tourist class
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London gets a new tourist class hotel
The 914-room London Penta Hotel in Cromwell Road, Kensington, was. formally opened recently by Mr John Davies, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.
Mr Ron Spencer, BEA’s financial director and chairman of the Euro pean Hotel Corporation (UK) which has developed the new project, said: “We have been constantly reminded of the great many new hotels mush rooming in London and we are fre quently hearing that London is mov ing from a serious shortage to an ominous glut of hotel rooms.
“One thing is certain —the Penta is not worried about this. The Euro pean Hotel Corporation (UK) and Grand Metropolitan Hotels believe that our existence and our forecasts indicate that a large, reasonably priced hotel such as this will continue to be in demand by tourists and businessmen alike.”
The European Hotel Corporation was established three years ago to form a chain of hotels in the gate way cities of Europe and in other major centres. The airline members, are British Airways (British Airways Associated Companies have assumed the hotel interests of BEA and BOAC), Alitalia, Lufthansa and Swissair.