Kensington Palace Hotel

1960 Acquired Securicor Ltd and Night Security Ltd; also owned the Grand Hotel, Folkestone[1]
By 1963 was a subsidiary of Associated Hotels[2]
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; the Kensington Palace Hotel company was renamed Securicor[3]