"Babbar" kamar yadda ake kiranta a tsibirin, wuri ne mai cike da tarihi na bakin teku wanda ke da ƙafa mai tsayi ƙafa 660, bene mai hawa uku. A ƙasan wannan veranda da aka rufe akwai wata ciyawar da aka yanka manicured tana gangarowa zuwa lambun fure na yau da kullun inda geraniums 10,000 ke yin furanni a cikin yanayi a tsakanin sauran gadajen furannin da furannin daji. Otal din yana kan tsibirin Mackinac wanda ke cikin matsi tsakanin Lake Michigan da Lake Huron. Ya bunkasa saboda wata muhimmiyar shawara da aka yanke a cikin 1920s. Dukkanin motoci da motoci masu zaman kansu an haramta su a kan tsibirin wanda ya ba baƙi damar zama a ƙauyen ba tare da motoci ba. A wurin su, mazaunan tsibirin sun dogara ne da kekuna da motocin hawa da kekuna. Asalin da ake kira Plank's Grand Hotel bayan wanda ya gina John Oliver Plank, ɗayan manyan masu ginin otal ɗin Amurka kuma masu aiki a ƙarshen 1880s da farkon 1900s.

A cikin 1886, Michigan Central Railroad, Grand Rapids da Indiana Railroad, da Detroit da Cleveland Steamship Navigation Company sun kafa Kamfanin Hotel Mackinac Island. Purchasedungiyar ta sayi ƙasar da aka gina otal ɗin kuma aka fara gini, bisa ƙirar da masu zanen Detroit Mason da Rice suka yi. Lokacin da aka buɗe ta a shekara mai zuwa, an yi wa otal ɗin tallata wa mazaunan Chicago, Erie, Montreal da Detroit a matsayin lokacin hutun bazara ga masu hutu waɗanda suka iso ta hanyar tururin jirgin ruwa da jirgin ƙasa daga ko'ina cikin nahiyar. Otal din ya bude a ranar 10 ga Yuli, 1887 kuma ya dauki kwanaki 93 kacal aka kammala.

Grand ya gudanar da kula da ƙarnin ƙarni na 19 kuma ya rayu har zuwa lokacin otal-otal na kasafin kuɗi, manyan hanyoyi da motocin motsa jiki. Yana ba da ƙarancin darajar alatu tare da ma'anar salon da galibi ya fita daga salon. Abincin shine shirin Amurkawa wanda yake gabatar da buda-baki na cin abinci sau biyar da kuma cin abincin dare tare da jaket da alaƙa kan maza da mata “cikin kyawawan halayensu”. Ba a ba da izinin ba da izini a Grand tare da cajin kyauta na 18% da aka kara a kowane lissafin.

Shugabannin Amurka biyar sun ziyarci: Harry Truman, John F. Kennedy, Gerald Ford, George HW Bush da Bill Clinton. Otal din ya kuma dauki nauyin gabatar da zanga-zangar farko ta wayar tarho ta Thomas Edison a kan shirayi kuma ana gudanar da zanga-zangar yau da kullun na wasu sabbin abubuwan kirkire-kirkire a yayin yawan zaman Edison. Mark Twain ya kuma sanya wannan wurin zama na yau da kullun kan rangadin maganarsa a tsakiyar yamma.

Kari akan haka, wasu tsoffin matan Amurka guda bakwai wadanda aka tsara sunansu kuma an tsara su, wadanda suka hada da Jacqueline Kennedy Suite (tare da darduma wanda ya hada da mikiya ta shugaban kasa na zinare a bango mai ruwan shuɗi da bangon da aka zana zinariya), Lady Bird Johnson Suite (yellow ganuwar damask da furannin shuɗi da shuɗi), Betty Ford Suite (kore mai kirim da jan ja), Rosalynn Carter Suite (tare da samfurin China da aka tsara don Carter White House da murfin bango a cikin peach na Georgia), Nancy Reagan Suite (tare da sa hannun jan bango da Misis Reagan ta sirri), Barbara Bush Suite (an tsara ta da shuɗi mai launin shuɗi da lu'u lu'u tare da tasirin Maine da Texas) da Laura Bush Suite.

A cikin 1957, an sanya Grand Hotel a matsayin Gidan Tarihi na Jiha. A shekarar 1972, an sanyawa otal din suna zuwa National Register of Historic Places, kuma a ranar 29 ga Yuni, 1989, otal din ya zama Alamar Tarihi ta Kasa.

Conde Nast Traveler "Lissafin Zinare" otal ɗin a matsayin ɗayan "Mafi Kyawun Wurare don Zama a Duk Duniya" kuma mujallar Travel + Leisure ta jera shi a cikin "Manyan Otal-Otal 100 a Duniya." Wine Spectator ya lura da Grand Hotel tare da “Kyautar Kyauta” kuma ya sanya jerin “Manyan Otal 25 a Duniya” na mujallar Gourmet. Autungiyar Mota ta Amurka (AAA) ta ƙididdige kayan aikin azaman wurin hutawa na Diamond-huɗu. A shekara ta 2009 an ambaci Grand Hotel ɗayan manyan Manyan Otal-otal 10 na Amurka da Trustungiyar Amincewa da Tarihi ta Amurka.

A cikin 2012, Grand Hotel ta yi bikin cika shekara 125 da jerin abubuwan da ba za a iya mantawa da su ba: abincin dare na daren Asabar tare da tsoffin gwamnonin Michigan da suka halarta, gabatar da mai zane ciki na Grand Hotel Carlton Varney, wasan wuta na daren Juma'a, wasan kwaikwayon da John Pizzarelli ya yi da sauran abubuwa. An buga bugu na musamman kofi na teburin kofi na 125nnanniversary.

2018 tana bikin ranar haihuwa ta 131 na Grand Hotel kuma sama da shekaru 85 na mallakar Musser Family.

Marubucin, Stanley Turkel, mashahurin masani ne kuma mai ba da shawara a masana'antar otal. Yana aiki a otal dinsa, karimci da kuma aikin ba da shawara da ke ƙwarewa a cikin sarrafa kadara, duba ayyukan aiki da tasirin yarjeniyoyin mallakar otal da ayyukan bayar da tallafi na shari'a. Abokan ciniki sune masu mallakar otal, masu saka jari da cibiyoyin bada lamuni.

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