Singer, Songwriter, Dancer
1958
Gary, Indiana, USA
American
$425
Barack Obama chose Hotel Adlon Kempinski while in Berlin, joining a guest history that includes Michael Jackson and Angelina Jolie. Beside the Brandenburg Gate, the hotel has the rare quality of feeling both intensely public and carefully shielded. Its formal rooms, landmark address and practiced discretion create a Berlin stay with genuine diplomatic and celebrity weight.
$540
Bayerischer Hof has the scale of a city landmark but the glamour of a private club, with rooftop swimming, celebrated restaurants and rooms in the heart of Munich. Michael Jackson returned several times, including an extended stay that helped make the hotel a place of pilgrimage for his fans.
$268
The Table Bay pairs Cape Town's V&A Waterfront energy with sweeping harbour and mountain views. Michael Jackson arrived here during his 1997 South African visit, adding a pop-culture chapter to a hotel built for grand entrances.
$247
Hotel Botánico wraps old-school five-star glamour in 25,000 square metres of subtropical gardens beneath Mount Teide. Michael Jackson made its fifth-floor suite his Tenerife retreat during the 1993 Dangerous tour; the hotel still carries that story in a suite named for him.
$155
The Manila Hotel is a century-old city icon of carved wood, grand public rooms and old-world ceremony beside Rizal Park. Michael Jackson stayed here during the Manila leg of his 1996 HIStory tour, turning the lobby and presidential welcome into part of local pop history.
Hotel d'Angleterre feels like a private Geneva residence dressed for the red carpet, with only 45 rooms facing the lake and Mont Blanc. Michael Jackson is among its best-known former guests, and the lavish Presidential Suite remains linked to his stay.