The May Fair Hotel is a luxury hotel on

Stratton Street Stratton Street is a street in the Mayfair district of the City of Westminster, London. It runs from Berkeley Street in the north to Piccadilly in the south. History Stratton Street started to be built in 1693 on land occupied at some time ...

Mayfair Mayfair is an affluent area in the West End of London towards the eastern edge of Hyde Park, in the City of Westminster, between Oxford Street, Regent Street, Piccadilly and Park Lane. It is one of the most expensive districts in the world. ...

, London, near the site of Devonshire House in

Piccadilly Piccadilly () is a road in the City of Westminster, London, to the south of Mayfair, between Hyde Park Corner in the west and Piccadilly Circus in the east. It is part of the A4 road that connects central London to Hammersmith, Earl's Court, ...

. It opened in 1927 with King George V and Queen Mary in attendance. The hotel is now owned by

Edwardian Hotels Edwardian Hotels is a British hotel company, founded by Jasminder Singh in 1975. The company has 13 hotels, mostly located in central London, England. Notable properties include the 404-room The May Fair, which was purchased from InterContinental ...

, and Inderneel Singh, son of the chairman and CEO

Jasminder Singh Jasminder Singh ( Punjabi: ਜਸਮਿੰਦਰ ਸਿੰਘ, born April 1951) is a British billionaire businessman. According to the ''Sunday Times Rich List'' List in 2019, Singh is worth £1.1 billion. Early life Jasminder Singh was born ...

, is the managing director. The 404-room hotel completed a $150 million renovation in November 2006. The building also houses the May Fair Theatre, which opened in 1963. In 2005, a

blue plaque A blue plaque is a permanent sign installed in a public place in the United Kingdom and elsewhere to commemorate a link between that location and a famous person, event, or former building on the site, serving as a historical marker. The term i ...

was unveiled to commemorate dance band leader

Ambrose Ambrose of Milan ( la, Aurelius Ambrosius; ), venerated as Saint Ambrose, ; lmo, Sant Ambroeus . was a theologian and statesman who served as Bishop of Milan from 374 to 397. He expressed himself prominently as a public figure, fiercely promo ...

, who performed regularly at the hotel.

Eric Parkin Eric Parkin (24 March 1924 – 3 February 2020) was an English pianist. Parkin was born in Stevenage and attended Alleynes Grammar School there. He studied at Trinity College of Music with the Anglo-French pianist Frank Laffitte and with George ...

was a cocktail pianist there in the 1940s. In June 2019, the hotel joined the

Radisson Collection Radisson Hospitality, Inc. (trading as Radisson Hotel Group) is an American multi-national hospitality company. It started as a division of Carlson Companies, which owned Radisson Hotels, Country Inns & Suites and other brands. In 1994, Carlson s ...

brand.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:May Fair, The Hotel and leisure companies of the United Kingdom Hotels in London Buildings and structures in Mayfair