Mr. Neal Prince,
R.A., A.S.I.D
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Professional
Biography
2000's |
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Mr.
Neal Prince Resource Image Data Base |
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InterContinental
Hotels
Historical
Background
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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 |
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Departmental Staff and Contractual
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Kenneth Smith,
ASID |
Charles R Alvey,
Graphic
Designer |
Richard Simpson,
Graphic
Designer |
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Bill Embery |
Dale & Pat Keller,
ASID |
Joe Grusczak,
ASID |
Trisha Wilson,
ASID |
James Ray Baker,
ASID |
Irene D'Alessio,
Interior Designer |
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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 Rawalpindi Hotel
Location:
Rawalpindi, Pakistan
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:
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El Salvador Inter-Continental Hotel, San
Salvador, El Salvador, 1958-1975
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El Ponce InterContinental Hotel, Ponce,
Puerto Rico 1960-1975
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Dublin InterContinental Hotel, Dublin,
Ireland, 1963-1972
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Cork InterContinental Hotel, Cork, Ireland,
1963-1972
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Limerick InterContinental Hotel, Limerick,
Ireland, 1963-1972
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InterContinental Jerusalem Hotel,
Jerusalem, 1964-1988
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Karachi InterContinental Hotel, Karachi,
Pakistan, 1964-1985
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InterContinental Dacca Hotel, Dacca,
Bangladesh, 1966-1983
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InterContinental Lahore Hotel, Lahore,
Pakistan, 1967-1985
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InterContinental Rawalpindi Hotel,
Rawalpindi, Pakistan, 1967-1985
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InterContinental Lusaka Hotel, Lusaka,
Zambia, 1968
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InterContinental Nairobi Hotel, Nairobi,
Kenya, 1969
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Rose Hall InterContinental Hotel/Country
Club, Montego Bay, Jamaica, 1974-1982
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The InterContinental New York (known as the
Barclay Hotel) Hotel (Restoration), New
York, New York, USA, 1978-
, 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
Rooms:
200 completely air-conditioned and centrally
heated guestrooms.
- No Photograph is available at this
time-
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 and
poolside snack bar.
- No Photograph is available at this
time-
Meeting Facilities:
Two function rooms accommodating up to 850
people.
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Photograph is available at this time-
Comments:
Property was located near the center of the
city, close to the financial and business
centers and convenient to shopping and the
theatres.
Images held by the Collection:
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Neal Prince, Patricia and Dale Keller (Dale Keller & Associates), 2006 |
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Mr. Prince hired Mr. Dale
and Patricia Keller (Dale Keller & Associates) on several of the InterContinental Hotel Middle Eastern
and Asian Properties, as being the worlds Leading International Hotel Designers in Projects that InterContinental Hotel were
the First International Hotel Chain to build or to Established with those new Markets. Dale and Patricia creatively worked
so very well directly with Mr. Prince or as Independent Consultants and Designer in allowing InterContinental Hotel Properties
to be known for their great detail and designs. By which allowing the Properties to become known by their own personalities
for the International Business or Tourist Traveler. Dale and Patricia remain active within the industry as consultants. Listed
below are their Bio's:
PATRICIA & DALE KELLER
INTERIOR DESIGNERS
Dale Keller is the Pioneer of Hotel Interior Design in
Asia, having arrived in
Japan in 1953 to attend the Tokyo University Graduate School of Architecture, where he studied the history
of Japanese and Chinese Architecture.
In 1955, Dale Keller established his own design firm designing the interiors of factories, offices and clubs. In 1957 he met his wife-to-be, Patricia, who had stopped in
Tokyo on a design study tour of the world. Patricia and Dale Keller are both
graduates of Interior Design from the
University of
Washington and following her graduation; Patricia worked on the interior design for hotels in
the
United States of
America,
British Columbia,
Denmark and
France.
The first job together for Patricia and Dale Keller was the Marunouchi Hotel -
Tokyo, followed soon after by the Okura Hotel and the Tokyo Hilton. In 1961
they were invited to create the interior design of the Hong Kong Hilton. This
move triggered the start of an odyssey taking them worldwide with offices in
Hong Kong,
London and
New York.
The
Keller's' interior design practice soon grew into the largest interior design firm in the world specializing in the
hospitality industry, annually being listed as number one in the Interior Design magazine list of "Giants in Hotel Design",
with hotel designs underway in
Manila,
Bangkok,
Singapore,
Bombay,
Delhi,
Madras,
Colombo,
etc. In 1965, they were appointed interior designers for the first luxury resort to be built in
Asia
- the Bali Hyatt at
Sanur Beach,
Indonesia.
