New-York tribune., 1896-04-08
Az AMERICAN HOTEL IN LONDON.

The Hotel Cecil London, the exterior and interior
OF which were illustrated in last Sundays Tribune
is not only the largest and one of the handsomest
hotels In the world. but is under a progressive
management. which will doubtless assure its COM
pete success and universal popularity 1t will cater
especially to American travellers, providing them
with the comforts and luxuries to which they are
accustomed In this country. With this end in view
an office has been opened at No 1852 Broadway. in
this city. which is in charge of Major Edgar A. de
Bernales, Editor of The Hotel World published
in London. and secretary of the Hotel Protective
Society of England. At that office handsome illus
trated pamphlets describing the hotel in detail and
giving full particulars regarding its rates for board,
etc. will be cheerfuly furnished on application.
either in person or by mail The hotel which has
1000 rooms and is provided with every improvement
In appliances for heating ventilating cooking, ETC..
will be opened on April 80. 1t Is most eliglbly situ-
ated and commands an extensive and exceedingly
picturesque view OF the English metropolis and its
suburbs
Major de Bernales has been examining the prn-
cpal hotels in New-York. Boston and other cities
with a view of adopting in the Hotel Cecil any i'm
provements OF which the latter may not be already
possessed He said to Tribune reporter yesterday:
"SInce was last in this country, about ten years
ago. there has been immense improvement In
American hotels only in size and decoration, but
also in the comforts and facilities afforded to trav
elers, while their culinary departments are espe-
cially far in advance Of what they were at that
time American hotels have become Europeanlzed
through the adoption OF the best transatlantic
IDEAS but European hotels have yet to adopt many
improvements that exist only in America This is
true particularly regarding the rapid and COM
modlous elevator service In American hotels and
the homeke and inviting appearance or their COM
fort BILE reception n-rooms These improvements and
many others will be found in the Hotel Cecil In
which all charges for light, attendance. etc, will
be Included In the charge for rooms. AS yet Eng
land has counterpart of the versatile American
hotel clerk, who becomes at once guide and phan-
thropic friend OF every guest, and who seems to
know everything and everybody. The stan OF the
Hotel Cecil WILL however, be very large. attentive
and competent, and will include two frst-cass
cooks who have been employed by Delmonico and
whose especial duty will be to prepare dishes which
are peculiar to Americans. An important DEPART
ment of the Hotel Cecil Is its extensive Ice manu-
factory which will provide Its American guests
with the abundance OF Ice 10 which they ac-
customed in this country. About 250 members OF the
Ancient and Honorable Artillery OF Boston, with
about $50 members Of their families will sail for
Liverpool on July on the Cunard steamship Serva.
which has been chartered for the trip. While In
London these 40 excursionists Will stay at the
Hotel Cecil, In which they have already engaged
rooms Among the guests In June will be large
delegations from France and Belgium. who will
attend the international hremens tournament. The
American delegation will also probably stay at the
Hotel Cecil, where large parties single guests
will receive the most attentive and liberal treat.
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