The first ever hotel in London has been opened in 1837 by James Brown, a personal butler of Lord Byron, who invented the idea of a comfortable place for gentlemen who happened occassionaly to visit London. Sooner other picked up the idea, and some of Gregorian houses were changed into the posh guest houses, with many of the rooms rented permanently by aristocracy, thus became more the 'Genteman's clubs' than the hotels we get used to today. Still the best hotels in London are these with 'the proper' tradition, but recently there were many of modern, but top standard premises build by the new chains like Jumeirah, or Four Seasons.
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