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26-04-2017

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder

The concept of beauty changes a lot over time. What is considered beautiful or on-trend is continually shifting. Sometimes we want skinny eyebrows, which all the models have and then unexpectedly we have to grow them all back because now the new trend is huge, bushy, eyebrows thanks to likes of Cara Delevingne.

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02-12-2016

Five star luxury with Christmas at The Ritz

Christmas is the most special time of the year at the hotel. The main attraction at Christmas is our showstopper tree, which takes pride of place in the hotel lobby. Our special tree takes a whole seven hours to decorate and even scaffolding is needed to fix all of the ornaments and lights in place, as it is a staggering 25ft tall.

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26-08-2016

The Best Theatre Shows in London

The Ritz is in a great location to visit London’s West End and to take in one of the award-winning shows, musicals or cutting-edge plays on offer. The theatre is a magical place to escape and enter a new world. Our concierge team will be more than happy to book you tickets in advance as we believe no trip to London is complete without experiencing the theatre! We have selected a few of the top shows being performed now to help you make a decision.

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20-05-2016

Making a difference and the UK with springboard charity

From 11th-23rd March 2016 myself and 37 keen trekkers all from the UK hospitality industry visited one of the most isolated regions of Peru to partake in the Springboard UK charity trek and community project. The Ritz London sent two members of staff, Ben Heke from the security team and myself from the marketing team. Ben and I spent the previous four months fundraising with the target of £3,200 each to go towards the work Springboard does in the UK. My fundraising activities included baking, knitting, auctions, cycle rides, coffee mornings and even a pub quiz.

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22-04-2016

THE RITZ LONDON’S PARTNERSHIP WITH CLEANCONSCIENCE

DID YOU KNOW?

  • Every day hotels worldwide discard millions of bars of soap.
  • Every year 1.7 million children die worldwide from disease and infection. Half a million of these children could still be alive if they simply had soap to wash their hands.
  • The plastic used for hotel toiletries is manufactured from expensive recyclable Polyethylene terephthalate or High-density polyethylene. Unfortunately, empty or half-full bottles cannot currently be recycled and end up in landfill or incinerated.

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