The May Fair Hotel | |
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Hotel chain | Radisson Collection |
General information | |
Location | Mayfair, London, England |
Coordinates | 51°30′29″N0°8′38″W / 51.50806°N 0.14389°W |
Owner | Edwardian Hotels |
Management | Edwardian Group London [1] |
Other information | |
Number of rooms | 404 |
Website | |
themayfairhotel.co.uk |
The May Fair Hotel is a luxury hotel on Stratton Street in Mayfair, London, near the site of Devonshire House in Piccadilly. [2] It opened in 1927 with King George V and Queen Mary in attendance. [3] The hotel is now owned by Edwardian Hotels, and Inderneel Singh, son of the chairman and CEO Jasminder Singh, is the managing director. [4]
The 404-room hotel completed a $150 million renovation [5] in November 2006. The building also houses the May Fair Theatre, which opened in 1963. [6] [7]
In 2005, a blue plaque was unveiled to commemorate dance band leader Ambrose, who performed regularly at the hotel. [8] Eric Parkin was a cocktail pianist there in the 1940s.
In June 2019, the hotel joined the Radisson Collection brand. [9]
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