Historical Development of Hospitality/Accommodation

The Coaching inn 

The Whitehorse inn was constructed in 1603 and was built by the architect Laurence ord. during the hotel's time, it was the best coaching Inn in the city of Edinburgh. The coaching inn is located at the start of the Great North Road, Ater the change of owners the coaching inn was turned into working-class accommodation for working-class customers.

The coaching inns were used for travellers on horses who were travelling long distances and were coming to coaching inns to let their horses rest and for them to rest from travelling and use the accommodation provided by the coaching inns, they looked like bars or small hotels and mainly were used as a quick stop while travelling; the first coaching inns that were starting to open in Edinburgh were in the 18th century, and they were located around 10 miles away from each other and in the coaching inns most guests had to share their beds with strangers as the more private accommodation was expensive and the cheaper one wasn't as personal as the more expensive one.

 

The Railway Hotel

The balmoral hotel was originally built to be a North British hotel, the hotel is in the heart of Edinburgh city, and the architectural style of the building is Victorian style, the hotel used to take luggage from customers at the Waverley rail station before the hotel was bought out by Gleneagles Hotel Company in 1983. In the year 1988, the hotel closed for refurbishment it was opened again but by a different company The Balmoral.

The railway hotels are the hotels that are built next to rail stations, the first railway hotel was opened it was in the 18th century. One of the first railway hotels opened in Edinburgh was The Caledonian hotel which now is located at princess street it is over 100 years old and was opened in 1903, the original name of the hotel was Waldorf Astoria Edinburgh, Most of the people were choosing railway hotels as they preferred having their accommodation close to the railway, the hotels were opening everywhere in Britain and they were opened at the start of trunk hotels between 1839 and 1913 and there’s were only 93 railway hotels. The major railway companies were under pressure to provide accommodation across the UK for their passengers. The oldest pub in Edinburgh is the white heart which is located on Edinburgh grass market, and it’s not only the oldest pub but it’s also haunted as there have been many sightings from tourists and staff who have interesting stories to share about the pub.