Trust Houses Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Gardner, John, Catering
- Forte's Holdings Ltd
- Trusthouses Forte Ltd
- Hertfordshire Public House Trust
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
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Business services
Contract catering
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Hotel, lodgings & catering services
Hotel, lodgings, etc, services
Notes:
Traced origins to 1903 when established as Hertfordshire Public House Trust, a quasi social initiative to revive English rural coaching inns by promoting them as hotels and upgrading them for middle class visitors By 1919 had evolved as Trust Houses Ltd with a chain of 100 hotels; had over 200 by 1939. Mostly based in English country towns. Post war diversified into contract catering with acquisition, inter alia, of John Gardner Catering, subsequently known as Gardner Merchant. 1970 merged with Forte's Holdings Ltd to form Trusthouses Forte Ltd
Publications:
- A consumer service in interwar Britain. The hotel trade, 1924-1938 by Pope, Rex
- A Growing Concern. An autobiography by Broackes, Nigel
- Tales of Old Inns. The history, legend and romance of some of our hostelries by Unknown
- Trust House Story by Vale, Edmund
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Gardner, John, Catering
- Forte's Holdings Ltd
- Trusthouses Forte Ltd
- Hertfordshire Public House Trust
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
- Business services Contract catering
- Hotel, lodgings & catering services Hotel, lodgings, etc, services
Notes:
Traced origins to 1903 when established as Hertfordshire Public House Trust, a quasi social initiative to revive English rural coaching inns by promoting them as hotels and upgrading them for middle class visitors By 1919 had evolved as Trust Houses Ltd with a chain of 100 hotels; had over 200 by 1939. Mostly based in English country towns. Post war diversified into contract catering with acquisition, inter alia, of John Gardner Catering, subsequently known as Gardner Merchant. 1970 merged with Forte's Holdings Ltd to form Trusthouses Forte LtdPublications:
- A consumer service in interwar Britain. The hotel trade, 1924-1938 by Pope, Rex
- A Growing Concern. An autobiography by Broackes, Nigel
- Tales of Old Inns. The history, legend and romance of some of our hostelries by Unknown
- Trust House Story by Vale, Edmund