Radisson Blu Edwardian Heathrow Hotel is a

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in west

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, England. It is located at 140 Bath Road in Hayes,

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, in close proximity to

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History

The hotel opened in 1960 and was originally called the Skyway Hotel. It was purchased in 1989 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 ...

, refurbished and renamed the Edwardian International. In 1990, it became the Radisson Edwardian Heathrow hotel and later the

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Edwardian Heathrow Hotel. The Edwardian Hotels group considers the hotel to be its flagship property.

Style and facilities

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'', the hotel is decorated in the Edwardian style with Persian rugs, brass-railed staircases, chandeliers and hand-painted hardwood furnishings. The bathrooms are marble in each of the 459 rooms. The hotel has 294 standard rooms, 17 suites, 101 deluxe rooms, and 47 single rooms. The hotel has two restaurants and one bar – the Annayu Restaurant, which offers a blend of classic and contemporary Indian cuisine, the Steak & Lobster Restaurant, and the Bijou Lounge Bar. The hotel contains the Pegasus Health Spa and Gym, which also provides beauty treatments and a dance studio. In addition, the hotel has a jewellery store and a newsagents. Radisson Blu Edwardian Heathrow Hotel also functions as a conference centre, and it regularly hosts exhibitions, conventions, press conferences and weddings. It has 43 rooms allocated to this purpose, the largest of which has a capacity for 500 guests. On 25-27 March 2005, it hosted a '' Dawn of the Dead'' convention. On 21-24 March 2008, it hosted the Science Fiction Easter Convention.Orbital
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Reception

In 2010, ''

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'' magazine voted it the best airport hotel in the world.

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* {{Hotels in London Hotels in London Radisson Blu Buildings and structures in the London Borough of Hillingdon Hotel buildings completed in 1960