The history of the hotel is connected with the Swiss hotelier Cesar Ritz, the former manager of the Savoy Hotel. Ritz opened its hotel in London in the year 1906. The construction is designed in a neoclassical style, in the Louis XVI manner. The hotel was built during the European Belle Epoque. The design is a resemblance of a stylish Parisian block of flats. The hotel's arcades are an imitation of the arcades you can admire on the Parisian Rue de Rivoli. One of the architects who made the plans for the Ritz Hotel in London, Charles Mewes, was also the creator of the plans for the Ritz Hotel in Paris. The hotel is built on a steel-frame structure and was, at the time of inauguration, the first building on a steel - frame structure in London.
Cesar Ritz, the owner of the hotel, has been personally involved in the management operations and he took care that the hotel can provide world-class cuisine, opulent decorations and very high standards for its guests. The luxury of services at the Ritz Hotel in London was a cause of amazement for the Victorian British society and created an impulse for change, a real shift in the hotelier industry at the time. The Ritz Hotel in London is still famous for its great catering service and remains the favorite meeting place of executives and managers of multinational corporations and for international conferences. Image link:
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