Hotel Ritz London by Grand Hotels of the World.com

Information

Accommodation:
• There are 133 rooms and suites.
Facilities:
• The Ritz restaurant and the Rivoli bar has an Art Deco style with gold leaf decoration.
• Terrace, a fitness center, a massage, a bicycle rental and a casino.
Location:
• Overlooking London’s Green Park is the world-famous Ritz Hotel.

History
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History

Background of Cesar Ritz
• 1850: Birth of Cesar Ritz in Niederwald, Switzerland.
• 1867: Cesar Ritz comes to Paris at the occasion of the Exposition Universelle and starts working as a young waiter in different Restaurants.
• 1881: Ritz becomes the Director of the Grand Hotel de Monte Carlo.
• 1888: Ritz and his partner Auguste Escoffier buy a restaurant in Baden-Baden.
• 1889: Sir Richard d’Oily Carte convinces Cesar Ritz to becomes the Director of the his famous Hotel Savoy in London.
• 1896: Cesar Ritz creates the Ritz Hotel Development Company. César Ritz decides to create a new style of Luxury Hotel destinated to clients ready to pay a very high price under the condition he offers them what they cannot find anywhere else.

1898: Opening of the Hotel Ritz in Paris.

Hotel Ritz London
• 1906: Opening of the Hotel Ritz in London.
• 2009: Bring it On – TV program, How to become a waiter at the Ritz.

Article by « Grand Hotels of the World & VB.com », written from « Cremerie de Paris ».

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