Title: Hospitality Net [Online] Date: 14th May 2012 Unique Users per Month: 110,000 PR Value: 1,850

Londons hotel market is booming

TOPHOTELPROJECTS: 20 new top hotels have opened their doors during the past year 37 new hotel projects with more than 8,800 rooms are in the pipeline further 10 new hotels will open up until the 2012 Summer Olympics

No one would ever imagine, that London could not offer a sufficient number of hotel rooms or premium hotel properties. The UK capital still is the melting-pot of the British Empire and talking point in respect to its numerous hotel projects. According to TOPHOTELPROJECTS, the leading information service for international hotel construction and development projects, 20 new four and five star rated hotels with more than 4,200 rooms have opened their doors during the past year. Over the next three years further 37 new top hotels with more than 8,800 rooms will be inaugurated. Among them the 195-room Shangri-La in the new skyscraper "The Shard" (TOPHOTELPROJECTS Nr. 616), expected to open up in spring 2013. Until the start of the Summer Olympics by the end of July a total of 22 first class and luxury hotel will have opened their doors in London, including the new ME London by Mlia International (TOPHOTELPROJECTS Nr. 9182, 157 rooms) located in prime location in a former bank office building. In early July the InterContinental Westminster (TOPHOTELPROJECTS Nr. 8900, 256 rooms), nearby New Scotland Yard at St. James Park, will officially open. And close to the legendary Wembley Stadium the new Hilton Hotel (TOPHOTELPROJECTS Nr. 12670, 306 rooms) will be ready to host its first guests this summer. After the recent opening of the beautiful Grosvenor House Apartments (TOPHOTELPROJECTS Nr. 9314, 133 apartments) next to Hyde Park, Jumeirah Hotels will add another 261 rooms luxury property (TOPHOTELPROJECTS Nr. 1276), to its hotel portfolio after the official opening in August. The hotel in a glass tower will be located on the south side of the River Thames directly opposite the City of London - a very convenient location for business travelers. With the Jumeirah Lowndes Hotel already operating, the Dubai-based and globally expanding hotel chain already offers a London boutique hotel in prime location in the sophisticated Belgravia district. GLOBAL DATABASE AND RESEARCH SERVICE FOR FIRST-CLASS & LUXURY HOTEL CONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS TOPHOTELPROJECTS is the leading online database for worldwide first-class & luxury hotel construction projects. WE constantly research hotel projects, so YOU can focus on selling your products & services! Filter projects according to development stage, region, category, opening date, keyword search and many other variables Contacts from the groupings "ownership" (investor, owner, consultant), "project execution" (contractor, interior designer, architect, developer) and "operation" (hotel company, franchise, mgmt. company, pre-opening office) Receive automatic update-notifications by e-mail View projects on Google Street View Receive hotel market analysis via our newsletter Plus plenty of further benefits. Via our daily research service you know "where-who-when-what" is happening and being planned in the global hotel construction business to initiate or complement your sales cycle. Outsource your daily hotel project research and have instant online sales lead access!