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New Hotels in London 2010
New Hotels in London 2010
W London-Leicester Square Hotel
10 Wardour Street, W1D 6QF
Delayed - February 2011
On the site of the landmark Swiss Centre in Leicester Square the W London - Leicester Square Hotel is taking shape. Architects Jestico + Whiles have given the building a "playful frosted facade" - ie making use of lots of glass - which allows the building facade to change under coloured lights while also making maximum use of natural daylight in the bedrooms. The mixed-use building will include a ten-floor 192-room hotel, due to open in February 2011, as well as a spa and ten penthouse apartments, two storeys of retail space and a casino and restaurants on two basement levels. Well known worldwide, the W hotel brand is a stylish, modern concept and their first London hotel will include signature W trademarks like the W Living Room concept, where guests are invited to "mix, mingle and relax in a stylish social atmosphere". Service is at the heart of their philosophy, exemplified by their Whatever/Whenever service, a 24-hour concierge that grants your every wish - from box seats at a Premier League game to a private shopping excursion at Harrods. "Whatever you want. Whenever you want it (as long as it's legal!)" goes the motto. More info: W London-Leicester Square Hotel Map, Prices, Opening Times and Nearest Tube
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Corinthia Hotel London
Whitehall Place, SW1A 2HHLate 2010
The historic Metropole building is to be returned to its original use as a hotel when it becomes the Corinthia Hotel London, with the grand unveiling due to occur late in 2010. The building first opened in 1885 as the Hotel Metropole - a grand venue popular for banquets, balls and dinner parties - but, like much of Northumberland Avenue, it was requisitioned during the First World War and has been used by the Ministry of Defence since the Second World War - and at one point it housed the HQ of UFO sightings. Now it returns to its original grandeur and purpose, transforming it into a £300 million luxury hotel with 300 bedrooms (that's £1 million per room) with multi-level penthouse suites and terraces from where you can enjoy spectacular views of the River Thames, Trafalgar Square and Whitehall. Arranged around an elegant central courtyard foyer, facilities include a choice of restaurants, luxury spa, bar, meeting rooms and the refurbished grand ballroom - used for state balls in the 1880s. The adjoining property at 10 Whitehall Place is also being redeveloped and will include a large, four storey ESPA spa as well as a suite of 12 exclusive residences.
Park Plaza Westminster Bridge
200 Westminster Bridge Road, London, SE1 7UTHotel - February 2010 | Pool - August 2010
An imposing presence on London's South Bank, close to Waterloo and with views of Big Ben, the 16-storey Park Plaza Westminster Bridge is a vast hotel - with 1,021 rooms - which occupies a prominent, landmark location. On the roundabout site of the former offices of the Inner London Education Authority, the impressive £350 million project includes a pillar-free ballroom, 32 meeting rooms and two executive lounges but perhaps most striking is its V-shaped atrium spanning 16 floors. After ten years of planning, attention has clearly been paid to detail resulting in good gadgets - light switches by the bed are marked 'Mood, Full, Read and Off' - and thoughtful extras like power socket suitable for UK, American and European plugs. Decorated in burnt orange and browns, rooms are more stylish and spacious than your average London business hotel. Guests can already choose from five restaurants and bars and can also look forward to the opening of the luxury spa, complete with a 15-metre swimming pool, due to launch by end of August 2010.
Pestana Chelsea Bridge
354 Queenstown Road, London, SW8 4AEMarch 2010
Situated at the end of Chelsea Bridge, opposite Battersea Park - with its zoo, boating lake and Pumphouse Gallery - the Pestana Chelsea Bridge is the first UK hotel from the Portuguese Pestana Hotels and Resorts Group. The new purpose-built South London hotel is one of a number of new hotels to open along the river path in Battersea - the eco friendly Rafayel on the Left Bank has had rave reviews since it launched at the end of 2009. Equally well received, the Pestana makes the most of its riverside views, from Battersea Power Station to the London Eye, and offers 216 well appointed, surprisingly spacious rooms, a small SPA and Lifestyle centre. In addition there's an international restaurant, bar and coffee shop on site, extensive underground parking as well as meeting rooms for 10 to 500 delegates. One word of warning about transport: it's not exactly near a tube station and although Battersea Park Railway Station is the nearest station you're better off getting the bus to Sloane Square and picking up a tube from there.
Rafayel Hotel
34 Lombard Road, London, SW11 3RFApril 2010
Located in Battersea with views of the River Thames and close to the London Heliport, the 65-room Hotel Rafayel on the Left Bank is a luxury hotel with green credentials. Opened in December 2009, the hotel proves that eco friendly design can be stylish and functional too. Rainwater collected from the roof is recycled, guests are offered electronic rather than paper newspapers, and toiletries come in big glass bottles, rather than plastic miniatures. It's also the first in the UK to use only LED lights instead of traditional light bulbs and fluorescent lights, a saving of 400,000kg of carbon emissions per year. Both the bedrooms and bathrooms are big and flooded with natural light and the views are pretty fabulous too. Rooms are categorised under the names of rivers - Mississippi and Yangtze rooms, Amazon and Nile suites. In addition, there's a conference room with floor-to-ceiling windows, a WellWorld Spa, a 17th floor roof terrace with 360 degree views of the capital, and a riverside Champagne bar and restaurant with its own roof terrace for alfresco dining. Traditional Afternoon Tea will also be provided by the in-house Mychelle's Baketique. The hotel describes itself as 'Rafayel on the Left Bank' which is slightly confusing - we're in Battersea, not easily confused with St Germain.
