Hotel restaurants are once again becoming hotels' core attraction

A Skift Feed report on November 13, 2026 said hotel restaurants are once again becoming hotels' core attraction. The report traces the trend to 1890: after César Ritz and Auguste Escoffier took over London's Savoy hotel, they renovated the restaurant; Ritz adjusted the lampshade lighting, arranged a band on weekends and required evening dress, while Escoffier created dishes such as Peach Melba, making the restaurant the reason the hotel stood out for eight consecutive years. In 1898, the two were dismissed by the Savoy over missing wine and supplier kickbacks, and three months later opened the Hôtel Ritz in Paris. The report did not provide specific data or cases from the contemporary hotel industry.