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Victoria Falls Hotel

Field	Value
hotel_name	The Victoria Falls Hotel
logo	Victoria Falls Hotel logo.jpg
image	Victoria Falls Hotel from behind.jpg
alt	The Victoria Falls Hotel
address	1 Mallet Drive, PO Box 10
location_city	Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe
location_country	Zimbabwe
coordinates
opened_date	1904
operator	African Sun Limited & Meikles
owner	National Railways of Zimbabwe
number_of_rooms	161
website

The Victoria Falls Hotel is a historic luxury hotel at Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, dramatically situated with a view of the Second Gorge and the Victoria Falls Bridge from its terrace.

It is a member of The Leading Hotels of the World marketing organisation and managed by African Sun Limited and Meikles.

History

The hotel was opened in 1904 to accommodate passengers on the newly built railway of Rhodesia Railways Ltd, part of the planned Cape to Cairo Railway. Later it was a staging post for the BOAC flying boat service between Southampton and South Africa. In September 1904, Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein and her daughter, Princess Helena Victoria became the first royal guests of the newly opened hotel. The hotel has accommodated royal visitors on several occasions, including King George VI and his family in April 1947.

The hotel has been the site of a number of important political meetings. In 1949 Roy Welensky organised a conference there to discuss the creation of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, and in 1963, the Victoria Falls Conference at the hotel led to the breakup of the federation.

It hosted the 1975 Victoria Falls Conference to try to sort out Rhodesia's Unilateral Declaration of Independence that followed the break-up of the Federation.

In 2022, the Anglican Church of the Province of Central Africa presented an award to the hotel for its stewardship of its in-house chapel, where weekly masses are held in addition to special services such as weddings.{{Cite news|url=https://www.heraldonline.co.zw/victoria-falls-hotel-receives-light-of-stewardship-award/|title=Victoria Falls Hotel receives Light of Stewardship Award

References

Roberts, Peter. "To the Victoria Falls - Royal Visit 1947".

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