Six Senses to open a hotel in London in 2023

The first Six Senses Hotel will open in the UK at Whiteleys, Bayswater, West London. The building is a former art deco department store, which then became a shopping centre in the 1980s and closed in December 2018.

The hotel will have 110 bedrooms and suites, as well as 14 residences. It will have a lobby bar and lounge, all-day dining restaurant with an open kitchen and seating area in the courtyard. The original Grade II façade, central courtyard, dome and internal staircase (modelled on the La Scala opera house in Milan) will all remain. Contemporary art from British artists will be used throughout.

The hotel will have a Six Senses Spa in the style of an old-fashioned London underground station, with fitness area and indoor swimming pool. On the second floor, residents and members will access a social and wellness club and coworking spaces.

Six Senses Hotels Resorts Spas was acquired by IHG earlier this year and currently has 18 hotels and resorts and 30 spas in 21 countries.