UPCOMING OPENINGS

THE PENINSULA LONDON e newly built property, designed by Hopkins Architects, is on the site of a former 1960s o ce block on Grosvenor Place, overlooking Hyde Park Corner. e property features 190 rooms and suites, plus 25 residential apartments designed by Peter Marino, many of which have oor-to-ceiling windows overlooking Buckingham Palace Gardens and Wellington Arch. Dining venues include roo op restaurant Brooklands by award-winning chef Claude Bosi and Cantonese restaurant, Canton Blue. e site will also have shops, a ballroom and a spa. e residential apartments have a separate entrance on Halkin Street, as well as a private pool. peninsula.com

First announced in 2015, London’s rst Peninsula hotel was scheduled to open in “early 2023”, in the capital’s Belgravia district. ere was still no exact opening date con rmed at the time of going to press, but Business Traveller attended a preview of the hotel in late January (see businesstraveller.com for details).

BROADWICK SOHO

Scheduled to open in 2023, Broadwick Soho is the rst London hotel designed by Martin Brudnizki, and is described as “your eccentric godmother’s Soho townhouse”, with Brudnizki taking inspiration from “the gritty glamour, but also eclectic and diverse history of Soho”.

Situated on the corner of Broadwick Street and Berwick Street, the hotel will o er 57 “residentialfeeling” rooms, including a penthouse and nine suites, with many rooms o ering private balconies that overlook the bustling streets. e hotel’s food and beverage concepts will be operated in partnership with Jamie Poulton and chef Ed Baines, founders of Randall and Aubin on nearby Brewer Street. ere will be a street level Italian restaurant with terrace, and a roo op cocktail bar with a wraparound terrace. broadwicksoho.com

Hotel Riu Plaza

LONDON VICTORIA

Spanish brand Riu Hotels and Resorts is set to open its rst UK property this spring, within a renovated building on Neathouse Place, close to London’s Victoria station. e 11-storey Hotel Riu Plaza London Victoria will feature 435 rooms, a tness centre, restaurant and lobby bar. riu.com

Mandarin Oriental Mayfair

Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group will also open its second London hotel this spring.

Mandarin Oriental Mayfair is located on Hanover Square, with the building’s design by Rogers Stirk Harbour and Partners. e property will include 50 rooms and suites designed by UK-based Studio Indigo, as well as 78 private residences.

Interiors have been led by Tokyobased studio Curiosity, with the concept of ‘a hub of nature and art’. e hotel will be home to awardwinning chef Akira Back’s rst namesake restaurant in the UK, along with his ABar Lounge concept. ere will also be a spa with an indoor 25-metre swimming pool, sauna and vitality pool. mandarinoriental.com

RAFFLES LONDON AT THE OWO is hotly anticipated Ra es property – housed within the former Old War O ce (OWO) at the junction of Horse Guards Parade and Whitehall – is set to open in 2023. Ra es London at the OWO will o er 120 rooms and 85 branded residences, as well as extensive wellness facilities and 11 F&B venues including a roo op restaurant. Completed in 1906, the sevenoor property served as the o ce of political and military leaders including Winston Churchill, David Lloyd George, Lord Kitchener, Herbert Asquith and T.E. Lawrence.

Accor says that a five-year renovation programme has seen key features of the building restored, including hand-laid mosaic floors, oak panelling, chandeliers and a marble staircase. accor.com

Locke Kensington

Hospitality group Edyn plans to open its sixth London property in June 2023, under its design-led Locke aparthotels brand.

The former NH Kensington hotel is situated on Cromwell Road, around five minutes north of Earls Court Underground station.

The as-yet-unnamed property is set to be converted into a 121-unit aparthotel with a bar, restaurant, coworking and meeting space, and private gardens. Its interior design will draw inspiration from “the iconic art deco style of Derry and Toms Department store and the golden age of Kensington”, with a “glamorous mid-century aesthetic”. lockeliving.com

Hyatt Regency London Blackfriars

The former Crowne Plaza London The City hotel is set to reopen under the Hyatt Regency brand this spring, following “an extensive refurbishment programme”. The Grade II listed property is located on New Bridge Street just north of Blackfriars Bridge and Blackfriars station, and Hyatt says the hotel will offer an all-day New York style bistro and a specialty Chinese restaurant, as well as a cocktail bar with outdoor area, meeting spaces and a fitness centre. hyatt.com

The Botree

The Botree hotel is scheduled to open in July 2023, situated at the intersection of London’s Marylebone and Mayfair neighbourhoods.

The 199-room hotel will include 29 suites, two restaurants, a live music club, private screening room and fitness centre.

Rooms have been designed by Amsterdam-based firm Concrete and will feature colourful natural fabrics and textures created exclusively for the hotel. Each room will include a reception space, separated by sliding panels, which leads to the bedroom and lounge areas. thebotree.com

Hampton By Hilton London Old Street

Hilton is set to open the latest London property under its budget Hampton brand this summer.

