The May Fair Hotel

This article is about a hotel in Mayfair, London. For similarly-named hotels, see Mayfair Hotel (disambiguation). For other uses, see Mayfair (disambiguation).

The May Fair Hotel
Location within Central London
Hotel chain	Radisson Collection
General information
Location	Mayfair, London, England
Coordinates	51°30′29″N 0°8′38″W
Owner	Edwardian Hotels
Management	Edwardian Group London[1]
Other information
Number of rooms	404
Website
themayfairhotel.co.uk

The May Fair Hotel is a luxury hotel on Stratton Street in Mayfair, London, near the site of Devonshire House in Piccadilly.^[2] It opened in 1927 with King George V and Queen Mary in attendance.^[3] The hotel is now owned by Edwardian Hotels, and Inderneel Singh, son of the chairman and CEO Jasminder Singh, is the managing director.^[4]

The 404-room hotel completed a $150 million renovation^[5] in November 2006. The building also houses the May Fair Theatre, which opened in 1963.^[6][7]

In 2005, a blue plaque was unveiled to commemorate dance band leader Ambrose, who performed regularly at the hotel.^[8] Eric Parkin was a cocktail pianist there in the 1940s.

In June 2019, the hotel joined the Radisson Collection brand.^[9]

References

1. "Edwardian Group London announces new General Manager of the May Fair Hotel" (PDF). Edwardian.com. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
2. Weinreb et al. 2008, p. 679.
3. "The May Fair". www.radissonblu-edwardian.com. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
4. "Inderneel Singh, Managing Director, May Fair Hotel, London". Asian-voice.com. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
5. "Hotels: Reviews, News and Ratings". Hotelchatter.com. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
6. "The May Fair Theatre private screening room". www.themayfairhotel.co.uk. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
7. Weinreb et al. 2008, pp. 536, 679.
8. "AMBROSE, BERT (C. 1896-1971)". English Heritage. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
9. "Edwardian Hotels history".

• Weinreb, Ben; Hibbert, Christopher; Keay, John; Keay, Julia (2008). The London Encyclopaedia (2nd ed.). Pan Macmillan. ISBN 978-1-405-04924-5.

External links

• Official website