Goring Hotel
{{Short description|Luxury hotel in London, England}}
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{{Infobox hotel
| hotel_name = The Goring Hotel
| logo = Goring Hotel logo.svg
| logo_width = 250
| image = Goring Hotel Londres.jpg
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| location = 15 Beeston Place, London, England, United Kingdom
| pushpin_map = Central London
| coordinates = {{coord|51|29|50.96|N|0|8|44.16|W|display=inline}}
| opened_date = {{Start date and age|2 March 1910}}
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| developer = Otto Richard Goring
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| owner = Goring family (since 1910){{cite web |url=https://www.thegoring.com/media/3305/whos-who-at-the-goring.pdf |title=Who's who at The Goring |work=The Goring Hotel |accessdate=2023-12-31}}
| number_of_restaurants = 1
| number_of_bars = 1
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| website = {{URL|https://www.thegoring.com}}
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The Goring Hotel is a 5-star luxury hotel at 15 Beeston Place in the Victoria area of London, England. It is located just east of Belgravia, and to the southwest of Buckingham Palace. The hotel's restaurant, The Dining Room, holds one Michelin Star.{{Cite web|url=https://guide.michelin.com/gb/en/greater-london/victoria/restaurant/dining-room-at-the-goring|title=Michelin Guide 2020|website=Michelin Guide UK}}
History
The Goring Hotel was opened by Otto Richard Goring on 2 March 1910 and professed to be the first hotel in the world in which every room had a private bathroom and central heating.{{cite news |first=Graham |last=Boynton |title=The Goring: 100th anniversary for the Queen Mother's favourite hotel |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/hotels/ukhotels/7324280/The-Goring-100th-anniversary-for-the-Queen-Mothers-favourite-hotel.html |work=The Telegraph|date=27 February 2010 |access-date=27 February 2010 }}[http://www.thegoring.com/history.aspx History of The Goring] The Goring In 1914, The Goring became the command centre for the Chief of Allied Forces,{{cite web |url=http://www.iconichotels.co.uk/goring_history.htm |title=The Goring |work=Iconic Club |access-date=21 August 2020}} and contact with President Woodrow Wilson during World War I was made from this hotel.{{cite web |url=http://www.historichotelsthenandnow.com/goringlondon.html |title=The Goring – London |work=Historic Hotels of the World |access-date=21 August 2020}} In November 1917 it became the U.S. Army Headquarters in London, as it was adjacent to the American Naval and Military authorities.{{cite news |title=U.S Army Headquarters in London |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001394/19171110/072/0014 |newspaper=Army and Navy Gazette |location=England |date=10 November 1917 |access-date=28 January 2017 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription }} The hotel was released back to its owners on 8 September 1919.{{cite news |title=Goring Hotel given up |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001652/19190919/001/0001 |newspaper=Globe |location=England |date=19 September 1919 |access-date=28 January 2017 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription }}
In 1919, Lady Randolph Churchill, the mother of Winston Churchill, moved into The Goring Hotel. During World War II, the Fox Film crew stayed at the hotel on their way to film footage of the D-Day invasion.
The hotel is the only remaining hotel in London that is still owned and run by the family that built it. The Queen Mother was a regular at The Goring.{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/united-kingdom/england/london/articles/why-the-goring-remains-a-favourite-of-the-queen-and-the-royal-family/ |title=Why The Goring remains a favourite of the Queen and the Royal family |work=The Telegraph |first=Fiona |last=Duncan |date=9 December 2016 |access-date=21 August 2020}} The Goring has held a royal warrant of appointment from Queen Elizabeth II since 2013, and it is the only hotel to have been granted this honour.{{cite web |url=https://www.royalwarrant.org/company/goring |title=THE GORING – Catering & Hospitality |website=royalwarrant.org |access-date=21 August 2020}}
In 2011, Catherine Middleton and her family were based at the hotel for the days around her wedding to Prince William.{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2011/apr/15/kate-middleton-goring-hotel-royal-wedding | work=The Guardian|publisher=Guardian News and Media| title=Kate Middleton to stay at London's Goring Hotel before royal wedding | date=15 April 2011}} The Duchess stayed in the Royal Suite the night before she got married. She returned to the hotel while eight months pregnant to mark renovations that had taken place, which included a newly decorated front hall.{{cite web |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/the-goring-hotel-review-what-is-london-s-best-hotel-really-like-a3898806.html |title=A night in the Duchess of Cambridge's favourite suite at London's Goring Hotel |access-date=26 October 2021}}
References
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External links
- {{Official|https://www.thegoring.com/}}
{{Hotels in London}}
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