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Pan Am Airline Poster hotel in the image is the
Fairmont El San Juan Hotel, originally known as the San Juan Intercontinental Hotel. It was originally constructed by Pan American World Airways to house their flight crews and jet-setting passengers arriving at the new San Juan international airport.
Hotel Details
Original Name: San Juan Intercontinental Hotel
Opened: February 1, 1958
Current Name: Fairmont El San Juan Hotel
Location: Isla Verde, Puerto Rico, minutes from the airport and Old San Juan
Architect: Designed by the legendary Miami Beach architect Morris Lapidus, known for the Fontainebleau and Eden Roc hotels
History and Pan Am Connection
Pan American World Airways (Pan Am) founder Juan Terry Trippe established the InterContinental Hotels Corporation (IHC) in 1946 to ensure that Pan Am crews and passengers had access to high-quality, reliable accommodations wherever they flew, especially in new global destinations where suitable lodging might not exist. The San Juan Intercontinental was one of over 80 luxury hotels developed by Pan Am through its subsidiary.
The hotel quickly became a beacon for American tourists and a center for entertainment in the Caribbean during the 1960s and 1970s, hosting internationally renowned headliners like Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Nat King Cole, and Liza Minnelli at its famous Club Tropicoro nightclub. |
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