Town Hall Hotel & Apartments
Patriot Square, Bethnal Green, London, E2 9NFApril 2010
Highlighted as, "one of the most exciting hotel openings of recent years in London" by Conde Nast Traveller, the former Town Hall building in Bethnal Green has been beautifully restored by thirty-something hotelier Loh Lik Peng into a unique designer hotel. The fusion of old and new means that many original period features remain, with the front half of the town hall dating back to Edwardian times - with lots of baroque detail - married to a 1930s extension in matching Portland stone. It's a fascinating architectural mix. In the 1930s wing original features include the sweeping staircase, the banqueting Bethnal Hall - made up of four interconnected rooms separated by vertically sliding walls - and the art-deco council chamber which has been kept largely as it was and can be hired for weddings and private functions. Meanwhile, in the Edwardian section, opened in 1901, the mayor's parlour with its oak panelling, ornate plasterwork and stained glass has been transformed into an immensely grand bedroom suite fit for rock royalty - it even has its own private dining area. Here the stained glass features coats of arms and the beggar of Bethnal Green - the local legend of Henry de Montford who disguised himself as a beggar. The old Town Hall is certainly rich in history but the bedrooms are bang up to date with modern bathrooms, fully fitted kitchens, air conditioning, free WiFi and flat screen TVs. Meanwhile, in the basement, there's a swimming pool - flooded with natural daylight - and high tech gym. Bethnal Green is known for its avant garde art scene and the Town Hall has taken advantage of this, commissioning local artists to create art works for the entrance, its Viajante restaurant and bar area where chandeliers by Parisian designer Tzuri Gueta hang over you like an art installation. Hip, boutique and unique, the Town Hall is a very special place to stay.
Travelodge
Bank, Bethnal Green, Bromley, Covent Garden, Ealing, Harrow Lyon Road, Harrow Sheridan House, Stratford, Twickenham, WaterlooWaterloo - June 2010 | Covent Garden - January 2011 | Twickenham - Autumn 2011
Budget hotel chain Travelodge has 26 new hotel openings planned in 2010 and aims to be the biggest hotel brand in London by the 2012 Olympics, adding seven new hotels to its current 32 in the city. Their new London hotels are spread across town from Bank to Bethnal Green, Stratford to Twickenham with branches in Bromley, Ealing and two in Harrow. The aggressive expansion sees the Waterloo branch open on 25th June 2010 while a revamp of their existing Covent Garden hotel, due to launch in January 2011, extends the existing Drury Lane hotel by 249 rooms - making it the largest hotel of Travelodge's 380 hotels. Later that year, in autumn 2011, we see the opening of a Travelodge in the centre of Twickenham. Close to Twickenham Stadium, the 111-bed, 10-storey hotel will be in a prime location for business and leisure travellers - and especially handy for rugby fans when England hosts the international Rugby World Cup in 2015.
Hotel Verta
Lombard Road, London, SW11 3RP12 September 2010
Luxury hotel company von Essen has chosen a commanding riverside site in Battersea for their latest new-build five star hotel. Situated adjacent to the London Heliport, the Hotel Verta gets its name - as well as some aviation-inspired interior design ideas - from its heliport neighbour, dubbed 'London's vertical gateway' by the von Essen group. The project's architect and von Essen's in-house creative designer Andrew Onraet has lofty ambitions and cites The Wolseley and the film Sky Captain of Tomorrow as sources of inspiration. "What Terence Conran did for Butlers' Wharf, we want to do for Battersea," he says. Starting with a blank canvas Onraet has put together a hotel with 70 rooms, a subterranean spa, all-day dining restaurant and mezzanine level champagne bar. And, being a new-build, the hotel has some up-to-the minute technology - eco-friendly fridges, free WiFi network around the hotel, lights preset to go off when the guest is not in the room, that kind of thing. Best known for their country house hotels this new city project is a big leap for von Essen but one that promises to add something special to the London hotel scene.
Mint Hotel Tower of London
Pepys Street, EC3N 2NUDecember 2010
The sister hotel to the Mint Hotel Westminster, the Mint Hotel Tower of London is due to open early in 2011 making it the seventh City Inn hotel in the UK with further hotels in Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds and Manchester. This latest project, immediately adjacent to Fenchurch Street Railway Station in the heart of the historic City of London, is a new-build 583-room hotel near the Tower of London - an ambitious project costing about £150 million. The purpose-built hotel is firmly aimed at the four-star corporate market so you get high tech gadgets including an iMac multi media entertainment system in each room which enables free video conferencing, as well as VIP private meeting and dining rooms with outdoor terraces. There's a fitness suite, fast check-in kiosks, hot desk areas and several eating and drinking options. These range from the City Cafe restaurant, Trinity Lounge street level lounge bar and the SkyLounge roof top bar complete with barbeque area and offering spectacular views of the Tower Of London, The Gherkin and the River Thames. Built on the site of the mediaeval Crutched Friars Monastery, Samuel Pepys House, and an 18th century Naval College, the Mint Hotel may well be a new build but it occupies a site with a rich history.
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