New Six Star Hotel Planned For London

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed)
Nov 16th 2010 at 1:01AM

London will be the home of a hotel that hopes to be the city's first six-star hotel. The Wellesley will be located at 11 Knightsbridge and will have just 36 luxury suites. The hotel will be managed by Arab Investments' City and Country Hotels. It was formerly commercial offices and is being developed by Rhimesong at a cost of £36 million refurbishment costs.

The hotel will have glamorous Art Deco styling with rooms spread out over six floors. The largest suite will be a four-bedroom spread on the sixth floor with views over Hyde park. This hotel will be a smoker's delight with private heated cigar terraces and the UK's largest bespoke humidor. The Crystal Bar will house a whisky and cognac wall. The Oval restaurant will serve Italian cuisine next to a dedicated jazz bar. The Wellesley in is set to open in November 2012.

Tags: knightsbridge, london, london hotels, six-star hotel, the wellesley

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Malcolm Thomson Nov 16th 2010 1:31AM

I think it might be interesting to your readers to add that the dark red ceramic facade betrays the original purpose of the building's ground floor (and subterranean levels)... it was one a station on the city's Underground rail system.

More on this (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyde_Park_Corner_tube_station) WIki page.

Emyr Thomas Nov 16th 2010 5:05AM

You can read about other luxury hotels opening in London over the next 6 months in our London Guide below:

http://blog.bonvivant.co.uk/2010/11/04/the-london-guide-news-updates-and-launches-2/

Knightsbridge Hotels Nov 17th 2010 5:32AM

I'm giddily excited about the prospect of a six star hotel in London, though I'll almost certainly never get to stay there. Gives me something to aim for y'know. Looking forward to gushing over it on www.tubehotels.com