Okokuqala kwavulwa ngo-1870 ukwamkela abantu baseBritani abakhokelayo ekukhangekeni kweyona ntlanzi ilungileyo yokuloba i-salmon, eTrondheim Ihotele yaseBritannia izakuvulwa kwakhona ngo-Epreli 1 emva kweminyaka emininzi yokulungiswa kwezigidi ezili-160 zeedola. Isixeko sase-fjord iTrondheim, esikwiikhilomitha ezingama-60 kumazantsi e-Arctic Circle, sisixeko sesithathu ngobukhulu eNorway, kuhlala abantu abangama-200,000.
Ihotele iBritannia yamkele iindwendwe ezihloniphekileyo ezivela kubongameli ziye kwi-Nobel Prize, ku-Queen Elizabeth II kunye ne-Duke yase-Edinburgh, eBeyoncé noJay-Z.
Ukuzalwa ngokutsha kweBritannia yingqondo yomntu onezimali waseNorway, uOdd Reitan, owazalelwa eTrondheim ngo-1951 nowathi, eneminyaka eli-14 ubudala, wavelisa iphupha lokuba ngumnini wehotele. Ubonakalisa ngokubalaseleyo kwifayile ye- Forbes kwaye Bloomberg uluhlu lweebhiliyoni zehlabathi.
UGeoffrey Weill uthi: “Kusivuyisile ukucelwa ukuba simele le hotele ingaqhelekanga, songeza kolu luhlu lwethu lweyona hotele zibalaseleyo zabanini.”
Ilungu le Ukukhokela kwiihotele zeHlabathi, I-Britannia iya kubonelela ngamagumbi angama-246 kunye nee-suites ezili-11, iivenkile zokutyela ezintandathu kunye nemivalo- kubandakanya inkundla yasePalm yasekuqaleni, ispa, indawo yokuzivocavoca kunye nephuli yokudada yangaphakathi. Ihotele iya kubonelela ngeendwendwe ngetekhnoloji yakutshanje, isandi-esingqinisisa, iTV efihliweyo ngaphakathi kwizipili, kunye nezinto eziluncedo nezibane eziqondakala lula nezisebenza.
I-Britannia iza kuba ngumbhiyozo woyilo olunqabileyo lwaseNorway naseScandinavia kunye nemisebenzi yobugcisa. Iibhedi zezomdumisi owenziwe ngezandla waseSweden, uHästens. Amagumbi okuhlambela ngumthendeleko weCarrara marble.
Kwintliziyo ye-Britannia iya kuba yi-Palm-Palm Palm Court, eyaqala ukutyhilwa ngo-1918 kunye nendawo ende yokuhlangana yeTrondheim yoonontlalontle, amagcisa, iimvumi neengqondi. Inkundla yasePalm ezelwe ngokutsha iya kubamba isidlo sakusasa, isidlo sasemini, ibrunch, iti yasemva kwemini kunye nesidlo sangokuhlwa-ezihambisa imali yokuyila yaseScandinavia.
Ubugcisa baseBritannia bezobugcisa bujongwa nguChristopher Davidsen, owazalelwa kwisixeko saseNorway iStavanger ngo-1983 kunye nowafumana imbasa yeSilivere kwiBocuse d'Or ethandwayo ngo-2017. Eyona nto aza kugxila kuyo uDavidsen iya kuba yiSpekilsalen ebabazekayo, indawo yakhe yokutyela yokuqala. IBrasserie Britannia iya kuba sisiFrentshi esiqhelekileyo, esiphefumlelwe yiParis kunye neLyon kunye neBalthazar yaseNew York. IJonathan Grill yindawo yokutyela engaqhelekanga egxile kubuchule baseJapan, baseKorea nabaseNorway. Imarble kunye nekristale iBritannia Bar kulindeleke ukuba ibengokuhlwa kweyona ndawo intle kakhulu yeTrondheim kunye nendawo yokuphumla.
Ibha yewayini yaseVinbaren- kunye nesisele sayo esineebhotile ezingama-8,000- iya kubonelela ngendawo yokuphumla, igumbi lokungcamla kunye nebha enikezela ngee-tapas, i-charcuterie kunye neeshizi.
I-Britannia Spa & Fitness inephuli enkulu yangaphakathi, ii-sauna ezininzi, amagumbi onyango amahlanu kunye nabaqeqeshi bobuqu. Ihotele iya kubonelela ngenkomfa yobugcisa kunye nezixhobo zebhola.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- The rebirth of the Britannia is the brainchild of Norwegian financier, Odd Reitan, who was born in Trondheim in 1951 and who, at age 14, developed the dream of owning the hotel.
- At the heart of the Britannia will be the glass-domed Palm Court, first unveiled in 1918 and long Trondheim’s meeting place for socialites, artists, musicians and intellectuals.
- The Britannia’s culinary arts are overseen by Christopher Davidsen, born in the Norwegian city of Stavanger in 1983 and Silver medal winner of the cherished Bocuse d’Or in 2017.
