London Hilton on Park Lane

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London Hilton on Park Lane
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London Hilton on Park Lane Hotel
London Hilton on Park Lane is located in Central London
London Hilton on Park Lane
London Hilton on Park Lane
Location within Central London
Hotel chainHilton Hotels & Resorts
General information
TypeHotel
Classification
LocationLondon, W1K 1BE
United Kingdom
Address22 Park Lane
Coordinates51°30′20″N 0°09′02″W / 51.505512°N 0.150423°W / 51.505512; -0.150423Coordinates: 51°30′20″N 0°09′02″W / 51.505512°N 0.150423°W / 51.505512; -0.150423
Opening17 April 1963
OwnerHilton Inc.
Technical details
Floor count28
Design and construction
ArchitectWilliam B. Tabler
Other information
Number of rooms453
Number of suites56
Website
Official Site

The London Hilton on Park Lane is a hotel situated on Park Lane, overlooking Hyde Park in the exclusive Mayfair district of London. It is 100 metres (328 ft) tall, has 28 storeys and 453 rooms including 56 suites and a Michelin starred restaurant Galvin at Windows on the top floor of the hotel.

History[]

The hotel opened as the London Hilton on 17 April 1963.[1] It is a concrete-framed building, designed by William B. Tabler, an American architect who designed numerous Hilton hotels. The building was the first skyscraper hotel to be built in London, containing more than 500 bedrooms and six restaurants.[citation needed]

On 24 August 1967, the Beatles met Maharishi Mahesh Yogi at the Hilton and subsequently went to Uttar Pradesh with him in order to meditate.[2]

On 5 September 1975, the London Hilton was the target of an IRA bomb which killed two people and injured 63 others.[3]

During the 1990s, the Pools Panel met each Saturday in a meeting room in the hotel.[4]

A fire broke out in the hotel on 1 July 2011. There were no fatalities or injuries, and damage was limited to a few of the lower floors.[5]

The London Hilton Park Lane served as the Olympic Family Hotel during the 2012 London Olympics, hosting members of the International Olympic Committee and other dignitaries attending the 2012 Games.

The hotel is also the site of the death of the Cranberries lead singer Dolores O'Riordan on 15 January 2018, aged 46. She had drowned in her room's bathtub after drinking an excessive amount of alcohol.[6]

Gallery[]

  • London Hilton on Park Lane

  • Reception at London Hilton on Park Lane

  • View of Buckingham Palace and other London landmarks from the 27th floor of London Hilton on Park Lane

  • Executive Lounge at London Hilton on Park Lane

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Hilton Press Center". newsroom.hilton.com.
  2. ^ "The Beatles meet Maharishi Mahesh Yogi". The Beatles Bible. 24 August 1967.
  3. ^ "1975: Bomb blasts rock Northern Ireland". BBC News. 22 September 1975.
  4. ^ Baker, Andrew (27 March 1994). "Almanack: Pools panel draw a veil". The Independent. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
  5. ^ "Guests back in Hilton Hotel in Mayfair after fire". BBC News. 2 July 2011.
  6. ^ Simpson, Fiona (6 September 2018). "Cranberries singer 'drowned in bath after drinking excessive alcohol'". Evening Standard.

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