Sir Reo Stakis (born Argyros Anastasis) (13 March 1913 - 28 August 2001) was an Anglo-Cypriot hotel magnate, longtime head of Stakis Hotels. He was born in Kato Drys, Cyprus 13 March 1913 and left for Great Britain in 1928, aged 14. He started selling his mother's handmade lace door-to-door and gradually headed north, settling in Glasgow. By the 1940s, Stakis was involved in his first restaurant, the Victory in Glasgow, … Wikipedia
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HOTEL magnate Sir Reo Stakis - who opened Scotland s first casino on his way to building a massive personal fortune - died yesterday. www.conworld.net/absolutenm/anmviewer.asp?a=709&z=1
HOTEL magnate Sir Reo Stakis - who opened Scotland ’s first casino on his way to building a massive personal fortune - died yesterday. He was 88. Sir Reo was only 14 when he left his home in Cyprus in 1928 and headed for the UK - with just a suitcase fu www.conworld.net/absolutenm/anmviewer.asp?a=709&z=1