Rosewood Hotels and Resorts
Oct 31, 2017, 3:38 pm
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Nov 1, 2017, 10:24 am
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Nov 1, 2017, 10:48 am
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I hope that timeline is indeed the case as I would love to stop by for dinner while I’m in the area in mid/late December.
Nov 1, 2017, 1:05 pm
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If you do stop by for dinner and a visit or even stay , do let us know your impressions !
Nov 14, 2017, 10:03 am
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Guess it's time Rosewood had its own thread .
They continue to surprise with gems like this .
https://www.rosewoodhotels.com/en/grosvenor-square
This should become their London flagship
They continue to surprise with gems like this .
https://www.rosewoodhotels.com/en/grosvenor-square
This should become their London flagship
Nov 15, 2017, 10:23 am
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Nov 15, 2017, 12:34 pm
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Interesting to me too. This is one rare instance where I'd like to try out a new property very early rather than later.
Nov 15, 2017, 2:56 pm
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I've been a Rosewood fan since staying at the old Rosewood Al Khozama about 20 years ago. But I would question the assumption that the Grosvenor property will become the London Flagship. Yes it is better located for tourists, but the current Rosewood London is a very special hotel and better located for many many businesspeople and lawyers. The level of quality in the top suites/houses is stunning. But I hope to try out the Grosvenor property when it opens.
Objectively though I would think the environs of Mayfair and the smaller number of rooms ( - hope they will " isolate " the rooms from the ballrooms / conferencing areas well .) will place it a notch above Holborn - a Park Hyatt level grade as it were .
Nov 15, 2017, 3:05 pm
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For sure the Holborn location is an excellent location and popular with the medical fraternity too and I like the lambs conduit street environs with the quirky Persephone bookshop , a favourite .The hotel itself is wonderful but for me at least is too rambling and impersonal - the connected ballroom / conference area doesn't help either. Would place it at a high grade Grand Hyatt level property. The property being owned by the owners of Rosewood may make the debate for a " flagship" for two hotels in the same city very interesting indeed.
Objectively though I would think the environs of Mayfair and the smaller number of rooms ( - hope they will " isolate " the rooms from the ballrooms / conferencing areas well .) will place it a notch above Holborn - a Park Hyatt level grade as it were .
Objectively though I would think the environs of Mayfair and the smaller number of rooms ( - hope they will " isolate " the rooms from the ballrooms / conferencing areas well .) will place it a notch above Holborn - a Park Hyatt level grade as it were .
As for the new Rosewood London hotel, we'll have to see. My point is that we cannot automatically anoint it as the Rosewood Flagship for London.
Nov 15, 2017, 3:06 pm
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one thing that may be an obstacle is the height of floors for the rooms - if it's too low - that would a big issue .
Nov 15, 2017, 3:33 pm
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Hmm. I never encountered the ballroom so perhaps it depends on what your room is. If you are in one of the houses you should perhaps never encounter anyone, especially the house that has its own entrance. I'm not sure how you could compare this hotel with a Hyatt?!? The amount of money they spent on the furnishings in the Grand Premier Suite I had probably equals the cost of an entire Hyatt House Hotel. And no Hyatt in the world has such upscale houses and suites. Not even a Park Hyatt. Not even close.
As for the new Rosewood London hotel, we'll have to see. My point is that we cannot automatically anoint it as the Rosewood Flagship for London.
As for the new Rosewood London hotel, we'll have to see. My point is that we cannot automatically anoint it as the Rosewood Flagship for London.
I was looking for the Spa and got lost ( not unlike a scene from Harry Potter ) and that's how I found myself in the ballroom wing .
Think the new owners of Rosewood use the same designers as their ( was) Hyatt and New World properties but as London was their first foray under them I guess they splurged !
my previous Rosewood stays and experiences have been good too , with Seiyo Ginza and The Dharmawangsa but those were more like franchised properties I think and Dinner at the Mansion Turtle creek with family ages ( think 80s ) ago and tea and room visit at the Lanesborough as a friend was staying there .
Nov 15, 2017, 3:42 pm
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Well they used to call them houses. Now I see they are called Signature Suites. https://www.rosewoodhotels.com/en/lo...gnature-suites
But the bespoke quality of these suites and the grand premier suite https://www.rosewoodhotels.com/en/lo...-premier-suite are of such a high quality that I've never seen before in any luxury hotel. The heavy, yet perfectly balanced lacquered sliding door that separated the bedroom from living room must have costs thousands on its own. Other luxury hotels may have one or two of these items in a high end suite, but these suites are filled with them.
But the bespoke quality of these suites and the grand premier suite https://www.rosewoodhotels.com/en/lo...-premier-suite are of such a high quality that I've never seen before in any luxury hotel. The heavy, yet perfectly balanced lacquered sliding door that separated the bedroom from living room must have costs thousands on its own. Other luxury hotels may have one or two of these items in a high end suite, but these suites are filled with them.
