Boutique hotels are small-capacity hotels that provide more personalized service than typical hotels. They typically have fewer than a hundred rooms, and are considered more "trendy" and "intimate", often due to their location in urban areas. They will usually also display a strong sense of aesthetic, and have a unique, un-homogenized character. They may be themed too, such as by having a focus on nature, environment, cuisine, history, community and cultural immersion, attentive service, or well-being.
7-533: Radisson Blu Edwardian Vanderbilt Hotel is a boutique hotel at 68–86 Cromwell Road in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea , central London . The hotel, located in a Grade II listed terrace of white stucco townhouses , contains 215 rooms and is part of the Radisson Blu Edwardian chain. The Scoff & Banter Kensington restaurant is situated on the ground floor. The hotel
14-552: A marble fireplace with a large stone statue of a hare, and a black-and-white tiled floor. The bedrooms contain handcrafted Vispring mattresses. According to Architect Magazine , a retractable roof was added to the hotel's rooftop terrace in 2015 by Ettwein Bridges Architects and Tony Hogg Design Ltd., with Tenara Fabric and Sefar Architecture. The hotel contains the Scoff & Banter Kensington restaurant, formerly
21-680: Is debate about who started the boutique hotel concept. Blakes Hotel in South Kensington, London , designed by Anouska Hempel , and the Bedford by Bill Kimptom in Union Square, San Francisco, both founded in 1981, may have started the trend. The term "boutique hotel" was coined by Steve Rubell, who compared Morgans Hotel to a boutique as opposed to a department store , to which chain hotels were compared. In recent times, boutique hotels have grown in popularity, corresponding with
28-600: The Science Museum ." This Grade II listed building once served as a residence of the Vanderbilt family — ' American royalty ' during the Gilded Age . The hotel consists of ten townhouses combined into one building, and it contains frescoes, richly adorned ceilings, wood panelling and stained glass windows. The decor is described as being "minimalist", with "neutral grey, white and yellow tones". The lobby has
35-415: The 68–86 Bar and Restaurant, also known as Bar 86, an upmarket bar and restaurant that serves British cuisine with " Pacific Rim " influences. The interior has been described as having "wooden floors and unusual objects of art". The decor was refitted in 2014. Boutique hotel Boutique hotels first began appearing in the 1980s in major cities such as London , New York , and San Francisco . There
42-408: The general public's increased interest in individualized service. Many hotel chains have begun to focus on creating subsidiary hotels to establish smaller, boutique-style hotels, or in acquiring previously independent boutique hotels. Boutique hotels are typically furnished in a themed, stylish, and/or aspirational manner with distinctive concepts. These concepts often reflect the local culture of
49-691: Was purchased in 1978, and in 1993, Edwardian Hotels partnered with Radisson Hotels to become the Radisson Edwardian Hotels group. In 1998, the hotel was completely refurbished, and it became a four-star hotel. Located in London's Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea , the hotel is 2,300 feet (700 m) from the Royal Albert Hall , and "less than five minutes’ walk from the Natural History Museum and
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