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The May Fair Hotel is a
luxury hotel A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis. Facilities provided inside a hotel room may range from a modest-quality mattress in a small room to large suites with bigger, higher-quality beds, a dresser, a ref ...
on Stratton Street in Mayfair, London, near the site of
Devonshire House Devonshire House in Piccadilly, was the London townhouse of the Dukes of Devonshire during the 18th and 19th centuries. Following a fire in 1733 it was rebuilt by William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire, in the Palladian style, to designs ...
in Piccadilly. It opened in 1927 with
King George V George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 until his death in 1936. Born during the reign of his grandmother Qu ...
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 i ...
, 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 was unveiled to commemorate dance band leader Ambrose, who performed regularly at the hotel. Eric Parkin 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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