodeled. When I find a image of what it looked like when we stayed there, I'll replace this one)

Clark Field

 

Baguio Country Club

"In the 707 days, we flew a lot of military charters to Clarke Field, north of Manila. We had a four hour taxi ride up the mountains for a two or three day layover at the Baguio Country Club." Tom Kewin

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Dubrovnik

Croatia

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Bucharest

InterContinental

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Athens

InterContinental

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Munich

Sheraton

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Nuremberg

La Meridien Grand

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Hamburg

InterContinenta

 

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Amsterdam

Okura

Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky

 

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Sydney

 

Town House Hotel

Click here for the latest on the Town House Hotel

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Zagreb

President

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Copenhagen

 

Sheraton (Now a Scandic Hotel0

 

Need a photo of the Europa

 

 

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Warsaw

InterContinental

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Moscow

Cosmos

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Ankara

Hilton

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Oslo

Grand Hotel

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Helsinke

InterContinental Strand (Now a Hilton)

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Auckland

InterContinental (Now a Hyatt Regency)

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Krakow

Holiday Inn

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Cairo

Marriott

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Links

Some links to Web sites relating to Pan America Airways. It seems Pan Am has not been forgotten.

History of Pan Am, Part I

Time Marches On

You Can't Beat the Experience

The Worlds Most Experience

China Clipper II

Tenerife, Crash of the Century

Pan Am 103, Part I

Pan Am 103, Part II

Pan Am 103, Part III

Pan Am 103, Part IV

Pan Am 103, Part V

In One Man's Garage, Pan Am Still Makes the Going Great

PAN AM AIR.org

Pan Am Documentary

Pan American Introduces Jet Service

1980s Commercial

World's Best Pan Am 747 Video

All Flights Are Canceled

Wonderful World

Everything Pan Am

University of Miami Libraries

The Long Way Home, You Tube

The Long Way Home

Orphaned By Job Loss: The Rise And Fall Of Pan Am And The Traumatic Impact On Its Employees, Part I

Orphaned By Job Loss: Pan Am Soaring Down Hill, Part II

PanAmAir.org

Pan Am Air Disasters

Helen Davey @ Huffington Post

Airline-Decline-Not So Friendly Skies

ABC Person of the Week

 

 

Yes, as of March, 2009, there was still a Pan American/Pan Am building in Honolulu. It is near the Ala Moana hotel.