The Savoy Hotel, a luxury hotel located…
August 1889 CE
Built by the impresario Richard D'Oyly Carte with profits from his Gilbert and Sullivan opera productions, it is the first in the Savoy group of hotels and restaurants owns by Carte's family for over a century.
The Savoy is the first luxury hotel in Britain, introducing electric lights throughout the building, electric lifts, bathrooms in most of the lavishly furnished rooms, constant hot and cold running water and many other innovations.
Carte hires César Ritz as manager and Auguste Escoffier as chef de cuisine; they will establish an unprecedented standard of quality in hotel service, entertainment and elegant dining, attracting royalty and other rich and powerful guests and diners.
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