Dan Hotel, Tel Aviv

The original building was built in the 1930s, and started as a small pension called Kaete Dan. It was the first lodging of any kind on the beach in Tel Aviv. For a time it served as the headquarters of Haganah. In June 1947, Yekutiel and Shmuel Federmann bought the building, and adopting the name from the previous owner, they formed the Dan Hotels Corporation. The new owners demolished the original building, and the new hotel was completed in 1953. In 1994 the King David Tower (height 82 meters) was built, adjoining the south of the hotel. In 2000 the hotel underwent a complete renovation. In July 2019, Rama Oram was appointed as general manager of the hotel, becoming the first woman to hold this position. ==Amenities==

Dan Tel Aviv Hotel’s facilities include the kosher Restaurant Hayarkon 99 (chef Oved Alfia), the kosher dairy restaurant D-restaurant, Yam breakfast and the Dan Hotel Bar. It has a sports and spa facility with indoor and outdoor seawater swimming pools available to hotel guests. ==Notable guests==

Al Gore, Alanis Morissette, Alicia Keys, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Ashton Kutcher, Barbra Streisand, Bill Clinton, Black Eyed Peas, Bob Dylan, Bob Simon, Børge Brende, Borut Pahor, Catherine Ashton, Chulabhorn, David Lynch, Deepak Kapoor, Denzel Washington, Franco Frattini, Gene Simmons, Guido Westerwelle, Hillary Clinton, Jesse Eisenberg, Johan Cruyff, John McCain, José Carreras, Kelis, Lady Gaga, Lauryn Hill, Madonna, Manny Mori, Marianne Faithfull, Martin Lidegaard, Michael Jackson, Perez Hilton, Quentin Tarantino, Ricardo Martinelli, Rickie Lee Jones, Richard Gere, Roger Moore, Sharon Stone, The Rolling Stones, Thomas de Maizière, Tony Blair, U2 == See also ==