The Savoy Hotel

The Savoy is one of London's most prestigious and historic luxury hotels, located on the Strand in the City of Westminster, overlooking the Thames Embankment. Opened in 1889 by impresario Richard D'Oyly Carte using profits from the Gilbert and Sullivan operas, it was among the first hotels in the world to offer electric lifts and electric lighting throughout. The hotel is a Grade II listed building and has been a destination for royalty, heads of state, and celebrities for well over a century, and is notable for being the only street in the United Kingdom where traffic drives on the right.