This became a land mark project involving the
Keller's deeply into the
arts and crafts of
Indonesia, spending much time studying the craft techniques of
Bali and Java. The results were breathtaking and a resort of great
charm was created with a strong national identity; a resort that could only have been created in
Bali.
The entire interior - every piece of furniture, lamps, cushions - were actually fabricated
in sheds on-site as there were no furniture factories as such in those days in Bali.
The Bali Hyatt won many Design Awards and operates as a very successful resort hotel to this day.
India became a cultural bridge for the Keller’s westward odyssey with work in
Bombay,
New
Delhi and
Madras.
India’s rich Mogul architectural heritage inspired many of the interiors in these projects.
The
Keller's work expanded rapidly taking them into the
Middle East,
Europe and
North America.
The 1970’s
Middle East economic boom brought new challenges also new and ancient cultures
to be studied and adapted to their work – Greek, Roman and Islamic.
Projects in
Greece and
Cyprus were inspired by Greco-Roman design elements where as the work in
Syria,
Egypt,
Saudi Arabia,
Iran,
Bahrain and
Doha was themed on Islamic design motifs.
In 1976 the fully restored and expanded Manila Hotel opened to great response.
This hotel was built in the early years of the 20th Century, survived the Second World War and fell into
disrepair. It was saved from demolition because of its landmark reputation. The Keller’s gained great satisfaction in restoring this early Twentieth Century
landmark which has won many awards worldwide.
The simple and serene Interior Design of the Regent at Hong Kong (now the InterContinental Hotel) set a new standard
creating the bench mark for all future 5-Star Hotels, the impact of which has continued into the 21st Century.
Dale Keller was responsible for encouraging PATA to establish a Pacific Asia Heritage Society to actively pursue the
protection and preservation of Asian landmarks, culture and living national treasures.
This has now become the PATA Foundation which actively sponsors seminars in various Asian countries and gives scholarships
to worthy individuals.
The Keller’s were invited by the Sultan of Brunei to design the interior of his new Palace, the "New Istana",
and the largest palace in the world according to the Guinness Book of Records. A
"chance of a life time" project.
China has always held a deep fascination for Dale Keller since his days at
Tokyo
University.
In 1972 the Keller’s
were officially invited to
China to study
Chinese rug production in
Beijing and
Tianjin.
In 1979 they started working on the first "modern" hotel to be built
in
China, the Fragrant Hill Hotel, in the foothills outside of
Beijing.
They worked for three years with I.M.
PEI Architects to create a low rise "Chinese Style" hotel built around the remains of a 200 year-old
Garden; a garden built for the Emperor K'ang Shi. The Keller’s subsequently
have created hotel interiors in major cities throughout
China.
The
Aman and the Four Seasons Resort in
Bali are indeed high points of their
career. Here they were able to put to work their long experience in
Indonesia and indeed their love for the Balinese culture.
They feel the design teams that created these resorts were ideal - architecture, landscape design, engineering and
dedicated workmen. The results give the Keller’s great satisfaction and
they know that in time, thousands of guests will experience the serenity, the solitude and the grace of these unique environments.
Working as design consultants the Keller’s helped create the Prince Maurice resort,
Mauritius and the Lemura Resort and Golf Hotel in the
Seychelles.
Patricia and Dale Keller won the 1999 Lifetime Achievement Award for their International Careers as Hotel Designers. The award was presented to them at a Gala dinner at the Dorchester Hotel in
London on
the 6th December, 1999.
Patricia and Dale Keller continue to offer design consultancy services from their new home/studio in
Bellevue,
WA,
United States.
Email Contact: dalekellerdesign@btinternet.com
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HOTEL INTERIOR DESIGN PROJECTS
EGYPT:
Semiramis InterContinental Hotel, Cairo, Egypt
GREECE:
Athenaeum InterContinental Hotel, Athens, Greece
HONG KONG:
Furama Hotel (demolished 2003), Hong Kong
INDIA:
Taj Mahal Hotel InterContinental, Bombay, India
INDONESIA:
Hotel Borobudur InterContinental, Jakarta, Indonesia
PAKISTAN:
Karachi InterContinental Hotel, Karachi, Pakistan
Lahore InterContinental Hotel, Lahore, Pakistan
Peshawar InterContinental Hotel, Peshawar, Pakistan
Rawalpindi InterContinental Hotel, Rawalpindi,
Pakistan
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STATEMENT
OF
InterContinental HOTEL
INTERIOR
AND
GRAPHIC DESIGN
POLICY
BY
NEAL PRINCE
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.
-Director of Interior & Graphic Design
Hotel Development
Neal Prince, AID, ASID
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