‎"‎Humphreys has a great talent for taking contemporary writing and using it to portray a coherent and fully visual impression of each town‎,‎ hotel and its occupants‎,‎ bringing the life of Westerners in Egypt to life‎"‎‎-‎-Egyptological‎"‎We must thank Andrew Humphreys for providing a real treat for his readers‎"‎‎-‎-Deborah Manley‎,‎ ASTENE review‎.‎‎"‎ ‎.‎ ‎.‎ perhaps one of the most interesting books we have seen in a long time‎;‎ with most of the information collected by reading old travel journals and interviewing people‎.‎ ‎"‎Grand Hotels of Egypt‎"‎ is a remarkable and entertaining book‎"‎‎-‎-Cairo 360‎"‎Andrew Humphreys‎'‎ ‎"‎Grand Hotels of Egypt‎"‎ takes readers back two centuries to an Egypt of socialites and celebrities‎.‎ Humphreys‎,‎ a former resident of and frequent visitor to Cairo‎,‎ artfully traces the rise of modern tourism and the hotel industry from Alexandria to Aswan by channeling the voices of the tourists themselves‎.‎‎"‎‎-‎-Egypt Today‎"‎Grand Hotels of Egypt‎"‎ is a visual delight‎:‎ diverting and informative‎.‎‎"‎‎-‎-The Egyptian Gazette