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Marriott to Open Renaissance Hotel at St. Pancras Station in London

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: St Pancras Chambers, London, United Kingdom
February 6, 2008 at 9:35 AM | by | Comments (2)

Trainspotters and travelers alike over in Europe have been hopping with excitement since the opening of the shiny new Eurostar terminal at St Pancras station in London in November.

Hotel-hoppers will have to hop for a bit longer - until 2010, to be precise - for the grand opening of the shiny new Marriott Hotel being built into St Pancras station's 150-year-old Victorian building.

But the hype's started already. The hotel will be part of their smart Renaissance brand and the building in which it will be located is Grade I English Heritage - a level of protection only given to buildings in the UK that are really old and really fragile and really beautiful.

The plan is for 245 rooms (52 in the old section, the rest in a new extension), two restaurants, two bars, health center, ballroom, heaps of function rooms and meeting rooms...and the rest. Originally scheduled for a 2009 opening, the latest news from the Marriott is that it won't be ready until 2010.

As it's located right next to the Eurostar terminal and the busy King's Cross station we guess the weekday clientele will be mainly business travelers. But with any luck, it'll fill with romantics at the weekends.

It's sweet to know that the building used to house a hotel back in 1876. The Midland Grand Hotel was one of the most opulent hotels in London. Think gold-leaf wallpaper, a fireplace in every room, and an in-house orchestra. No ensuite bathrooms but plenty of servants to keep your chamber pot cleaned and emptied. It charged 14 shillings (just over a dollar) a night, which was a fortune back then.

We're not sure Marriott will be able to match the Midland Grand's pure extravagance, but we're looking forward to see it try.

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Why the delay?

I would have thought that the Renaissance Hotel at London's St. Pancras would be open by now.  What happened?  Why the delay?
lividdavid on March 20, 2009 at 8:43 PM #Permalink

Delay

Yes, the delay is actually end october 2010, and probably spring 2011.
They finished the appartements first, the are being led now. Now they will (at last) continue with the hotel.

Have a look at this site:

http://www.building.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=3141089

All the best!

LaurenceH on December 6, 2009 at 12:54 PM #Permalink

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