{"id":10661,"date":"2010-10-14T12:23:54","date_gmt":"2010-10-14T17:23:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/?p=10661"},"modified":"2016-12-16T10:56:16","modified_gmt":"2016-12-16T16:56:16","slug":"therell-always-be-an-england-and-a-savoy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/2010\/10\/therell-always-be-an-england-and-a-savoy\/","title":{"rendered":"There&#8217;ll always be an England &#8212; and a Savoy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Joe Brancatelli<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10693\" style=\"width: 251px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/hotel\/United_Kingdom\/London\/The_Savoy_A_Fairmont_Managed_Hotel\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10693\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10693\" title=\"The Savoy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/The-Savoy-241x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"241\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10693\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Savoy in London, located on The Strand.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Insanely over budget and months late, The Savoy hotel in <a title=\"London vacations\" href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/App\/PerformMDLPDealsContent?deal_id=london-vacations&amp;cnt=PKH\" target=\"_self\">London<\/a> reopened for business early in October. A three-year, 220-million pound renovation leaves the historic property with 268 guestrooms, including 38 new &#8220;river&#8221; rooms and suites with views of The Thames. Some of the hotel&#8217;s public areas won&#8217;t reopen until next month, however. The 121-year-old property is now managed by Fairmont.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Notable new hotel openings: a 118-room Four Points by <a title=\"Sheraton\" href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/App\/PerformMDLPDealsContent?deal_id=sheraton-hotels&amp;cnt=OVI\" target=\"_self\">Sheraton<\/a> in Galveston, Texas; a 267-room Courtyard by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/App\/PerformMDLPDealsContent?deal_id=marriott-resorts&amp;cnt=OVI\" target=\"_self\">Marriott<\/a> in Suzhou, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/App\/PerformMDLPDealsContent?deal_id=china&amp;cnt=OVI\" target=\"_self\">China<\/a>; and a 188-room Doubletree by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/App\/PerformMDLPDealsContent?deal_id=hilton-hotels&amp;cnt=OVI\" target=\"_self\">Hilton<\/a> in Novosibirsk, Russia.<\/li>\n<li>Notable recent conversions: The former Westin City Center in Dallas is now the<strong> Marriott City Center<\/strong>. The former Hilton Columbia in suburban Maryland is now the <strong>Doubletree Columbia<\/strong>. And the 140-room <strong>Grand Hotel <a href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/App\/PerformSDLPDealsContent?deal_id=minneapolis&amp;cnt=PKG\" target=\"_self\">Minneapolis<\/a><\/strong> is now managed by Kimpton.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Related resources<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Hotels\" href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/hotels\/\" target=\"_self\">Hotels<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Flights\" href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/App\/PrepareFlightsTab\" target=\"_self\">Flights<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Business Travel\" href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/App\/PerformMDLPDealsContent?deal_id=roadwarrior&amp;cnt=OVI\" target=\"_self\">Business travel<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Joe Brancatelli is editor and publisher of <\/em><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.joesentme.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>JoeSentMe.com<\/em><\/a><em>, a non-commercial Web site for business travelers. Copyright 2010 by Joe Brancatelli. 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