The 107-room Hampton by Hilton London Old Street is scheduled to open on Westland Place, around a five-minute walk from Old Street Underground and rail station, with links to the Northern Line and National Rail services to Stevenage and Welwyn Garden City.

Facilities will include an Italian restaurant, free wifi and hot breakfast, a fitness centre and conference meeting room. Hilton has also highlighted the new-build hotel’s eco credentials, being designed to utilise harvested rainwater. hilton.com

Ruby Stella

Lean luxury brand Ruby Hotels will open a 153-room property in London’s Clerkenwell this summer. Ruby Stella will form part of a mixed-use development that will also feature offices and nine new-build affordable residential units.

The development will see a twostorey extension and private terraces added to the existing Victorian Ragged School building. The offices were scheduled to be completed in February, followed by the hotel and residential units in July this year. rubyhotels.com

Citizen M London Olympia

Dutch hotel group Citizen M is to open its fifth London hotel in 2023. The property will be located in the transformed Olympia London exhibition centre on Hammersmith Road, which is set to open in 2023 following a £1.3 billion regeneration led by Yoo Capital and Deutsche Finance International. The mixeduse development will feature a

4,400-capacity live music venue, owned by entertainment company AEG, a 196-room Hyatt Regency property, and conference centres.

Citizen M London Olympia will include 145 rooms, three meeting rooms, and a living room open to the public in the historic Apex room. Interiors will be designed by Amsterdam-based partner Concrete and will feature furniture from Vitra, one of Citizen M’s long-term collaborators. citizenm.com

Hyde Paradox Hotel London City

Hyde Hotels has announced that its first European property will open in 2023, occupying the redeveloped 15 Old Bailey.

The seven-storey building – which dates back to 1874 – will feature 110 rooms, two restaurants and a speakeasy bar.

The Hyde brand forms part of Accor’s global lifestyle hotel partnership with UK-based developer Ennismore, which was announced in late 2020. accor.com

Six Senses London

Six Senses will open its first UK property in West London in 2023. The 110-room Six Senses London will be located in Bayswater’s former Whiteleys department store. Facilities will include a 20-metre swimming pool, indoor padel court, fitness centre, steam room, sauna and Six Senses spa, alongside a bar and all-day dining restaurant with indoor and outdoor seating.

The 1,300 sqm ground floor will be inspired by the brand’s “connection to people and nature”, with the lobby featuring plants, textured fabrics, bespoke flooring and reclaimed wood furniture and upholstery in natural tones, while glass display cabinets will flank the walls. sixsenses.com

The Emory

Maybourne Hotel Group has announced plans for its fourth London property, which will join Claridge’s, The Connaught and The Berkeley. Scheduled to open in e hotel will include 60 suites over nine oors, with each oor showcasing di erent interior designers, a guest-only roo op space, restaurant by Jean-Georges Vongerichten and a four- oor underground wellness space with a 22-metre pool. the-emory.co.uk

Knightsbridge this winter, e Emory will be housed within a new building on Old Barrack Yard, designed by the late Richard Rogers, and Ivan Harbour of architectural rm RSHP.

Park Hyatt London River Thames

Hyatt is set to open its rst Park Hyatt property in the UK in late e 203-room property will be located within R&F UK’s Nine Elms development, a mixed-use project which will also comprise 2,300 apartments and over 11,150 sqm of commercial space. is will include the company’s One ames City development, made up of premium residences, hotels, shops, a park and restaurants. e hotel will have a secure executive wing and event spaces, including a large ballroom, targeting both business and government travellers due to its proximity to the new US embassy. hyatt.com

2023, located in London’s Nine Elms area on the bank of the River ames.

Travelodge London Chiswick

Travelodge has secured funding for a new hotel in west London’s Chiswick district.

e new-build property will be conveniently located next to Chiswick Roundabout and Chiswick Flyover, and around 400 metres from Chiswick Business Park.

e hotel will feature 113 rooms – with the group’s latest budget luxe design – spread across the ground oor and ve upper oors.

RTP Global Real Estate Investments has purchased the site and committed to fund the development site for £19.4 million, with practical completion expected in the fourth quarter of 2023. travelodge.co.uk

St Regis London

e Westbury hotel in London’s Mayfair is set to become a St Regis property, with an expected reopening date of 2024.

e hotel will be rebranded as e St Regis London following a £90 million transformation, with an additional eighth oor being added to the existing property.

Features will include 196 rooms and suites designed by Peter Newman-Earp of Morrison Design, with interiors handled by Richmond International.

An extension to the rear of the property will create “enhanced public areas”, and the building’s façade and drop-o area will also undergo a renovation.

e Polo Bar will be retained, and there are plans for a signature restaurant, speakeasy jazz bar, tness centre and spa. marriott.com