ʻO ka "Grand" e like me ka mea i kapa ʻia ma ka mokupuni, he wahi kai kūʻono ia me kahi kahakai 660-kapuai ka lōʻihi, ʻelima papa kiʻekiʻe. Ma lalo iho o kēia veranda uhi ʻia kahi lau nahele manicured e iho ana i kahi māla pua kūlana kahi e pua ai nā 10,000 geraniums i ka wā ma waena o nā moena pua me nā pua hihiu. Aia ka hōkele ma ka mokupuni ʻo Mackinac ma ke kaona ma waena o Lake Michigan a me Lake Huron. Ua kūleʻa ia ma muli o kahi hoʻoholo koʻikoʻi i hoʻoholo ʻia i nā makahiki 1920. Ua pāpā ʻia nā kaʻa a me nā kalaka pilikino āpau ma ka mokupuni e hāʻawi ana i ka poʻe kipa e manawa e noho ai i kahi kauhale me ka ʻole o nā kaʻa. Ma ko lākou wahi, hilinaʻi nā poʻe mokupuni i nā paikikala a me nā kaʻa kau lio a me nā kaʻa. Ua kapa ʻia ʻo Plank's Grand Hotel ma hope o ka mea kūkulu hale ʻo John Oliver Plank, kekahi o nā mea kūkulu hale hōkele kiʻekiʻe o ʻAmelika i ka hopena o 1880s a me ka mua o ka makahiki 1900.

I ka makahiki 1886, ua hoʻokumu ʻia ka Hui Mackinac Island Hotel e ka hui waena ʻo Michigan Central, Grand Rapids a me Indiana Railroad, a me Detroit a me Cleveland Steamship Navigation Company. Ua kūʻai ka hui i ka ʻāina kahi i kūkulu ʻia ai ka hōkele a hoʻomaka ʻia ke kūkulu ʻana, ma muli o ka hoʻolālā a Detroit architects ʻo Mason lāua ʻo Rice. I ka wehe ʻana i ka makahiki e hiki mai ana, hoʻolaha ʻia ka hōkele iā Kikako, Erie, Montreal a me Detroit e noho ana ma ke ʻano he hoʻomaha kauwela no nā poʻe hoʻomaha hoʻomaha i hōʻea i ka mokuahi moana a ma ke kaʻaahi mai ka ʻāina holoʻokoʻa. Ua wehe ka hōkele ma Iulai 10, 1887 a hala nā lā he 93 wale nō e hoʻopau.

Mālama ka Grand i ka mālama ʻana i kāna mea hoʻohiwahiwa o ke kenekulia 19 a e ola i ka makahiki o nā hōkele budget, nā alaloa interstate a me nā kaʻa hoʻokipa. Hāʻawi ia i kahi pae laha o ka hiwahiwa me ke ʻano o ke kaila i hala ka hapa nui i waho o kaila. ʻO nā meaʻai nā hoʻolālā ʻAmelika e hōʻike ana i nā papa ʻaina ʻelima a me nā ʻaina ahiahi me nā lākeke a me nā pili i nā keonimana a me nā wahine "i kā lākou mea maikaʻi". ʻAʻohe ʻae ʻia i ka Grand me ka uku 18% gratuity i hoʻohui ʻia i kēlā me kēia bila.

Ua kipa aku ʻelima mau Pelekikena US: Harry Truman, John F. Kennedy, Gerald Ford, George HW Bush a me Bill Clinton. Hoʻokipa pū ka hōkele i ka hōʻike lehulehu mua o kā Edon mau phonograph ma luna o ka lanai a me nā hōʻike maʻamau o nā mea hou i hana pinepine ʻia i ka wā noho pinepine o Edison. Ua hana ʻo Mark Twain i kēia i wahi maʻamau i kāna huakaʻi ʻōlelo i ke komohana waena.

Hoʻohui ʻia, ʻeono mau suites i kapa ʻia a hoʻolālā ʻia e ʻehiku mau wahine mua ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, e like me ka Jacqueline Kennedy Suite (me ke kapeta e pili pū ana me ka ʻaeto pelekikena gula ma luna o ka moku polū a me nā paia i pena ʻia i ke gula), ʻo Lady Bird Johnson Suite (melemele nā paia uhi uhi ʻia me nā pua pua uliuli a me nā pua hihiu), Betty Ford Suite (ʻōmaʻomaʻo me ka holika a me kahi ʻulaʻula), Rosalynn Carter Suite (me kahi laʻana o ka china i hoʻolālā ʻia no ka Carter White House a me nā uhi paia ma Georgia peach), Nancy Reagan Suite (me nā paia ʻulaʻula a me nā lima pilikino a Mrs. Reagan), ʻo Barbara Bush Suite (i hoʻolālā ʻia me ka polū a me ka momi, a me nā ʻano o Maine a me Texas) a me ka Laura Bush Suite.

I 1957, ua koho ʻia ka Grand Hotel kahi State Historical Building. I ka makahiki 1972, ua koho ʻia ka hōkele i ka National Register of Hist Historis Places, a ma Iune 29, 1989, ua hana ʻia ka hōkele i National Historic Landmark.

ʻO ka Conde Nast Traveller "Lists Gold" ka hōkele ma ke ʻano he hoʻokahi o nā "Wahi maikaʻi loa e noho ai i ka honua holoʻokoʻa" a me ka puke makala huakaʻi ʻo Travel + Leisure ma waena o nā "Top 100 Hōkele ma ka Honua." Ua ʻike ʻo The Spectator Waina i ka Hōkele Nui me kahi “Award of Excellence” a ua hana ʻo ia i ka makasina ʻo Gourmet ʻo “Top 25 Hotels in the World” papa inoa. Hāʻawi ka ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa ʻAmelika (AAA) i nā pono ma ke ʻano he ʻehā-Diamond resort. I ka makahiki 2009 ua koho ʻia ka Grand Hotel ma 10 o ka Hōʻikeʻike Nui Nui o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa o ʻAmelika e ka National Trust for Histories Preservation.

I ka makahiki 2012, ua hoʻolauleʻa ka Grand Hotel i kona 125th anniversary with a series of memorable hanana: Pōʻaono pō ʻaina awakea me nā kiaʻāina o mua o Michigan i hele, hōʻike ʻia e Grand Hotel interior designer Carlton Varney, Pōʻalima pō ahi, hana maoli na John Pizzarelli a me nā mea hou aku. Ua paʻi ʻia kahi puke pākaukau kope 125thanniversary kūikawā.

Hoʻomaopopo ʻo 2018 i ka lā hānau 131th o ka Grand Hotel a ma luna o 85 mau makahiki o ka ʻohana Musser ʻohana.

ʻO ka mea kākau, ʻo Stanley Turkel, kahi mana i ʻike ʻia a kūkākūkā pū me ia i ka ʻoihana hōkele. Hoʻohana ʻo ia i kāna hōkele, hoʻokipa a me ka hana aʻoaʻo aʻoaʻo loea i ka hoʻokele waiwai, nā loiloi hana a me ka maikaʻi o nā ʻaelike franchise hotel a me nā kuleana kākoʻo litigation. ʻO nā mea kūʻai aku nā mea hōkele, nā mea hoʻopukapuka a me nā ʻoihana hōʻaiʻē.

Ua hoʻopuka ʻia kāna puke hou e ka mea kākau ʻo HomeHouse: "Hotel Mavens Volume 2: ʻO Henry Morrison Flagler, ʻO Henry Bradley Plant, ʻo Carl Graham Fisher."

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