Bulgari Hotel and Residences

Bulgari Hotel and Residences
General information
Location Knightsbridge, London
Opening 2012
Owner LVMH
Technical details
Floor count 10
Design and construction
Developer Sir Robert McAlpine
Other information
Number of rooms 85

The Bulgari Hotel and Residences is a luxury hotel in Knightsbridge, London.

Location

The hotel is located in Knightsbridge, near The Knightsbridge Apartments, One Hyde Park and 10 Lancelot Place.[1] It is close to Harrods and Hyde Park.[2]

History

The hotel was built by Sir Robert McAlpine from 2010 to 2012,[3] where once stood the Normandie Hotel.[4] It was dedicated in May 2012.[1][5] It was designed by Antonio Citterio, Patricia Viel & Partners.[1] It was built with Portland stones.[1] There are ten floors up and six underground floors.[6]

There are 85 rooms and suites.[1][2] All the rooms are designed in the same manner.[7] The main thematic design is silver.[5] The hotel is also home to a cigar shop, a cinema, a spa, an indoor swimming-pool, a ballroom, and the Rivea restaurant.[6] The ballroom, which has a silver chandelier, can be rented for wedding receptions.[8] It is "eco-friendly"; for example, the rainwater is recycled for the toilets.[9] There is also a garden on the roof, or "green roof",[5] with bat boxes.[9]

In 2012, it was the most expensive hotel to stay in London, before The Ritz Hotel and the Savoy Hotel.[6] In 2013, it signed a two-year contract with the Royal Albert Hall to be referred to visitors as its preferred luxury hotel.[10]

It is owned by LVMH.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Prime Development: Bulgari Hotel
  2. 1 2 Bulgari Hotel and Residences, Lonely Planet
  3. ↑ Sir Robert McAlpine: Bulgari Hotel
  4. 1 2 David Sexton, Restaurant of the week: Il Ristorante at the Bulgari Hotel, London Evening Standard, 20 June 2012
  5. 1 2 3 Lisa Niven, Bulgari's New Launch, Vogue, 28 MAY 2012
  6. 1 2 3 Mark Palmer, My night in Hotel Vulgari: Daily Mail travel editor Mark Palmer gives his verdict on Britain's most expensive hotel Bulgari, The Daily Mail, 3 July 2012
  7. ↑ Fiona Duncan, Bulgari hotel, London: review, The Telegraph: Travel supplement
  8. ↑ Bulgari Hotel and Residences, Brides, 10 June 2013
  9. 1 2 Rahim Kanani, Building From Scratch: Sustainable Design At London's Bulgari Hotel, Forbes, 7/11/2014
  10. ↑ Bulgari Hotel and Residences, London Becomes Exclusive 5* Hotel Partner to the Royal Albert Hall, Royal Albert Hall, 3 September 2013

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