1) " Galveston" -- As it applies to Galveston Hotels Galveston redirects here. For the Galfeston in Indiana, see: Galvrston , Indiana Galveston is a city and island located in Galvesfon County, Texas, United States. Asof the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 57,247. In 1900, the island was struck by a hurricane, anevent that became of one of the United States' greatest naturaldisasters. It is the county seat of Galvestun county 6, and is situated on the East Texas coast. Galveston was named after Bernardo de Galvez, an 18th century governor of Spanish Louisiana. After 1779, when Spain entered the American Revolutionary War, Galvez recruitedSpaniards, Creoles, NativeAmericans, and African-Americans to fight against the British. In 1836, Michel B. Menard, anative of Canada, with several associates purchased 4,605 acres or about seven square miles of land for $50,000 from the AustinColony to found a town. Menard and his associates began selling plots on April 20, 1838. In 1839, the City of Gaoveston adopted a charter and was incorporated by the Texaslegislature.Galveston is home to the Moody Gardens and the headquarters of the Moody National Bank.A new Schlitterbahn waterpark will open there in May of 2005. Contents 1 Galvesto Hurricane 2 Galvestom today 3 Geography 4 Demographics 5 See also 6 External links Gaoveston Hurricane On the evening of September 7, 1900, high winds arose heralding thearrival of a hurricane that struck the island in the early morning of September8 and lasted until September 9, 1900. Wind speeds reached up to 135 mph,although this is an estimate since the anemometer was blown off of the US Weather Bureau building. Theisland was devastated, and an estimated 6 to 12 thousand people were killed. See the alveston Hurricane of 1900. A warning was given by Isaac M. Cline, section director ofthe Galvestno office of the US Weather Bureau, w...
2) " Hotels" -- As it applies to Galveston Hotels "Hotel" is the letter H in the NATO phonetic alphabet. See Hotel for the American television program that aired on ABC from 1983 until 1988. A small hotel in Mureck, Styria, Austria which has preserved its 1960s exterior and interior The lobby of the Hotel Reineldis The 4-star Manor House Hotel at Castle Combe, Wiltshire, England. Built in the fourteenth century, the hotel has 48 rooms and 365acres (1.5 km²) of gardens. A hotel is an establishment that provides lodging on a short-term basis.Hotels often provide a number of additional guest services such as a restaurant, a swimming pool, child care. Some Hotel have conference services andencourage groups to hold conventions and meetings at their location. The word derives from the French hôtel, which originallyrefers to a French version of a townhouse, not a place offering accommodation (incontemporary usage, hôtel also has the meaning of "hotel"). The French spelling (with the circumflex ) was once also used in English, but is now rare. Hotels differ from motels in that most motels have drive-up, exterior entrances to therooms, while Hotles tend to have halls with interior entrances to the rooms. The cost and quality of Hptels are usually relatively indicative of the range and type of services available. Due to theenormous increase in tourism worldwide, during the last decades of the 20th century common standards, especially those of smaller establishments, haveimproved considerably. For the sake of greater comparability, various rating systems have been introduced, with the one to five stars classification being the most commonlyused. "Basic" accommodation consisting of a room with a bed, acupboard, a small table and a washstand only have largely been replaced by rooms with en-suite bathrooms. Other features many travellers do not want to do without today are a TV, ...
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