The Victoria Falls Hotel is a historic luxury hotel at Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe , dramatically situated with a view of the Second Gorge and the Victoria Falls Bridge from its terrace.
5-611: It is a member of The Leading Hotels of the World marketing organisation and managed by African Sun Limited and Meikles . The hotel was opened in 1904 to accommodate passengers on the newly built National Railways of Zimbabwe railway, part of the planned Cape to Cairo Railway . Later it was a staging post for the BOAC flying boat service between Southampton and South Africa . In September 1904, Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein and her daughter, Princess Helena Victoria became
10-898: Is headquartered in New York City . The company was established in 1928 by a group of European hoteliers. With 38 initial members, among them Hotel Negresco in Nice , the Mena House in Cairo , the Montreux Palace in Montreux and King David Hotel in Jerusalem , the organization was initially known as "The Luxury Hotels of Europe and Egypt". The founders opened an office in New York named Hotel Representative, Inc. (HRI). By
15-462: The end of the 1960s, HRI had grown to 70 member hotels, all of which were in Europe. From 1971, it admitted new member properties worldwide. As of 2018, LHW represented "more than 400 hotels in over 80 countries". The properties include independent and unusual hotels throughout the world, including former castles, mountain hideaways, safari camps and private islands. Hotels seeking to join must have
20-604: The first royal guests of the newly opened hotel. The hotel has accommodated royal visitors on several occasions, including King George VI and his family in April 1947. The hotel has been the site of a number of important political meetings. In 1949 Roy Welensky organised a conference there to discuss the creation of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland , and in 1963, the Victoria Falls Conference at
25-581: The hotel led to the breakup of the federation. It hosted the 1975 Victoria Falls Conference to try to sort out Rhodesia's Unilateral Declaration of Independence that followed the break-up of the Federation. The Leading Hotels of the World The Leading Hotels of the World, Ltd. is a marketing organization representing more than 400 luxury hotels in over 80 countries. Established in 1928 by European hoteliers , it
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