American actor Robert De Niro has announced plans to open a new luxury hotel in London’s Covent Garden. Plans have been submitted to Westminster City Council for the development of an 83 bedroom hotel, which will feature a spa, two restaurants, a deli and a members club. The hotel will be constructed on the site of six historic buildings near the Royal Opera House and will be built around a central courtyard. The hotel will be a sister venture to Robert De Niro’s Greenwich hotel in New York and will be created with partners BD hotel and Capco with work due to begin in 2017, and the hotel due to open in 2019.
