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The '''Lusaka Hotel''' is the oldest hotel in [[Lusaka]], dating back to 1914 when it was started as a family investment by a Canadian coouple, Mr and Mrs Counsell in the early 1900. The hotel is located on [[Cairo Road]]. | The '''Lusaka Hotel''' is the oldest hotel in [[Lusaka]], dating back to 1914 when it was started as a family investment by a Canadian coouple, Mr and Mrs Counsell in the early 1900 under the name ''Counsell's Lusaka Hotel''. The hotel is located on [[Cairo Road]]. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
[[File:Lusaka Hotel.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Old Lusaka Hotel (Counsell's Lusaka Hotel]]]] | |||
In 1913, The British South Africa Company gazetted Lusaka as a local authority under a Village Management Board. The Counsell's Hotel opened its hospitality doors as Counsell's Lusaka Hotel in 1914 after it got incorporated under theVillage Management board. | |||
During this time the city of Lusaka was experiencing some developmental activities in key economic sectors: Lusaka's first hospital was built south of [[Villa Elizabetha]] in 1918. In the same year, the financial sector saw Standard Bank opening its doors and Barclays followed suit in 1924. This increased the customer base for the hotel. Some of the guests enjoying the hotel's comfortable rooms and were given a unique wakeup call made by the noise from the first plane to fly over Lusaka air space in 1920. | During this time the city of Lusaka was experiencing some developmental activities in key economic sectors: Lusaka's first hospital was built south of [[Villa Elizabetha]] in 1918. In the same year, the financial sector saw Standard Bank opening its doors and Barclays followed suit in 1924. This increased the customer base for the hotel. Some of the guests enjoying the hotel's comfortable rooms and were given a unique wakeup call made by the noise from the first plane to fly over Lusaka air space in 1920. | ||
