Balmoral Hotel Edinburgh by Grand Hotels of the World.com

Information

Accommodation:
• There are 188 rooms and suites.
Facilities:
• Restaurants and bars.
• Business conferences, an intimidate dinner parties, the large receptions and weddings.
Location:
• Located on Princess Street in the heart of Edinburgh, close to the shopping area and next to Waverly station. With its beautiful clock tower, the hotel is an incredible and contemporary luxury hotel.

History
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History

• 1902: Opening of the Hotel
under the name of North British Station Hotel.
The Hotel was built for railway passangers.
• 1922: The North British Railway Company, owner of the hotel
merged with the London and North Eastern Railway Company.
• 1947: Nationalisation of the railways,
hotel employees become railway employees.

• 1980s: The building starts to need renovation.
The Hotel has more and more difficulties
to compete with other Luxury Hotels.
• 1991: The Hotel reopens with a new name
Balmoral Hotel in reference to Balmoral Castle.
The Hotel shifts from Railway Hotel
to Luxury Destination Hotel.

• 1997: Acquisition by Rocco Forte.
The Balmoral Hotel became part of the newly formed
Rocco Forte Hotel Portfolio. Effective 14-02-1997

• 2003: The Hotel Restaurant was awarded a Michelin Star

History of the Rocco Forte Collection

• 1935: Charles Forte, an Italian immigrant to the UK, opens a « Milk Bar » on Regents street in London … the company becomes the Forte Hotel Group (Trusthouse Forte)
• 1993: the Forte Hotel group faces a hostile takeover bid from the Media Conglomerate Granada the founding family is ejected with a settlement payment of £350 million. Two of the 6 children, Rocco Forte and his younger sister Olga Polizzi decide to reinvent their fathers Hotel business.
• 1996 May: Sir Rocco Forte founds RF Hotels.
• 1997 February: Opening of Balmoral Hotel in Edinburgh..
• 1997 December: Acquisition of Hotel Savoy in Florence.
• 1999 January: Acquisition of Hotel Astoria in St Petersburg.
• 2000 January: Acquisition of Hotel Amigo in Brussels.
• 2000 April: Opening of Hotel de Russie in Rome.
• 2003 July: Acquisition of Brown's Hotel in London.
• 2006 March: Opening of Ville Kennedy (Villa Speyer) in Frankfurt.
• 2006 October: Opening of Hotel de Rome (formally seat of Dresdner Bank) in Berlin.
• 2007: Rocco Forte Hotels are renamed Rocco Forte Collection
The list only mentions those hotels in the Rocco Forte Collection, which are historic places and which are listed
on Grand Hotels of the World.com.

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

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