CORINTHIA HOTEL LONDON
he fi ve star Corinthia Hotel London is set to open at the end of April, despite worries it would face sanctions as it is backed by Libyan investment. The Libyan Arab Foreign Investment Company (Lafi co) owns around a third of Corinthia Hotel London. Lafi co is subject to sanctions by the EU and the US, meaning the hotel's managers had to seek assur- ances from the Treasury that the opening could still go ahead. Set off Trafalgar Square in an impos-
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ing Victorian building, the Corinthia features 294 rooms, two restaurants, a concept bar and a fl agship ESPA Life spa. Its 43 suites include seven sig- nature suites located inside historic turrets and spread over two sto- reys, each inspired by a great fi gure in British history. Its main restaurant, The Northall, offers ‘artisanal British produce’, and it also features the Bassoon cocktail bar and the Massimo Restaurant and Oyster Bar. The grand Victorian interiors have
been restored, with the public areas featuring ornate chandeliers, real fi re- places, marble fl oors and wrought iron chandeliers. The historic Victorian ball- room and adjacent Court Room have
Many of the original Victorian features have been restored
been extensively refurbished, while the guestrooms have been designed in a more contemporary style.
The interior design is being led by
GA Design International – also respon- sible for the design of the ESPA Life at Corinthia spa – and David Collins Studio is responsible for the interiors of the Bassoon cocktail bar and the Massimo Restaurant and Oyster Bar. The 2,500sq m ESPA Life at Corinthia is spread over four fl oors, and will feature a spa lounge, an ESPA Life gym, 15 treatment pods, a sleep pod, a private spa suite and a thermal
fl oor featuring a 9m pool, a vitality pool and a range of heat experiences. ESPA Life is a new wellness concept from ESPA, which will unite a collaboration of holistic health professionals, infl u- ential specialists and spa therapists. The facility will offer spa treatments using ESPA products and revolution- ary lifestyle programmes focusing on detox, sleep, weight loss, pregnancy and general vitality. Complementary and alternative medicine and targeted fi tness and rehabilitation services have been designed for ESPA Life at Corinthia to help optimise health.
ST PANCRAS RENAISSANCE HOTEL LONDON O
pened in mid March, the 245-bedroom St Pancras Renaissance Hotel is the fi nal
piece of the St Pancras regeneration project, and has been one of 2011’s most hotly anticipated hotel launches. The former Midland Grand Hotel – which originally opened in 1873 – has been painstakingly restored at a cost of £150m by the Manhattan Loft Corporation and London & Continental Railways. Its reopening sees it func- tion as a hotel for the fi rst time since 1935, when the Midland Grand closed. Designed and built by Sir George
The original hotel opened in 1873 ISSUE 2 2011 © cybertrek 2011
Gilber t Scott, the redbrick Victorian Gothic building was saved from demo- lition in the 1960s by a protest led by the poet Sir John Betjeman.
The fi ve star St Pancras Renaissance Hotel London features 38 Victorian hotel suites in the old section of the hotel, with the remaining rooms located in a new 120,000sq ft exten- sion. It also features The Gilbert Scott Restaurant, run by Marcus Wareing and with interiors by David Collins, The Booking Offi ce Bar & Restaurant – housed in the original ticket offi ce – a 500 capacity event hall, a private club and a barber’s shop.
The St Pancras Spa is due to open
in May, with six treatment rooms and a pool. It will feature products from Parisien spa brand Cinq Mondes. The renovated hotel features 50 ft-high windows, restored gold leaf ceilings, ornate wall murals and the famous grand staircase, which has featured in Batman Returns and the Spice Girls’ Wannabe pop video.
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