Yury  +  533227 Fri, 27 Jun 08 08:46 AM I hear "the" is generall added to hotel names and even if "the" is not added to a hotel name in writing, "the" is sill pronouced. But I am not sure about the usage of the in relation to hotels. Please advise which of the following are correctly spoken.  The Hotel Hiton Hotel Hilton The Hilton Hotel Hilton Hotel Yury Joined on Thu, Sep 27 2007 Saitama, Japan New Member 17

	Cool Breeze  +  533231 Fri, 27 Jun 08 08:56 AM The article should be used. Hotel is usually after the name of the hotel, but sometimes it occurs before it. No grammatical rule requires the word Hotel. You can leave it out if there is no room for misunderstanding: the Hilton Hotel, the Hotel Hilton, the Hilton By the way, the same applies to the names of rivers: the Thames River/river, the River/river Thames, the Thames. CB Cool Breeze Joined on Fri, Apr 7 2006 Senior Member 3,926 "I hope you'll all live to be 150 years old - and the last voice you hear is mine!" Frank Sinatra on stage in Oslo, Norway, 28 September 1991 Articles