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I have just merged some information here from the Shell Mex House article. However, the two disagreed on two points. The Shell Mex article claimed the hotel opened in 1886 with 800+ rooms, while this article claimed it opened in 1896 with 600+ rooms. Other websites seem to give the 1886/800 figures, so I've gone with those, but anyone who has an authoritative reference would be wise to check and correct the article if necessary. &mdash; [[User:Haeleth|Haeleth]] <small>[[User_talk:Haeleth|Talk]]</small> 13:30, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
I have just merged some information here from the Shell Mex House article. However, the two disagreed on two points. The Shell Mex article claimed the hotel opened in 1886 with 800+ rooms, while this article claimed it opened in 1896 with 600+ rooms. Other websites seem to give the 1886/800 figures, so I've gone with those, but anyone who has an authoritative reference would be wise to check and correct the article if necessary. &mdash; [[User:Haeleth|Haeleth]] <small>[[User_talk:Haeleth|Talk]]</small> 13:30, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

I think the 1896 date is correct. The Liberator Building Society collapsed in 1892 and the Cecil Hotel was "rescued" and finished after this. I expect the opening was noted in The Times or the Illustrated London News, which would make ideal print references, but I don't have academic or subscription access to the online indexes.
Online references are one thing, but is rather worrying that practically every online reference to the hotel is word-for-word similar to this Wiki entry. --[[User:Davidnugget|Davidnugget]] ([[User talk:Davidnugget|talk]]) 13:59, 27 August 2015 (UTC)

== Menu ==

The Buttolph Collection has a [https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47db-7cc6-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99 menu] for the “Wine & Spirit Trades’ Benevolent Society. Banquet” held on 1 May 1906 in the Hotel Cecil. [[User:JDAWiseman|JDAWiseman]] ([[User talk:JDAWiseman|talk]]) 14:14, 4 March 2017 (UTC)

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I have just merged some information here from the Shell Mex House article. However, the two disagreed on two points. The Shell Mex article claimed the hotel opened in 1886 with 800+ rooms, while this article claimed it opened in 1896 with 600+ rooms. Other websites seem to give the 1886/800 figures, so I've gone with those, but anyone who has an authoritative reference would be wise to check and correct the article if necessary. — Haeleth Talk 13:30, 2 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I think the 1896 date is correct. The Liberator Building Society collapsed in 1892 and the Cecil Hotel was "rescued" and finished after this. I expect the opening was noted in The Times or the Illustrated London News, which would make ideal print references, but I don't have academic or subscription access to the online indexes. Online references are one thing, but is rather worrying that practically every online reference to the hotel is word-for-word similar to this Wiki entry. --Davidnugget (talk) 13:59, 27 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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The Buttolph Collection has a menu for the “Wine & Spirit Trades’ Benevolent Society. Banquet” held on 1 May 1906 in the Hotel Cecil. JDAWiseman (talk) 14:14, 4 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]