InterContinental London Park Lane

InterContinental London Park Lane
InterContinental London Park Lane
General information
Location	1 Hamilton Place, Park Lane, Knightsbridge, London, England
Coordinates	51°30′13.7″N 0°9′1.8″W / 51.503806°N 0.150500°WCoordinates: 51°30′13.7″N 0°9′1.8″W / 51.503806°N 0.150500°W
Opening	23 September 1975
Owner	Qatar Investment Authority
Technical details
Floor count	8
Design and construction
Architect	Frederick Gibberd
Other information
Number of rooms	387
Number of suites	60
Number of restaurants	2
Website
	london.intercontinental.com

InterContinental London Park Lane is a luxury five-star hotel in London, England operated by the InterContinental Hotels Group. It is located at 1 Hamilton Place on Hyde Park Corner with Park Lane, close to the shopping centre of Knightsbridge and Piccadilly.

History[]

The hotel is built on the site of a series of townhouses that included 145 Piccadilly, the childhood home of Queen Elizabeth II. The townhouses were destroyed in World War II. The hotel was designed by Sir Frederick Gibberd. It was officially opened by Valerian Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington on 23 September 1975 as the Inter-Continental London.^[1]

The hotel underwent a GB£75 million refurbishment in 2007.^[2] In 2013, InterContinental Hotels Group sold the hotel for GB£301.5 million to Constellation Hotels, a division of the Qatar Investment Authority, which simultaneously bought the freehold to the land under the hotel for GB£100 million from the Crown Estate. The hotel continues to be managed by InterContinental under a thirty-year contract, with three additional ten-year extension options.^[3]