Beverly Hills Hotel

The Beverly Hills Hotel is a hotel in Beverly Hills, CA, at 9641 Sunset Boulevard. It was opened on May 12, 1912 and started by Margaret J. Anderson and her son, Stanley S. Anderson. Since the city's inception, it has been a central meeting place for residents and business people, especially from Los Angeles's movie and television industries.

The hotel is a member of The Leading Hotels of the World and is currently managed and owned by the Dorchester Collection. The Dorchester Collection is a collection of five luxury hotels in the United Kingdom, the United States, France, and Italy and was organized in 1996 to manage the hotel interests of the Brunei Investment Agency.

Svend Petersen, the pool manager at the hotel for 42 years has become a Hotel Ambassador in 2002 and is a symbol of Old Hollywood. He opened up the pool after hours for the Beatles and he taught Faye Dunaway to swim a freestyle crawl in "Mommie Dearest". The Eagles featured it in the album cover art of their 1976 LP "Hotel California".

It is also home to the famous Polo Lounge.

For some unknown reason the hotel has the Mexican flag flying over the hotel.

See also

• Van Noy Railway News and Hotel Company

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