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Kensington Palace Hotel

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September 1962.

1960 Acquired 60 percent interest in Securicor Ltd for investment purposes. Acquired Night Security Ltd to run in conjunction with Securicor[1]; also owned the Grand Hotel, Folkestone[2]

By 1963 was a subsidiary of Associated Hotels[3]

By the mid-1960s the Securicor subsidiary was earning more than the hotel part of the business.

1970 Took a lease on the new Arlington Court Hotel at Heathrow

1973 Kensington Palace Hotel Ltd and Associated Hotels sold all their hotels to Maxwell Joseph's Norfolk Hotels Group; as well as the Kensington Palace, the hotels included the Shaftesbury, the Prince of Wales, and the Eccleston[4]. Associated Hotels was renamed Securicor; its quoted subsidiary Kensington Palace Hotel was renamed Security Services[5]

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Sources of Information

  1. ↑ The Times May 5, 1960
  2. ↑ The Times Jan. 19, 1961
  3. ↑ The Times Jan. 10, 1963
  4. ↑ The Times June 23, 1973
  5. ↑ The Times Aug. 9, 1973
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