[3] Located just outside Beverly Hills and Westwood, Hotel Bel-Air has regularly housed notable guests and celebrities including Elizabeth Taylor, Robert Wagner, Judy Garland, Bette Davis, Lauren Bacall, Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Jimmy Stewart, Audrey Hepburn and Grace Kelly, who frequented the hotel so regularly she had a suite named after her.

[6] Since opening in 1946, the facility, located on Stone Canyon Road, has served celebrities, heads of state and dignitaries.

[7] Initially built as office space and riding stables, it was purchased in 1946 and converted into a hotel by Texan entrepreneur Joseph Drown.

[11] The Hunt family revitalized the property by hiring famed chef Wolfgang Puck to consult on the menu and hotel restaurant.

The Sultan enacted the first phase in adopting aspects of Sharia law to the Brunei criminal code, and his hotels were boycotted in protest.