The Lusaka Hotel: Difference between revisions

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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.  
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.  
[[File:Lusaka Hotel Restaurant.png|right|180px|thumb|[[Lusaka Hotel]] restaurant]]
[[File:Lusaka Hotel Restaurant.png|right|250px|thumb|[[Lusaka Hotel]] restaurant]]
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. And in 1921, the hotel's restaurant become popular among the workers involved in the tree planting project along Cairo Road for its old favorite dish ''Oxtail''.
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. And in 1921, the hotel's restaurant become popular among the workers involved in the tree planting project along Cairo Road for its old favorite dish ''Oxtail''.