Hotels Being Refurbished In London

I recently spent the day in London to visit some hotels that are undergoing changes at the moment

Corus Hyde Park 

The Corus Hyde Park is located in central London. It’s within walking distance of Lancaster gate and Oxford Street. It’s just minutes away from Paddington station and the Heathrow Express. The Hotel has 389 bedrooms with free WI-FI throughout the Hotel. They’re going through a refurbishment at the moment with the bedrooms. I saw a room ‘before’ and ‘after’ the refurb. They certainly are looking a lot more updated. The new rooms are designed by Laura Ashley they are using the space much better in the refurbed rooms. 

The Lancaster (pictured)

The Lancaster is within walking distance of Lancaster gate and Oxford Street. It’s just minutes away from Paddington station and the Heathrow Express. The Hotel has of 411 bedrooms and is currently going through a big refurbishment.  At the moment half of the bedrooms are off being refurbed and after that the 2nd half will be done. In October the reception/lobby area is going to be refurbed and transformed completely. Everything will be completed by September 2017, so there is some disruption at the moment.  The work in the bedrooms is being completed from 8:30am-5pm Mon-Fri. So if you want to sleep in a little during the week you may get disrupted by the noise!

Amba Marble Arch

The Amba Marble Arch has just gone through a big refurb. It has been made very bright and airy with lots of white walls. The reception area now consists of individual check in pods. It has a very modern feel throughout. They are hoping to update the conference rooms next year. The Hotel has 692 rooms. Before updating the rooms they made a big effort to ask all their guest’s what they would like in the rooms. They have put the top 10 things that people requested into the rooms including espresso machine, steam iron, USB ports, free mini bar with fresh milk, long mirror with a plug, smart TV, no tray charge for room service, no clutter on the vanity desk, bigger bathroom products, touch screen tablet, and comfortable beds.  

WOW! – Asking the guests what they want for the bedrooms, a no brainer!