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One Aldwych, the 105-bedroom luxury hotel on the edge of London’s Covent Garden will close for two months next year to complete a major refurbishment.
The hotel will initially remain open when work starts on the multimillion-pound project in October, closing in mid-January and it is expected the hotel will reopen in March.
The refurb will create a new look for the bedrooms, which will include four new suites, taking the total bedroom count down to 102 and the public spaces including the entrance, reception, Lobby bar, Indigo restaurant and private event spaces will also undergo renovation.