London's latest hotel, St Pancras Renaissance will welcome its first invited guests from today (14 March). The impressive Grade I-listed building is located next to St Pancras International train station, from where trains depart to the UK and Europe from. The new hotel plays on the romance of train travel and honours its location and history; the Booking Office Bar was originally just thatand some of the rooms overlook the Eurostar trains departing to Paris. Michelin-starred chef Marcus Wareing, who already has a restaurant at The Berkeley, will open The Gilbert Scott restaurant at the hotel in May. During a six year, £150 million refurbishment architects worked with the V&A museum and English Heritage to ensure that all was authentic to the Victorian design. The building, originally the Midland Grand Hotel, was designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott and opened by Queen Victoria in 1873. It was once feared that as London became more modern this gothic building was "too beautiful and romantic to survive". Luckily it did survive and has now been resorted to its full glory.
From today (14 March) invited guests will be welcomed by the hotel, from 21 March the hotel will be open to public bookings. The official opening ceremony will be held 5 May which is 138 years since the original hotel opened.
www.marriott.co.uk/hotels/travel/lonpr-st-pancras
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