the hotel, but it closed in 1942 because of World War II. In 1944, a Boston syndicate bought the extensive property for about $450,000. The Bretton Woods monetary conference took place that year, establishing the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. The owners were paid $300,000 for the loss of business and promised a daily room charge of $18 per person for the 19-day conference. Subsequently, each bedroom carried a plaque outside its door identifying which country's representative at that conference had stayed in that room. The Mount Washington Hotel and Resort is one of the last surviving grand hotels in the White Mountains and includes an 18-hole Donald Ross-designed golf course, as well as the hotel's original 9-hole course designed by A.H. Findlay. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1986. The hotel opened for its first winter season in 1999. Before that year the hotel would close to guests late in the fall and open in the spring. The entire hotel was overhauled before the winter, with efficient windows installed in the entire hotel. In January 2009 the Mount Washington Resort completed a addition that includes a spa and a conference center. In November 2010 it was revealed that the hotel's then-owner, CNL, had sought to trademark the Mount Washington name, which upset area business owners. CNL said they were just directing their efforts against other hotels in the area that have the mountain's name and not other businesses that also have it. Culture The hotel was featured in two episodes of the television series Ghost Hunters, when it was searched by the TAPS paranormal investigation team on February 6, 2008. Omni Bretton Arms Inn The Omni Bretton Arms Inn is a hotel in the larger resort which was built as a house in 1896. The Bretton Arms served as staff housing for many years. It has been separately named to the Historic Hotels of America program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. See also List of Historic Hotels of America List of National Historic Landmarks in New Hampshire National Register of Historic Places listings in Coos County, New Hampshire References External links Omni Mount Washington Resort — official website Virtual tour of the Mount Washington Hotel at historic-hotels-lodges.com "The Grand Hotels, the Glory and the Conflagration" at WhiteMountainHistory.org Historic Print Shop on the site described by Rick Russack, earmarked for restoration Hotels in New