HOTEL & SPA
W LONDON – LEICESTER SQUARE
TAs celebrity party the night before. The 10 storey W London – Leicester Square features 192 rooms and is clad in translucent glass that changes colour according to the time of day and the ‘ambience of the area’. The hotel also features a fi ve treat-
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ment-room AWAY®Spa, a W Lounge Bar serving cocktails and food, a Wyld Bar (apparently inspired by the Met Bar in its heydey) and a SWEAT fi tness club with Technogym equipment and rooftop views of London. In keeping with the contempo-
rary, design-led nature of Starwood Hotels’-owned W Hotels, the design of W London – Leicester Square aims to be a bit different. Conceived by Amsterdam-based design team Concrete, the guest rooms were appar- ently inspired by the idea that guests
he UK's fi rst W Hotel opened to the public in London on 14 February, following a post-BAF-
Jason Bruges designed the colour-changing glass facade
want a more ‘studio-style open space’, with the standard (or Wonderful) rooms featuring bathrooms designed into the overall space, rather than sep- arate bathrooms and bedrooms. Other unsual design touches include dimly- lit hallways and lifts furnished in black – to create a nightclubby feel – silver
pod-style check in desks and a lobby featuring hundreds of glitter balls. W Hotels’ spin off 'budget-boutique' brand Aloft Hotels is also set to open in London ahead of the Olympics. The 252-room Aloft London ExCel is due to open in ExCel London in the Docklands at the end of 2011.
LONDON SYON PARK A
little further out, London Syon Park, a Waldorf Astoria Hotel, sits on the edge of the 200
acre Syon House estate, just a few minutes from Kew Gardens. Opened on 8 March, it offers a coun-
try hotel experience but is just a 20 minute train ride from Waterloo. The fi ve star hotel features 137 rooms and suites, a restaurant serving British cui- sine, a children’s restaurant, a terrace serving afternoon tea and a martini bar. It also features a rooftop lounge, a Kallima spa, the Grand Syon Ballroom – which will be used for events ranging from fashion shows to weddings – and a butterfl y house in the lobby. Kallima, The Spa at London Syon Park features 11 treatment rooms, including a double VIP suite, a per- sonal hydrotherapy suite and a Vichy suite, a relaxation space called the snug, a nail spa, a swimming pool, a whirlpool spa and a sauna and steam- room, along with a fully-equipped gym and team of personal trainers.
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London Syon Park is seven miles from central London Kallima has partnered up with
luxury spa brands Anne Semonin, Terraké, Voya and Leighton Denny, who have designed The Kallima Couture Collection, a range of treatments exclusive to Syon Park. Cosmetic surgeon Alex Karidis has opened his fi rst non-surgical treatment rooms within Kallima, offering a range of tailor-made treatments that com- plement the Kallima concept. These include anti-ageing treatments for the
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face such as botox, dermal fi llers and HydraFacial, as well as tightening and sculpting body treatments. Guests book the amount of time they want to spend with Kallima’s thera- pists – who are multi-trained – rather than choosing specifi c treatments. Therapists then decide on the most appropriate treatments, together with guests, after an individual needs analy- sis. Guests pay the same hourly rate no matter which treatments they receive.
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