Following an ambitious three-year top-to-bottom restoration, the Savoy, a Fairmont Managed Hotel, will reopen its doors on October 10. Designer Pierre-Yves Rochon has brought the landmark hotel’s two main design aesthetics, Edwardian and Art Deco, back to life with the help of more than 1,000 craftspeople, artists, and artisans.
From an accommodations standpoint, the hotel has added 38 new River Suites and guestrooms overlooking the Thames, while nine Personality Suites pay homage to famous guests such as Maria Callas, Charlie Chaplin, Marlene Dietrich, and Frank Sinatra through the use of artwork, literature, photographs, and artifacts evoking the time and spirit of the stars. The new Royal Suite features two bedrooms, a study, sitting room, dining room
, master bathroom, dressing room (with a specially ventilated shoe closet), and a master bedroom with a bespoke Savoir bed.
The legendary River Restaurant now boasts a contemporary interpretation of Art Deco. The American Bar has been refreshed, and the Savoy Grill will be operated by Gordon Ramsay Holdings. The new Beaufort Bar is built on the hotel’s original cabaret stage, while the Thames Foyer reintroduces a stunning gazebo beneath an ornate glass dome.
Additionally, the restoration has introduced environmental technologies and efficiencies wherever possible. For example, a combined heat and power (CHP) plant will reduce the hotel’s reliance on the national grid by approximately 50 percent, and an innovative system will reclaim the heat from all kitchen appliances to preheat domestic hot water. Cooking oil from the hotel restaurants will be recycled and turned into biodiesel, while waste management systems will recycle up to 90 percent of waste from the hotel. The hotel also partners with the Thames 21 charitable organization to help maintain the stretch of River Thames in front of the Savoy.
