2018年CRI Luxury hotels put on special packages for Royal Wedding

 

Royal fever will reach new heights in London with the May 19th wedding of Prince Harry¹ and Meghan Markle.

London is expected to see a surge of tourists as the event approaches, and some hotels are offering special royalty-themed packages to attract visitors.

CRI's Victor Ning has more.

London is feeling particularly patriotic² in the run up to the royal wedding.

The Zetter Townhouse hotel in Clerkenwell will offer special royal packages for tourists.

Bartender Matteo Moscatelle explains.

"Our guests during the Royal wedding can stay in our Club Room. This is draped with Union Jack³ flags. It's really patriotic and we expect that we will be really, really busy during this time."

Guests be given a handbook on 'British Style, Correct Form, Modern Manners' to take home.

Another special touch for them is a half British half American Royal Afternoon Tea to reflect Harry and Meghan's respective countries.

Meanwhile, minutes away from Buckingham Palace, guests can experience a particularly royal package at the Hotel Cafe Royal.

As Managing Director Guillaume Marly explains, the hotel is a particularly apt place to celebrate the royals since it has hosted many of them.

"I was here 20 years ago and I was very lucky to welcome to this particular beautiful venue⁴ Princess Anne and various members of the Royal family of course."

Marly says that one of the most frequent Royal visitors was Prince Harry's mother Princess Diana.

There are two tiers to the Royal package.

The Regent Royal Wedding Package includes the overnight stay in the Regent Suite⁵, a luxury limousine⁶ tour to the Royal wedding venue Windsor castle; Or for an even more extravagant⁷ stay, the Empire Royal Wedding Package includes all of the above and tickets to the Royal County of Berkshire Polo Club, the hotel's grandest historical suite: the Empire Suite, a helicopter ride above the city of London.

The UK's Tourism Alliance says that a royal wedding is worth 1 - 2 billion British Pounds to tourism in terms of publicity⁸.

There is often an increase of around 20 percent to locations associated with the event in the following year.

An additional 600,000 people came to London for the wedding of Prince William to Kate Middleton in 2011.

60 percent were from the UK and 40 percent from overseas.

For CRI, this is Victor Ning.

1 harry   

vt.掠夺，蹂躏，使苦恼

参考例句：

• Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天，人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。
• Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。

2 patriotic   

adj.爱国的，有爱国心的

参考例句：

• His speech was full of patriotic sentiments.他的演说充满了爱国之情。
• The old man is a patriotic overseas Chinese.这位老人是一位爱国华侨。

3 jack   

n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克

参考例句：

• I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
• He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。

4 venue   

n.犯罪地点，审判地，管辖地，发生地点，集合地点

参考例句：

• The hall provided a venue for weddings and other functions.大厅给婚礼和其他社会活动提供了场所。
• The chosen venue caused great controversy among the people.人们就审判地点的问题产生了极大的争议。

5 suite   

n.一套(家具)；套房；随从人员

参考例句：

• She has a suite of rooms in the hotel.她在那家旅馆有一套房间。
• That is a nice suite of furniture.那套家具很不错。

6 limousine   

n.豪华轿车

参考例句：

• A chauffeur opened the door of the limousine for the grand lady.司机为这个高贵的女士打开了豪华轿车的车门。
• We arrived in fine style in a hired limousine.我们很气派地乘坐出租的豪华汽车到达那里。

7 extravagant   

adj.奢侈的；过分的；(言行等)放肆的

参考例句：

• They tried to please him with fulsome compliments and extravagant gifts.他们想用溢美之词和奢华的礼品来取悦他。
• He is extravagant in behaviour.他行为放肆。

8 publicity   

n.众所周知，闻名；宣传，广告

参考例句：

• The singer star's marriage got a lot of publicity.这位歌星的婚事引起了公众的关注。
• He dismissed the event as just a publicity gimmick.他不理会这件事，只当它是一种宣传手法。