King David Hotel
The King David Hotel ( , ) is a 5-star hotel in Jerusalem and a member of The Leading Hotels of the World. Opened in 1931, the hotel was built with locally quarried pink limestone and was founded by Ezra Mosseri, a wealthy Egyptian Jewish banker. It is located on King David Street in the centre of Jerusalem, overlooking the Old City and Mount Zion.
Frederick Gordon (hotelier)
Frederick Gordon was known as "The Napoleon of the Hotel World", and founded the Gordon Hotels chain in 1890, which owned the Grand Hotel in Trafalgar Square and the Metropole Hotel in London; the Burlington Hotel, Eastbourne; the Brighton Metropole; the Hotel Metropole, Cannes; and the Hotel Metropole, Monte Carlo. He was also chairman of The Frederick Hotels Company Limited, and held directorships at a wide variety of companies including Ashanti Goldfields, Pears soap, and Bovril.