The creator presents a detailed historical showcase of The Broadmoor resort in Colorado. He begins by stating its record as the longest-running Forbes Five-Star hotel, then delves into its 1918 origin story, its founder Spencer Penrose, and the grand vision behind its construction. The creator highlights the resort's unique features, including its three wilderness camps and an authentic English pub, framing it as 'institutional luxury' before concluding with social proof of its prestige and a call to action.
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The longest-running Five-Star hotel in the world… is in Colorado. ⭐️
Welcome to The Broadmoor.
🏔️ Mediterranean-style resort beneath the Rockies
🎣 Private fly-fishing camp + mountain lodge
🍽️ Historic English pub shipped from overseas
🏨 Hosting presidents and world leaders for decades
This isn’t trend-driven luxury.
It’s institutional luxury.
Built slowly. Maintained relentlessly.
That’s why it lasts.
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P.S. I break down extraordinary hotels like this weekly in The Modern Traveler Newsletter → link in bio ✉️
Transcript
For sixty six straight years, this Colorado resort has held the Forbes five star rating, the longest streak of any hotel on Earth. Longer than the Ritz, longer than the Four Seasons, longer than any luxury hotel in the world. This is the Broadmoor. Built in 1918 at the base of Cheyenne Mountain in Colorado Springs, founder Spencer Penrose made his fortune mining Cripple Creek Good and Utah copper. His good, in his own words, to build the finest hotel in The United States. He hired the firm behind Grand Central Station, and the son of the man who designed Central Park, and brought a 100 European artisans to hand paint the ceilings and lay Italian Renaissance tiles. The result is 5,000 acres of pink stucco buildings wrapped around a man made lake, with 784 rooms and 20 restaurants. But here's what makes the Broadmoor different from every other luxury resort in America. Most resorts are a hotel, period. The Broadmoor is a hotel and three secret wilderness camps, a mountaintop lodge 3,000 feet above the resort, a ranch deep inside Pike National Forest, and a fly fishing camp on five private miles Of Tier. All all inclusive. All reserved exclusively for resort guests. Inside the main resort, there's a nineteenth century English pub. Not a replica, the actual pub. They shipped it across the Atlantic panel by panel in 1961. This is what institutional luxury actually looks like. Not a brand, not a flag, a century of stewardship. Every US president from Hoover to Obama stayed here. NATO chose it for a summit in 2003, and no hotel on earth has held a five star rating longer. Would you say it's the longest running five star hotel in the world? Let me know in the comments and follow for more content like this.
