JW Marriott Grosvenor House London

London, United Kingdom. Located on Park Lane in Mayfair, facing Hyde Park.

JW Marriott Grosvenor House LondonLondon, United Kingdom

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Address: JW Marriott Grosvenor House London
86–90 Park Lane
London W1K 7TN
United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 20 7499 6363
Official website: www.marriott.com
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494 guest rooms following the £142 million restoration completed in 2008.
The Great Room, a former ice rink turned banqueting hall, is one of Europe’s largest ballrooms, seating up to 2,000 guests.
Restaurants and bars include JW Steakhouse, The Park Room, Corrigan’s Mayfair, MA/NA Mayfair, the Red Bar and The Bourbon Bar.
Located on Park Lane in Mayfair, facing Hyde Park.

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

14 May 1929
Arthur Octavius Edwards opens the hotel on the site of Grosvenor House, former London home of the Dukes of Westminster; it is the first in London to give every bedroom its own bathroom.
1929
BBC national radio begins relaying dance music from the hotel, led by American bandleader Jack Harris.
1933
Seven-year-old Princess Elizabeth, the future Queen Elizabeth II, learns to skate on the hotel’s ice rink; Sydney Lipton becomes resident bandleader.
1934
Edwards’s de Havilland Comet racer, named “Grosvenor House”, wins the MacRobertson England–Australia Air Race.
1935
The ice rink is converted into the Great Room, a banqueting hall of some 1,900 square metres.
1943
The Great Room becomes the US officers’ mess; Generals Eisenhower and Patton are regular visitors.
1957
A 92-bedroom extension, built after the neighbouring house at 35 Park Street could finally be demolished, is opened by Chancellor Peter Thorneycroft.
2008
The hotel reopens after a four-year, £142 million renovation of rooms, restaurants and public areas.
2010
The Indian conglomerate Sahara India Pariwar acquires the hotel from the Royal Bank of Scotland, paying £470 million.
November 2018
Katara Hospitality, owned by the Qatar Investment Authority, announces its purchase of the hotel, which remains managed by JW Marriott.