Corinthia London

London, United Kingdom. Located between Trafalgar Square and the Embankment, on a triangular plot where Northumberland Avenue meets Whitehall Place.

Corinthia LondonLondon, United Kingdom

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294 rooms, including 43 suites and seven penthouses.
Kerridge’s, Mezzogiorno by Francesco Mazzei, Georgie’s Bar, Velvet by Salvatore Calabrese, The Garden and afternoon tea.
Biome, one of London’s largest hotel spas, with pool and sauna.
Located between Trafalgar Square and the Embankment, on a triangular plot where Northumberland Avenue meets Whitehall Place.

12 dates, written by Grand Hotels of the World from the sources below.

1883
Gordon Hotels begins building a grand hotel near Whitehall.
1885
The Metropole Hotel opens; the Prince of Wales, the future Edward VII, entertains there and keeps a box in the ballroom.
1896
Competitors in the first London to Brighton motor run assemble at the hotel.
August 1914
Requisitioned for government staff; Field Marshals French and Haig stay the night before the British Expeditionary Force embarks for France.
1921
Aged sixteen, violinist Bert Firman takes over the Midnight Follies Orchestra, the hotel’s celebrated cabaret band.
4 January 1936
After England’s first win over the All Blacks, both rugby teams find themselves staying at the Metropole.
Mid-1936
The government leases the entire hotel as offices, first for the Ministries of Labour and Transport.
1939 – 1945
Room 424 becomes the first home of MI9 and the Special Operations Executive.
c. 1965 – 1992
Owned by the Crown Estate since the war, the building houses most of the Defence Intelligence Staff.
2007
Empty since 2004, the Metropole Building is sold for £130 million to a consortium led by Malta’s IHI plc.
2011
Restored, it reopens as the Corinthia Hotel, with residences and an ESPA spa in neighbouring 10 Whitehall Place.
November 2011
The James Bond film Skyfall is officially announced at a press conference held in the hotel.