The Savoy Hotel - Saying Goodbye

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Uploaded by on Feb 13, 2011

Sold in 2004 to Saudi Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal (19th richest man in the world). The famous Savoy hotel first opened in 1889. It was refurbished in 1926 and 1927 and symbolised the glamour and beauty of the roaring twenties, but in 2007 it closed for a total refurbishment which took 3 years. Everything inside was ripped out and modernized. (even the dance floor).

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  • How sad!

    I thought that sort of thing happened only in America!

  • I still can't believe this acctually happened.. It's so sad I never got to see the Savoy hotel as it was back in its golden days. Or maybe I will, when I'm dead.

    By the way, the song during the last seconds of the clip was very suitable in the context. 'Let's creep away from the day, for the party's over now.' The party is indeed over, in my case before I ever got to attend it. I wish there was a way to o back in time.

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  • I WANT MORE EPISODES OF THIS!!! It was so good on ITV, it needs to be like airline but for a hotel, thumbs up if you agree!!!

  • I don’t understand the negativity. It’s not that they changed the character of the hotel. They used the best material from all over the world and they gave a fresh art deco and Edwardian style. If this is not luxury and glamour, then what it is? On top of that, the hotel now has eco-friendly features, and from the doorman, it looks like all the employees who were available, have their jobs back.

  • I hope they all got their jobs back when it reopened :(

  • @fdfvdfify You are right. However, America's culture was based on ideas (not customs). Though many americans want to make their culture like canada's or Britain. Hence, Baseball, Chevrolet, hotdogs, and guns. They will have to learn that their ideas are their bedrock and that they should, could, would not change it.

  • @fdfvdfify It sure did, I'm not defending whats been done to the hotel... But as long as you start using the word "North-Americanism" from now on I'll concede that you have an appreciation for discerning detail ... We are talking about cultural sensitivity excuse me.

  • @ReadingMostly Canada is in North America...and it's the imported things, based on American modern hotels. America doesn't have too much of a culture to maintain in this category. Unfortunately England did, and it just lost one of it's best.

  • I'm so tired of all this mindless rubbish said about "Americanism" when anything anywhere in the world changes.

    The 3 firms involved with this project were all European, the training for management was by a Canadian group and the owner is a Prince of the Saudi Royal Family....

  • THERE NEEDS TO BE A DOCUMENTARY SERIES ABOUT THIS HOTEL. it was soooo good! more episodes please!!

  • oh no :( OMG

  • oh no :(

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