Our mid-monthly news update is dedicated to London hotels and venues. We start with The Mondrian Shoreditch Hotel in London which is rebranding as the Virgin Hotel London-Shoreditch from 1st August. It will be Virgin Hotels’ first London property. The hotel has 120 bedrooms and suites, two meeting and events suites, a rooftop bar, restaurant and a fitness centre. It is located in Curtain Road.
Mandarin Oriental is planning a third London hotel expected to open in 2028. Located on London's South Bank the hotel is planned to open with 171 bedrooms and suites plus 70 Residences at Mandarin Oriental. The hotel will include up to four restaurants, extensive meeting and events space plus a range of wellness and fitness facilities. The hotel will be part of the Bankside Yards development between the Tate Modern and Blackfriars Station.
Sheraton Heathrow Hotel has just completed a multi-million-pound refurbishment of its public areas and now features a new reception and lobby lounge, two new bars, a new restaurant and a new café.
The Mandarin Oriental Mayfair hotel has just opened in London’ Hanover Square. It features 50 bedrooms and suites plus 77 private residences, a restaurant, bar and spa. It joins their Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park hotel which opened in 2000.
The Imperial Hotel in Bloomsbury, London is planning a major refurbishment to convert the hotel into a four-star deluxe hotel. The hotel, with 357 bedrooms, is planning a 10th floor rooftop bar and restaurant as part of its refurbishment
Riverside East is a new events space just opened in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford London. It can be booked for corporate events and features a 225-cover restaurant, outdoor events spaces plus a rooftop terrace with views over east London
Spark by Hilton is a new branding in the ‘premium economy’ hotel market in the UK. It is set to launch in the centre of Romford, London shortly with 125 bedrooms.
New owners of the Victoria Garden Hotel Paddington located in Westbourne Terrace in central London are planning major refurbishment to upgrade the hotel into a 68-bedroom, four-star boutique hotel. The new-look hotel is expected to reopen next year.
We will be back in July with the latest news update.