Accor announces Sofitel expansion at London's leading airports
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Accor announces Sofitel expansion at London's leading airports
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Category: Europe
This is a press release selected by our editorial committee and published online for free on 2005-11-02
Sofitel, the prestige brand of Accor Hotels with nearly 200 properties worldwide, today continues its UK expansion with the rebranding of Le Meridien Gatwick into Sofitel London Gatwick, together with the planned opening in 2008 of a brand new 600-bedroom hotel at Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5, Sofitel London Heathrow. Both properties are in a franchise partnership with Arora International Hotels.
Directly connected to Gatwick's North Terminal and close to the airport's London Express rail link, the 500-room Sofitel London Gatwick will undergo a major facelift under the new management. This will include new granite flooring and creation of relaxation zones in the main atrium with a Zen central garden feature.
In the guest rooms, Sofitel's signature ‘MyBed' will be introduced to the Executive and Deluxe rooms while in the public areas, a new Library will be created as well as a feature staircase off the atrium leading to the hotel's new destination cocktail bar - 'Kuà' - offering a hint of the Orient in contemporary surroundings. The hotel will have 3 restaurants - Le Café, reminiscent of a Parisian street café, and the stylish La Brasserie with its exquisite handpicked produce, together with the existing Gatwick Oriental featuring classic dishes from the Far East.
Sofitel London Gatwick will offer all the facilities of a luxury international hotel including concierge service, a business centre, extensive meetings and events facilities and a leisure centre with gym, spa and indoor swimming pool.
In addition, Sofitel Accor Hotels & Resorts, in partnership with Arora International Hotels will develop Sofitel London Heathrow at Heathrow's new Terminal 5 which is scheduled to be operational in 2008.
Arora International was chosen as the developer and operator by the British Airport Authority (BAA).
This 600-bedroom hotel will be directly connected to Terminal 5 and will have accommodation at 3 levels to provide for corporate and leisure travellers using the Terminal.
The hotel will also have a substantial meetings and events suite that will cater for both small meetings and large events for up to 1000.
As two of the world's busiest airports, Heathrow and Gatwick play a major strategic role in business and leisure tourism both into and out of the UK. The Sofitel Airport properties occupy key locations at their respective destinations, and are set to become the favoured hotels of the international business and leisure traveller. With comprehensive conference and meeting facilities both hotels are ideally located for the international and domestic MICE markets.
Sofitel London Gatwick and Sofitel London Heathrow will complement Accor's existing presence in London, the renowned Sofitel St James London, which since its opening in 2002, has become one of the capital's most sought after addresses together with its acclaimed restaurant, Brasserie Roux.
The hotels will also be a valuable addition to the Sofitel hotels located at other major international airports, such as the Sofitel Chicago O'Hare, Sofitel Houston, Sofitel Miami, Sofitel Athens Airport, Sofitel Paris Charles-de-Gaulle Airport and the Dorint Sofitel Amsterdam Airport.
Sofitel London Gatwick, North Terminal, Gatwick Airport, West Sussex RH6 0PH. Tel: +44 (0) 1293 567070
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