Eurostar marked the introduction of a third daily service between London and Amsterdam on 12 June, ahead of the opening Van Gogh’s sunflower exhibition in the Dutch city on 21 June.

The Langley, A Luxury Collection Hotel, Buckinghamshire has opened outside London in the heart of Langley Park following a six-year renovation. The property boasts 41 bedrooms throughout two buildings – the historic former hunting lodge and the adjacent 18th century Brew House.

A new luxury hotel designed to lure high-end shoppers away from department stores and back to street-front outlets has been proposed for London by luxury goods retailer, LVMH. The Cheval Blanc London would bring “new luxury services with high level of expectations to the local environment of Mayfair,” papers submitted to the UK’s Westminster Council state.

Nobu Hospitality has announced it will launch its London West End hotel in the spring of 2020. Nobu Hotel London Portman Square is owned by London + Regional Hotels and is their third collaboration with Nobu Hospitality after Nobu Hotel Ibiza Bay and Nobu Restaurant Monte Carlo. OPENING 2020

Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park, London will reopen in its entirety on Monday 15 April 2019, having completed the most extensive restoration in its 117-year history. Following the re-opening of the public spaces in December 2018, the hotel now unveils all new guest rooms and suites, including two newly created expansive penthouse suites. Most accommodation offers exceptional views of leafy Hyde Park and the London skyline.

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Sydney, New York and various cities across Europe have been flagged as likely locations for Prince Hotels & Resorts’ new luxury brand, The Prince Akatoki.

Belmond has this month opened its newest luxury dwelling in London, with the opening of the 54 room and suite Belmond Cadogan Hotel. Its debut follows a multi-million-pound historic renovation.

The Biltmore, Mayfair is set to open as LXR Hotels & Resorts’ first UK property, following an agreement between Hilton and Millennium & Copthorne Hotels. The luxury hotel, situated in a prime location in the heart of Mayfair on Grosvenor Square, London, will open for business in Spring 2019, marking the new brand’s European debut.

The Goring has once again secured a Royal Warrant from HM The Queen for ‘Hospitality Services’, remaining the only hotel to have this honour bestowed upon it by a monarch. The Belgravia institution bears a five-star rating from Forbes, which also named The Goring the best hotel in the world for service.

Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park, London will reopen its doors on 4 December 2018, welcoming guests into all its public areas, restaurants and event spaces. The landmark property will also unveil the renovated and enlarged Spa at Mandarin Oriental, London, ahead of a full opening of its rooms and suites in Spring 2019. The luxury hotel completed the most extensive renovation in the property’s 115-year history in June 2018, however a fire a week after its reopening has seen the Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park, London temporarily closed.

London’s Ham Yard Hotel, right in the middle of Soho and two minutes’ walk from Piccadilly Circus, wins the trophy for the English capital’s most-decorated hotel 2018. The unforgettable property’s GM Laura Sharpe is rated by the leading trade magazine CATERER as best GM in the whole of UK; the owning company, Firmdale Hotels, is best hotel group, says the same publication. On top of this, the 10-hotel Firmdale, led by its founders, real estate genius Tim Kemp and his designer wife, Kit Kemp, has gained the UK’s highly prestigious Queen’s Award for Enterprise, International Trade, 2018. The gal obviously wanted to see if such accolades were justified, and if Ham Yard lived up to its reputation.