MODERN HOTELS

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 2, 4 January 1937, Page 4

MODERN HOTELS

STUDYING THE LATEST After an absence of six months from Wellington, Mr. G. H. Bassant, formerly manager of the Hotel St. George, returned by the Awalea today, accompanied by TvTrs. Bassant and their small daughter and also Mr. Bassant's father, Mr. C. J. Bassant. Mr. Bassant described his trip as being in the natuie of a "hotel refresher course," as he had made a point of visiting the hotels wherever ho travelled and of studying the latest developments in respcct to hotels. He visited London and the provinces of England, and also made a short trip to France and Brussels. A great deal of money had been spent on the hotels in England and on the Continent, said Mr. Bassant, chief attention having been paid to the provision of additional bathroom facilities and accommodation. Another feature of the hotel life was the facilities for dancing and the items given under en- ; gagemcnt by leading artists. ] Mr. Bas.sont found London very busy. I There was also now. he said, a distinct improvement in Paris, the lowering of the exchange having much to do with ! this. Much money was being spent in I London in anticipation of the Coronation. The London season promised to I be a very big one from every point of jvievv and already the hotels were heavily booked. While in Brussels Mr. Bassant revisited the Hotel Metropole, where he was chief reception clerk 15 years ago, and was delighted to find that his old colleagues were still there. Mr. and Mrs. Bassant are remaining in Wellington.