The Paris Ritz

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f '•¦.'í';! k ! ; i 11 Í I § . B. .1 *C" éi-i i (' kW Edited by MARK BOXER With an introduction by PIERRE SALINGER The Paris Ritz is a unique institution. Known pre-eminently for its incomparable luxury and beauty, this internationally famous hotel possesses all the characteristics of an elegant home, providing a standard of service and comfort which, since its founding in 1898, has attracted a regular and faithful clientéle. The genius of the hotel's founder, César Ritz, fortunately survived his death in 1918 and his ideals were perpetuated by his competent wife and by his son Charles, and later even by Charles's widow. When the hotel, by then a Paris landmark, passed out of the Ritz family's hands, it was lovingly revived and extensively improved by the new owners, the Al Fayed brothers. Thus the old-time clients found a reassuring continuation of the hotel's best traditions, and a new generation of visitors discovered that an historical monument like the Ritz could alsó provide... Tovább

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f '•¦.'í';! k ! ; i 11 Í I § . B. .1 *C" éi-i i (' kW Edited by MARK BOXER With an introduction by PIERRE SALINGER The Paris Ritz is a unique institution. Known pre-eminently for its incomparable luxury and beauty, this internationally famous hotel possesses all the characteristics of an elegant home, providing a standard of service and comfort which, since its founding in 1898, has attracted a regular and faithful clientéle. The genius of the hotel's founder, César Ritz, fortunately survived his death in 1918 and his ideals were perpetuated by his competent wife and by his son Charles, and later even by Charles's widow. When the hotel, by then a Paris landmark, passed out of the Ritz family's hands, it was lovingly revived and extensively improved by the new owners, the Al Fayed brothers. Thus the old-time clients found a reassuring continuation of the hotel's best traditions, and a new generation of visitors discovered that an historical monument like the Ritz could alsó provide the most up-to-date services required by the modern traveller. The name that César Ritz gave to his originál hotel has acquired a resonance throughout the world for excellence in both accommodation and courteous attention to visitors. In this splendid, beautifully illustrated book, the intriguing history of the Ritz is traced from its immediate success at the turn of the century, through two World Wars, and during the hectic whir! of the Twenties and Thirties. Here are anecdotes about its most famous visitors, accounts of its important events and profiles of the people responsible for giving it such an enduring reputation. The result is a volume of lasting delight, not only for those lucky enough to have enjoyed at first hand the unique pleasures of the Ritz, but for everyone who has a feeling for Paris, luxurious living and the attraction of unsurpassed quality. With 115 illustrations, 71 in color Vissza