Blakes Hotel
{{Short description|Hotel in London, England}}
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| location = 33 Roland Gardens, South Kensington, London, England
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Blakes Hotel is a 5-star hotel in London, and considered one of the world's first boutique hotels.{{cite book |title=Hospitality Strategic Management: Concepts and Cases |last=Enz |first=Cathy A. |page=131 |year=2009 |publisher=John Wiley and Sons |isbn=978-0-470-08359-8 }} It is at 33 Roland Gardens in South Kensington. It was established by London hotelier and designer Anouska Hempel,{{cite web |url=http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/f8104b3a-6e8e-11e1-b98d-00144feab49a.html#axzz1tMZh6YA6 |title=At home: Anouska Hempel |date=March 23, 2012 |publisher=Ft.com |author=Emma Jacobs}} and contains eclectic artifacts collected by Hempel during her international travels.{{cite news | url=http://www.thehandbook.com/news/blakes-hotel-restaurant | work=The Handbook | title=Blake's Hotel & Restaurant | date=Nov 24, 2011 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130212212841/http://www.thehandbook.com/news/blakes-hotel-restaurant | archivedate=2013-02-12 }} Known for protecting its clients's privacy from the paparazzi, it often accommodates celebrities. Regular guests have included Princess Margaret; Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York; actresses Gwyneth Paltrow and Lindsay Lohan; and supermodel Kate Moss.{{citation needed|date=August 2017}}.
The hotel is also home to a Mediterranean-style restaurant and an exclusive lounge named Blakes Below, which debuted in 2016.
The hotel was mentioned as a plot point in Sofia Coppola's 2020 film On the Rocks.
Interior
The hotel's 45 rooms were designed with varied influences; Asian, Moroccan and Colonial styles are conspicuous.[http://www.mrandmrssmith.com/luxury-hotels/united-kingdom/london/blakes-hotel/ Smith Hotels]
The single rooms contain French double beds with blacks and whites in an eclectic style.{{cite web|url=http://www.milesfaster.co.uk/london-hotels/blakes-hotel-london.htm|title=Blakes Hotel|publisher=Miles Faster|accessdate=February 26, 2010}} The double rooms are styled as Indenture or Provençal design, including antique swan beds. The Director's Double has European king-sized beds which are either French gilded antique swan or four-poster. The Luxury Suites, decorated in various styles, have European king-sized four-poster beds with extra high ceilings and their own balconies with French windows. The Library Suite has hidden cupboards behind fake bookshelves, silk wall hangings, and a double-height four-poster bed.
See also
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References
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External links
- [http://www.blakeshotels.com/ Official site]
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