Bulgari Hotel and Residences

The Bulgari Hotel and Residences is a luxury hotel in Knightsbridge, London. When it opened in 2012, it was the most expensive hotel in London.

Bulgari Hotel and Residences
General information
LocationKnightsbridge, London
Opening2012
OwnerLVMH
Technical details
Floor count10
Design and construction
DeveloperSir Robert McAlpine
Other information
Number of rooms85

Location

The hotel is 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.

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

In 2013, it signed a two-year contract with the Royal Albert Hall to be referred to visitors as its preferred luxury hotel.[9]

In 2017, Bulgari London Hotel Private Screening Room was named as one of the top private screening rooms in London by Ikon London Magazine.[10]

It is owned by LVMH.[4]

References
  1. Prime Development: Bulgari Hotel
  2. Bulgari Hotel and Residences, Lonely Planet
  3. Sir Robert McAlpine: Bulgari Hotel
  4. David Sexton, Restaurant of the week: Il Ristorante at the Bulgari Hotel, London Evening Standard, 20 June 2012
  5. Lisa Niven, Bulgari's New Launch, Vogue, 28 MAY 2012
  6. Fiona Duncan, Bulgari hotel, London: review, The Telegraph: Travel supplement
  7. Bulgari Hotel and Residences, Brides, 10 June 2013
  8. Rahim Kanani, Building From Scratch: Sustainable Design At London's Bulgari Hotel, Forbes, 7/11/2014
  9. Bulgari Hotel and Residences, London Becomes Exclusive 5* Hotel Partner to the Royal Albert Hall Archived April 18, 2015, at the Wayback Machine, Royal Albert Hall, 3 September 2013
  10. A Orlova, Tamara (7 May 2017). "Top Private Screening Rooms in London as Selected by Celebrity Photographer Joe Alvarez". Ikon London Magazine. Retrieved 9 November 2017.

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