Pan Am's Old Guest Houses are Today's Intercontinental Hotels
Just as we ruminated on United's new branding yesterday with a look back at their heyday in the 1950s, today we similarly mourn the coming demolition of Pan Am's old WorldPort at JFK (now Delta's Terminal 3) with a glance at a few of the old airline's other homes around the world, their guest houses.
This postcard featuring the PAA guest houses of South America and the Caribbean comes from our dusty stack of airline ephemera as well, and it's of the days when Pan Am was more than just an airline that flew to some of the world's most exotic locales; it was the airline that flew to some of the world's exotic locales. And when their passengers arrived to places like those featured here—Port of Spain, Trinidad, Belem, Brazil and San Juan, Puerto Rico, they didn't have to abandon the Pan Am experience if they stayed at one of these guest houses.
The back of the postcard makes the pitch:
For interesting sights and luxurious comfort on the ground, no trip on El Panamericano is complete without a stop at PAA's famous Guest Houses.
Although not much information exists about these properties any longer, it is wise to note that not only did Pan Am have these guest houses, but they also founded the Intercontinental Hotels chain in 1946 before selling it off decades later 1981. It's possible that these guest houses were the precursors of or early entries to the IC Hotels group.
For more retro travel posts similar to this one, check out our American Airlines in 1959 series.
[Photos of the postcard: Jaunted]
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