Lanesborough Hotel

Bonhams To Sell Furniture From The Lanesborough Hotel

Filed under: Decor, Luxury Travel & Hotels, Auctions

London's five-star hotel, The Lanesborough, is selling off a collection of hotel furniture at Bonhams, Knightsbridge, as part of its monthly Period Design sale on March 29. The furniture had been used in the hotel since its opening in 1991. The furniture is being sold because the hotel is creating a new suite by interior designer Alberto Pinto. The lavish first-floor suite will be located on the first floor, overlooking Hyde Park Corner, and will include four bedrooms, a living room, a dining room, a kitchen and four and a half bathrooms. The Lanesborough Suite will cost £14,000 plus VAT per night. The collection up for sale at Bonhams includes approximately 80 pieces, such as chandeliers, mirrors, paintings, furniture and works of art. Everything is being sold without reserve and prices range from £30 to £3,000.

The Lanesborough is located in Knightsbridge overlooking Hyde Park and has 95 guest rooms including 43 suites. Guest rooms and suites have Sony VAIO laptops in all guest rooms and fresh fruit and mineral water replenished daily. The room decor blends the latest technology with Regency-style furniture and art. Rooms start from £375.

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Tea and Couture at the Lanesborough

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Filed under: Luxury Travel & Hotels

Fans of Hervé Léger by Max Azria, the fashion house behind the ubiquitous, celeb-beloved bandage dress, can take a look at the brand's designer's Autumn Winter 2010 Collection in style. The Lanesborough hotel in London is hosting a special event on November 26 at the Michelin-starred 'Apsleys – A Heinz Beck Restaurant.' The Lanesborough and Hervé Léger by Max Azria Champagne Afternoon Tea provides not just champagne, couture and cake but also expert styling advice as well as a 15 percent discount on the Autumn Winter 2010 Collection. Tickets to the event are £49.00 per person.

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Lanesborough London's Asprey & Verdura Experiences

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Filed under: Handbags, Jewelry, Luxury Travel & Hotels

London's luxe Lanesborough Hotel (above) has partnered with famed luxury goods brands Asprey and Verdura on a pair of exclusive "design experience" packages through March 31st. The packages available at the 5-star Regency-style St. Regis property on London's Hyde Park Corner in Knightsbridge include an opportunity to personally design a one-of-a-kind Asprey leather bag, and a private appointment and estate consultation at Verdura, one of the world's foremost jewelers. The Asprey experience at their Bond Street flagship is focused on a creative session with one of their in-house designers to create a bespoke leather handbag or briefcase from an extensive selection of exotic skins, including alligator, crocodile, python and ostrich.

The Verdura experience involves viewing the jewels of the house's legendary founder, Duke Fulco di Verdura, as well as a consultation to evaluate your collection and advise you on key "estate" additions. Verdura designed jewels for legendary figures from Coco Chanel to Babe Paley and Princess Di. The Asprey experience includes accommodation in an Aspley suite and costs about $1,600 per night with a three night minimum stay; the Verdura package includes accommodation in a Junior Suite and costs about $1,000 per night with a three night minimum. Back in November we reported that the Lanesborough's posh library bar was offering the world's oldest cognac at $6,000 a shot.

[via JustLuxe]

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World's Oldest Cognac for $6,000 a Shot

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Filed under: Cigars, Luxury Travel & Hotels, Spirits

The luxe Lanesborough Hotel in London has just acquired the world's oldest bottle of cognac, distilled in 1770, and is offering it to patrons of their plush Library Bar (above) for £4,000, or about $6,000, per shot. That's considerably more than the ultra-expensive Louis XIII Black Pearl Magnum cognac my colleague Lisa Palladino wrote about last summer, which cost $2,500 per shot. In addition to the 240-year-old tipple, the Lanesborough, a St. Regis property, just installed a new walk-in cigar humidor, the first of its kind in a London hotel. The humidor houses 1,000 cigars and contains 25 private lockers for the personal collections of top patrons, who can enjoy Cuban and even pre-Castro smokes in the hotel's posh Garden Room.

[via JustLuxe]

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