PRAISE FOR HOTELS

Chronicle (Levin), 16 July 1946, Page 7

PRAISE FOR HOTELS

STANDARD VERY HIGH I I | WELLINGTON, July 15. "The slaiidards maiiitained in New Zealand hotels today are as liigh as j ' tliose to be found anywliore in the j 1 world,"' ileclared Alr. R. ■ C. Uruser, ; ■ represent ative of Ihe well-known Bri- • tish journal Catorer and Holeikeepj er, wlio is visiting holeis in the Dominions 011 beluilf of his paper. ''ioiu' i hotels will please tourists when tliey ^ i come. " j Mr. Fraser, interviewed tonight, said i that nowliere could hotels nioasure uji . to prewar standards because of the set-; , liack sutrofbth 111 ' th-e war years. I111 'New Zealand, however, he was agree- j : ably surprised to discover the liotel 1 ! standards had been maiiitained at a very liigh level. in Britaiu conditiousl had" beconie so difficult that in manv. hotels Ihe guests were required to ' bring tlieir own towels and in hoiho] leven tlieir own sheets. 1 11 Anierica , '■ batli queues were still the order of thedav in niany hotels. The service in; iNew Zealnnd hotels coinpared very; favourably with that in Australian \ ' gud South African estalilishments. ilr. Fraser saicl he believed New Zealand would be in a good positiou to: ; vvin a coiisiderable tourist trade and j ; tourists, vvlien tliey came, would be | well pleased with the service tliey j i would get. Accommodation cluirgesi i here were very reasonable compared ' with those ruling overseas. 1 ; 2— —