Aggie Grey's Hotel and Bungalows, Historical hotel and bungalow complex in Apia, Samoa
The Sheraton Samoa Aggie Grey's Hotel & Bungalows is a historic hotel in Apia, Samoa, opened in 1933 by the Samoan entrepreneur Aggie Grey. It is not to be confused with the Sheraton Samoa Beach Resort on the north west coast of Upolu, 30 kilometres west of Apia.
Aggie Grey opened the hotel in 1933, and it became a gathering place for American servicemen stationed in Samoa during World War II. Actors including Dorothy Lamour, Marlon Brando, Gary Cooper, William Holden, Raymond Burr and Robert Morley stayed there, and the hotel housed the crew of the 1953 film Return to Paradise starring Gary Cooper. It joined the Sheraton chain in 2016 and was sold to Chinese investors in 2018.
The hotel carries the name of Aggie Grey, the Samoan entrepreneur who opened it in 1933 and whose family company, Grey Investment Group, long owned it. Its bar and gathering spaces became a meeting point for American servicemen stationed in Samoa during World War II.
The hotel is in Apia, on the island of Upolu; it should not be confused with the Sheraton Samoa Beach Resort, which lies on the northwest coast of Upolu about 30 kilometres (19 mi) west of Apia. Guests travelling between the two properties cross that distance by road.
The hotel housed the crew of the 1953 American film Return to Paradise, which starred Gary Cooper. Cooper, Dorothy Lamour, Marlon Brando, William Holden, Raymond Burr and Robert Morley all stayed here. It should not be confused with the Sheraton Samoa Beach Resort, formerly Aggie Grey's Lagoon Beach Resort, 30 km west of Apia on Upolu's northwest coast.
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