Everything you wanted to know about luxurious and famous hotel chain
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The legacy of The Ritz-Carlton begins with the celebrated Swiss hotelier Cesar Ritz, who was the manager of the Hotel Ritz Paris and the Carlton Hotel,London(operated from 1899 to 1940) but never its' owner.
The first Ritz hotel was opened in 1898 in Paris( Hotel Ritz Paris ) and was reported as the first hotel with the facilities of bathroom "en suite", a telephone and electricity in each guest room.
By the way, Cesar Ritz was the first person who came up with the idea of music sounding in hotel restaurant. Ritz expected that the music would make people spend more time on a meal and the hotel income would rise. And that Happened so!
Cesar Ritz and his friend Ellsworth Statler(the founder of the first hotel-skyscraper in Buffalo,NY) made experiments on the light in order to make the jewelry of ladies to shine bright.
In 1911 the company decided to expand to North America. The first Ritz-Carlton hotel in the US was built in 1917. Despite the fact that Cesar Ritz died in 1918, his wife Marie went on expansion of hotels wearing her husbands name. Ellsworth Statler helped her.
Due to Statler in The Ritz chain became common:
- lighter fabrics in the guest room to allow for more thorough washing
- white tie and apron uniforms for waitstaff, black tie for Maitre d'Hotel
- fresh flowers throughout the public areas
- a la carte dining
In 1927 The Ritz-Carlton, Boston opened its doors and was considered as a private club for wealthy. It's interesting to know that the price per night was 15$. Guests were regularly checked to see if they were in the Social Register and sometimes the hotel examined the quality of paper on which the guests wrote their requests of reservation (if that was not of high quality, the potential guests were refused).
All the guests had to follow dresscode and women were not allowed to have a luch alone in the Cafe until 1970.
From 1940 till 1975 The Ritz-Carlton, Boston was the only "in service'" hotel of the entire chain.
Nowadays The Ritz-Carlton hotel Company LLC is wholly susidized by Marriott International and has 79 properties located in 26 greatest cities and resorts worldwide.
The Ritz-Carlton, Denver (Outdoor Terrace)
The Ritz-Carlton, Denver (Monarch Meeting Room)
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