London is one of the most premium hotel markets in the world, though it’s a city that has surprisingly few luxury points hotel options. That’s slowly changing, though we’re having to be really patient, given constant construction delays.
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About time! London already is an embarrassment of riches (as are cities like NYC, Paris, Tokyo, etc.) in terms of high-end hotels. That said, a St. Regis, a new Waldorf, a Park Hyatt, a Six Senses, etc. all welcome, especially if can use free-nights and points to stay. The question for the St. Regis is whether it will start awards at 111K, so as to keep-out those of us with Brilliant 85K certs. + 25K. Hmm.
Location, location, location! But, I hope they have found a way to fix a major problem the Westbury Mayfair had which was terrible. The Westbury Mayfair was my "corporate" hotel when I worked for a UK company since it was one block from the office in Mayfair. Although the location is fantastic, it is also a very busy area and very noisy. Now, talking about noise, we used to rent conference rooms in the lower level of the Westbury and it was impossible to have meetings there since the tube ran right underneath the property and it would rattle the walls and make a huge noise. It was so bad that after a few times we decided to move our meetings to another hotel nearby.
I think you missed my point. Renting conference rooms is a big source of revenue for luxury hotels since you get guests to spend on rooms, restaurants, catering, conference rooms, etc... A luxury hotel having conference rooms that are literally useless because of noise with floors and walls trembling every time a tube goes underneath is a big problem. I hope they moved those conference rooms to an upper floor instead.
The bathrooms look okay but the rooms are pretty average considering all of the 5-star competition in London -- and not just fake five stars like the Marriott County Hall or Hyatt Regency Victoria Embankment, but legit 5 stars. The rooms look more like a Westin or Sheraton.
It's worth noting that this place is competing with and walking distance from multiple incredible hotels including the Chancery Rosewood.
Imagine St Regis rates might start closer to £700/night vs £1,000+ at the Rosewood/Claridge’s tier
I'm waiting on that Waldorf Astoria London Admiralty Arch... and waiting and waiting lol. I'm sure it's going to be hard to book for the first season it's open, but what a property / location!
Alot of waiting, why not? Hyatt has some old management in Europe that are not very good at this.
The Park Hyatt is a flop. Now this project is delay 3 Years ! Wow.
I think American management needs to get on their game and realize that the Hyatt Europe management is probably ready to retire and be on the ball.
That's is a goodlocation but also one of the absolute busiest corners in Mayfair. It will be interesting to see how the St Regis competes given, as others have pointed out, it's also steps away from several of the most luxurious and storied hotels on earth, and many of those others have arguably more attractive (less busy/loud) locations. I suspect the St Regis will have to price a bit less than some of its neighbours.
@iflyfar - the headline made me think St Regis not pretentious enough to warrant 'keys', yet there in the body text are the 'keys'. Can anyone other than someone in a tailored suit and year-round winter neck scarf with vaguely Central European accent speaking in hushed tones say 'keys' in person and pull it off? I don't know that I could take an industry conference panel if it were 'keys' this and 'keys' that.
@ Stefan Krasowski -- "Can anyone other than someone in a tailored suit and year-round winter neck scarf with vaguely Central European accent speaking in hushed tones say ‘keys’ in person and pull it off? I don’t know that I could take an industry conference panel if it were ‘keys’ this and ‘keys’ that."
Then I'd recommend never going to any conference that's even vaguely about the hotel industry, since that's the standard terminology used.
So if this is priced too steeply what's the best value hotel in London in this category?
Very disappointing to see another luxury hotel jumping onto the Moxy "no desk" trend. Thumbs down.
@ Ben Schlappig - after I started seeing that terms pop up in past several years in your posts, I did some looking to see the term became standardized at least as far back as the 1970s/1980s. I loved your Feb 6 post "Why Hotel Rooms Are Often Described As “Keys” (No, It’s Not Douchey, I Swear)."
It reminds me of when I started learning about miles and points, I was introduced at OMAAT to airline use of 'product' terminology with 'hard' and 'soft' variants, which took a bit of time to adjust to reading and think it fit, not I am used to it.
Something about 'keys' has been harder to adjust to, maybe because the only context I have seen it is this blog in the context of ultra high-end hotels. Do some Quality Inn reviews with liberal use of 'keys' and it may make use think it is a democratized term.
Speaking of events, not specific to travel industry, recent interviews I hear executives say forms of 'we are in the convening business', trying to keep a straight face using the new
term their marketing/PR folks have adopted.