Inter-Continental Jerusalem Hotel, Jerusalem, Mr. Neal Prince, AIA, ASID

InterContinental Hotel Archives Neal Prince ASID

Neal Prince R.A., A.S.I.D

(Curriculum Vitae)

InterContinental Hotel Corporation Digital Archives

InterContinental Jerusalem Hotel
Jerusalem (1964-1986)

InterContinental Hotel Collections
held by the Neal Prince Estate Holding Trust

Mr. Neal Prince,
R.A., A.S.I.D
(Curriculum Vitae)

Index Holdings Relating to the 1940's

Index Holdings Relating to the 1950's

Index Holdings Relating to the 1960's

Index Holdings Relating to the 1970's

Index Holdings Relating to the 1980's

Index Holdings Relating to the 1990's

Professional
Biography 2000's

Mr. Neal Prince Resource Image Data Base

InterContinental Hotels
Historical
Background

John B. Gates,
Chairman of the Board

Robert Huyot,
Chairman of the Board

Hans Sternick,
Chairman of the Board

John P. Sutherland,
President
Latin American
Division

Mario Di Genova,
President
Europe/Africa Divsions

R. Kane Rufe,
Sr. Vice President
Far East/Pacific Division

John C. Carrodus
Sr. Vice President
of Services

Neal A. Prince
Vice President
Graphics and Interior Designs

Departmental Staff and Contractual Designers:

Kenneth Smith,
ASID

Charles R Alvey,
Graphic Designer

Richard Simpson,
Graphic Designer

Bill Embery

Dale & Pat Keller,
ASID

Joe Grusczak,
ASID

Trisha Wilson,
ASID

James Ray Baker,
ASID

Irene D'Alessio,
Interior Designer

Arie deZanger,
IHC Photographer

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Who is Mr. Neal Prince? Mr. Prince is a trained Architect from Rice University, an Art Historian, Art Collector and a person with a vast passion for Motion Pictures and Theatre History, especially Set Designs. These elements came together to build a foundation to Mr. Prince's skills, which later became recognized as his ability for designing Hotel and Restaurant Interiors. Mr. Prince incorporated his own passions of above, into an International branding philosophy that remains as strong today as it was when he developed his philosophy of Hotel and Restaurant Designs, which is visible today, in Hotels worldwide. But what makes Mr. Prince different? He was a pioneer within this Industry, along with Dale and Pat Keller, of Hong Kong, in designing Hotels in countries that never had an International Hotel presence. Mr. Prince, along with Kenneth Smith (Interior Designer), Charles Alvey (Graphic Designer), Richard Simpson (Graphic Designer), William Embury (Interior Designer), Joe Grusczak (Interior Designer), James Ray Baker (Interior Designer) and Irene D'Alessio (Interior Designer) and many others were the first, to sent the standards for International Hotel Interiors. And what is incredible is that he did not have the grand budgets that most designers have today. Mr. Prince used local talents and products, when available and appropriate, to augment his designs, which, in return, allowed local Artist, Gallery Owners, Merchants and vendors to view InterContinental not as an invader, but as a partner in creating new sources of commence within the local economy. What is even more unique in Mr. Prince being different, was that Mr. Prince has always credited his success, not in the terms of "I", but "WE". Mr. Prince, being from Corsicana, Texas, has always remained modest and respectful and always have contributed his success due to the fact that designing hotels is a "TEAM" effort, from his Departmental Staff to his Professional Associate Designers that he had brought on to do a certain project for the vast inventory of InterContinental Hotel holdings. This website is to bring together the collections, resources, stories and images documenting a period of time, before computers, mobile phones, fax's or video conferencing. This website is to recapture the time when International Hotel Design Industry remained in its infancy before the growth and development into what we have today as multi billion dollar companies. Each Hotel on this website will encompass how Mr. Prince and his Staff and Professional Associates overcame the troubles of designing Hotels, from a historic point of view, to what was necessary to open the Hotels, maintain the Hotels, and what lessons were learned to be applied for the next project.

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Hotel:

InterContinental Jerusalem Hotel

Architect:

Mr. William B. Tabler, Sr. (b. 1914-2004), American

Mr. William B. Tabler, was an Architect at the head of the movement to design hotels for efficiency, rather than charm, who designed more than 400 hotels in his career, most notably the mammoth hotels for the Inter-Continental Hotel Corporation properties, including, but not limited to:

Mr. Tabler, Sr. was further known for his work with various other corporations, including the New York Hilton at Rockefeller Center in New York, the Washington Hilton and the Hilton in San Francisco. He died on February 3rd, 2004 in Upper Brookfield, New York at the age of 89. Mr. Prince worked directly with Mr. Tabler, Sr., and his son, Mr. William B. Tabler, Jr., who remains with the firm and continues the legacy of talents of the highest level of experience that is difficult to find in todays market for Hotel Designers. Mr. Prince, noted many times over that with experience, brings solutions to every problem, and that is why the William B. Tabler Architecture Firm did to allow the Inter-Continental Hotel Corporation to grow with great speed to what it has become today, the leader in International Hotel Industry.

Mr. William B. Tabler, Jr.

Since Mr. William B. Tabler Jr. joining the firm, he has worked closely with the founder, his father, the late William B. Tabler Sr., FAIA on many award-winning projects located throughout the world, including The Hilton Hotel in New York City; The Meridian Hotel in Cairo, Egypt; The Heliopolis Meridian in Cairo, Egypt. He has also served as Project Designer and Project Architect for many projects constructed throughout the United States and overseas. In recent years, Mr. Tabler, Jr. developed an interest in combining a thorough knowledge of preservation with the advantage of modern design techniques in the renovation of many landmark hotels in New York City. Mr. William B. Tabler Jr. earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard College in 1965; a Masters in Architecture from Texas A&M in 1969 and a Masters in Urban Planning from Texas A&M in 1970. Mr. Tabler, Jr. is a Registered Architect in Arizona, California, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Iowa, Rhode Island, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia and NCARB. Mr. Tabler, Jr. is the chairman of the planning board at the village of Matinecock, New York.

