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1 Hotel Mayfair opened on Thursday 13th July 2023, making its debut as the first European property of the 1 Hotel’s mission-driven portfolio. 1 Hotel Mayfair is setting a new benchmark for lower impact luxury in London, introducing a destination, community and platformfor change for travellers and Londoners alike.
Located on Berkeley Street, overlooking Green Park, the eight-storey, urban sanctuary is steps from verdant spaces including St James’ Park and Hyde Park, sophisticated boutiques, West End theatres and renowned museums and galleries including The Royal Academy.
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• The hotel boasts 181-keys (137 rooms and 44 suites) -including the largest one-bedroom Penthouse inMayfairwith sweeping views of Green Park. The hotel is also hometo:
• Dovetale, the ground-floor restaurant from internationally renowned Two Michelin starred chef Tom Sellers
• Dover Yard, a signature cocktail bar and lounge featuring a locally-sourced drinks programme
• Neighbours, a lively daytime café and evening bar
• Wellness area on the first floor, where guests can work out in an uplifting space as well as enjoy the Mayfair-specific treatments by longtime partner Bamford Wellness Spa.
Opting for reconstruction over new construction, this urban oasis, built to BREEAM Excellent standards, utilised 80% of the existing structure, which was repurposed to minimise adverseenvironmental impact.
Through biophilia-inspired design and practices, nature is intertwined into everything at 1 Hotels, and celebrating sustainability is intrinsic to 1 Hotel Mayfair’s design, layout, creativity, culture, storytelling and service. Over 500sqm of living green-trellised exterior walls transform former hard surfaces into natural vertical landscapes. All 181 guest rooms feature moss walls, British Oak flooring andWelsh slate bathroom vanities. More than 200 plant species and 1,300 individual plants can be found across the property, from the living walls to the planting beds in the bedrooms.
In keeping with the brand’s mission-driven ethos, 1 Hotel Mayfair has partnered with contemporary artists to convey important messages on humankind’s impact on our natural environments, including specially commissioned pieces suchas:
• ‘Flow’ by marine-plastic artist SteveMcPherson
• Kate McGwire’s feather installation atop the bar counter at Dover Yard
• The leafy lobby chandelier created from air plants by artist Patrick Nadeau
• Herbert Golser’s ‘1’ sign, made exclusively from wood.
Encouraging guests to explore the city emission-free, the Audi e-tron, the official Electronic Vehicle of 1 Hotels, is available daily for guests to enjoy.
IMMERSIVE DINING DESTINATIONS:
Helmed by two-Michelin-starred Chef Tom Sellers, 1 Hotel Mayfair’s Dovetale restaurant and garden terrace boasts European classics and a deep respect for seasonal, organic and locally sourced ingredients. A Knickerbocker Glory trolley will offer a new take on the classic dessert, made tableside. The restaurant will be joined by adjacent destination cocktail barDover Yard led bymaster bartender Matteo Caretta, which boasts a dramaticbackdrop of Yorkshire dry stone walls and crafted furniture designed by Katie Walker. Finally, Neighbours offers light snacks and barista-made ethicalfairtrade coffee during daytime. As the evening arrives, sliding rattan panels change the ambience for aperitif hour. Rotating music programming takes place every weekend with DJ sets and live performances by top local musicians.
TRANSFORMATIVE WELLNESS OFFERINGS:
The wellness area, spanning the first floor of thehotel,will housea Bamford Wellness Spa, opening late August, with three treatment rooms and a large selection of holistic offerings, inclusive of two bespoke treatments -the ‘Digital Detox’ and ‘Revive’. A relaxation area set in a calming and soothing colour palette, as well as an expansive gym, The Field House, boasts state-of-the-art Technogym equipment and an impressive line up of practitioners and personal trainers.
PENTHOUSE AND SIGNATURESUITES Green Park Penthouse Suite
Oliver Hemming
The newly constructed upper two floors of the building are a contemporary addition to the property and feature floor to ceiling windows throughout, flooding light into the rooms. The new floors add 35 stunning suites and expansive outdoor spaces to the building (includingthe largest 1bedroom PenthouseSuite in Mayfair).
New Gathering Places
A freshly cobbled and now pedestrian walkway, Dover Yard, creates a harmonious outdoor public space, which has been gifted to the neighbourhood. Passing Londoners can connect to nature and the surrounding community in between Berkeley Street and Dover Street.
Unique Experiences
Every month 1 Hotel Mayfair curates a variety of events, classes and workshops for guests, from fashion and wellness pop-ups, music series, exclusive fitness classes and panel talks. An example of such programming is Mayfair’s Tree Tapestry Tour; an opportunity to uncover the hidden treasures of Mayfair with a specially crafted tree map, designed in collaboration with The Tree Council, a local andindependent charity thathasrevealed the breathtaking nature on our doorstep. For daily programming, including Art Tours and Community Dog Walks, visit the website.
www.1hotelmayfair.com
Oliver Hemming
Songbird
+ Monitor
Oliver Hemming is a British designer, and his award-winning collection of Bluetooth speakers and alarm clocks for luxury hospitality is used by many of the most prestigious hotels in the world, and is widely regarded as being both innovative and beautifully detailed.
Songbird is now the Bluetooth speaker alarm clock of choice for many of the world’s best hotels. Made in 2 formats, Uptown and Downtown and in 3 colour ways, ebony wood, black and white. It delivers a beautifully refined classic tone with impeccable good looks and is very easy to use. It’s sibling, the Monitor, is a standalone Hi-Fi Bluetooth speaker with no alarm clock function, for rooms that only require this option.
The Robin is a Bluetooth speaker alarm clock for premium hotels. Specifically designed for hospitality, it has a series of features that make it the outstanding product in its class. With good looks and world class engineering the Robin has simple intuitive controls, a refined audio tone and a very competitive price point.
The Jazzman is luxury Hi-Fidelity Bluetooth speaker with wireless charging and an analogue alarm clock. It is in a class of its own, being fully equipped with every necessary feature for hospitality.
With both wireless and USB charging and a one-time alarm function, the Jazzman has been specifically designed for the luxury hospitality market. It’s 2-way speaker design delivers a beautifully refined tone for music lovers and it’s unique and stylish looks and simple intuitive controls make it an ideal accessory for any luxury room and provides the perfect guest experience.