Source: Mr. William B. Tabler, Jr., William B. Tabler Architects Firm, New York, New York, United States
Source: Neal Prince InterContinental Hotel Corporation Archives, New York School of Interior Design, New York, New York, United States

Lead Interior Designer:

Neal A. Prince, R.A., A.S.I.D, Lead Designer

V.P. of Graphic and Interior Design Department, InterContinental Hotel Group 1960-1985

Lobby -

Inter-Continental Jerusalem Hotel, Jerusalem, Isreal

Interiors designed by Mr. Neal Prince, R.A., A.S.I.D (1964)

Inter-Continental Jerusalem Hotel, Jerusalem, Isreal

Interiors designed by Mr. Neal Prince, R.A., A.S.I.D (1964)

Architect:

Rechter-Zarhy-Rechter

Outsourced Lead Interior Designer:

Dora Gad

Location:

Jerusalem, Israel

Rooms:

200 completely air-conditioned guestrooms, high on a hill with panoramic view of the city, where ancient and modern blend.

Interiors designed by Mr. Neal Prince, R.A., A.S.I.D (1964)

Interiors designed by Mr. Neal Prince, R.A., A.S.I.D (1964)

Interiors designed by Mr. Neal Prince, R.A., A.S.I.D (1964)

Interiors designed by Mr. Neal Prince, R.A., A.S.I.D (1964)

How does Mr. Prince's identify an outstanding Hotel?

Response: When you arrive at the Hotel, telephone room service and order a club sandwich to be delivered to your room. Once the room service had delivered your requested club sandwich, take a moment to access how it was prepared, what materials they used to create your club sandwich and then taste the sandwich. Mr. Prince firmly believes, from 55 years of travelling around the world that if a Hotel is able to prepare the "simple" club sandwich correctly, then that Hotel is being operated correctly.

Restaurants/Lounges:

Specialty restaurant, informal restaurant, tea lounge and snack bar.

Cafe Demi-Tasse -

Inter-Continental Jerusalem Hotel, Jerusalem, Isreal

Interiors designed by Mr. Neal Prince, R.A., A.S.I.D (1964)

Inter-Continental Jerusalem Hotel, Jerusalem, Isreal

Interiors designed by Mr. Neal Prince, R.A., A.S.I.D (1964)

Seven Arches Lounge -

Inter-Continental Jerusalem Hotel, Jerusalem, Isreal

Interiors designed by Mr. Neal Prince, R.A., A.S.I.D (1964)

Inter-Continental Jerusalem Hotel, Jerusalem, Isreal

Interiors designed by Mr. Neal Prince, R.A., A.S.I.D (1964)

Seven Arches Restaurant -

Inter-Continental Jerusalem Hotel, Jerusalem, Isreal

Interiors designed by Mr. Neal Prince, R.A., A.S.I.D (1964)

Inter-Continental Jerusalem Hotel, Jerusalem, Isreal

Interiors designed by Mr. Neal Prince, R.A., A.S.I.D (1964)

Meeting Facilities:

One function room, accommodating up to 150 people.

Lotus Meeting Room -

Inter-Continental Jerusalem Hotel, Jerusalem, Isreal

Interiors designed by Mr. Neal Prince, R.A., A.S.I.D (1964)

Comments:

Images held by the Collection:

Attached is an 1971 MEMO from Mr. Prince on the Process of Designing a Guest Room for an Hotel

STATEMENT

OF

INTERCONTINENTAL HOTEL

INTERIOR AND GRAPHIC DESIGN

POLICY

BY

NEAL PRINCE, ca. 1961

The approach to hotel design differs greatly from interior design for an individual. The latter is dictated by the aesthetic environmental pleasures of one particular person or family, whereas hotel design is a coordinated effort between the functional requirements if IHC Hotel Management and Operations, the architectural concept and space allocation, the desires of the local hotel company, the limitations of restrictive budgets, and the harmony and market of the country in which a hotel is located – all combined to produce a profit marking plant reflecting the current international tastes of a widely diversified market.

Although standardization would appear to be desirable in a rapidly growing industry, experience indicates the most successful efforts are based on individuality related to the country of origin rather than standardization of design, but with an overlying emphasis of international standardization of quality and service.

Each hotel in each location produces its own surveyed, conceptual, and operational requirements of IHC, its own local interior designers, and its own problems of local availability and manufacturing; however, the following outline of goals is generally applicable:

A. To produce good design based primarily on the functional needs and requirements of IHC Operations in order that Management can merchandise fully the facilities provided and develop a high quality of service; this design to be approached simultaneously along the following avenues:

1. Concept (objectivity) – initiated by IHC Operations and local Hotel Company (where applicable).

2. Function (utility) – based on past experience and current consumption of practical innovation.

3. Construction (fabrication) – utilization of local market facilities and methods wherever possible.

4. Budget (feasibility) – dictated by market surveys indicating the initial expenditure warranted by projected profits.

5. Beauty (design) – a conglomerate result of the thinking and ideas of all parties involved coordinated into a smooth, compatible result.

B. To insure that the original design concept and subsequent development of each project is based not on the likes and dislikes of any one faction but expresses the taste and insures the comfort of the international guest; and also utilizes, wherever possible, the trades, manufactures and craftsmen as well as the arts and crafts, ornamentation, styles, and traditions indigenous to the country in which a project is located.

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