Grosvenor House Hotel

Grosvenor House, A JW Marriott Hotel London was built in the 1920s and opened in 1929 on the site of the former London residence of the Dukes of Westminster, whose family name is Grosvenor. The hotel has a pedestrian entrance on Park Lane in Mayfair but this is not the 'main / courtyard' entrance which is actually on Park Street. The official address of the hotel is 86-90 Park Lane. It is an outpost of London's largest cluster of luxury hotels, which is centred on Hyde Park Corner. The Great Room (which is a separate room to the Ballroom) at the Grosvenor House is the venue of many prominent awards evenings, charity balls and the like and is often seen on British television. It is one of the largest ballrooms in Europe, with a maximum capacity of 2,000 seated (200 10-person tables) or 1,100 theatre style. Although now not used as such, the Great Room was originally built as an ice-rink and much of the machinery lies dormant under the current flooring.The Great Room, Ballroom, Court Suite, restaurants, bars, meeting spaces and 494 guest rooms can accommodate a total of over 6000 people.The Grosvenor House Hotel is now managed by Marriott International and has undergone a £142 million renovation and restoration. This includes a full refurbishment of all restaurants, guest rooms, health facilities, and public areas. It is hoped that the hotel's swimming pool will reopen in 2009.Upon majority-completion in September 2008, the hotel was renamed Grosvenor House, A JW Marriott Hotel, this is the first of its kind in the United Kingdom.Richard Corrigan rents a restaurant space within the hotel where he runs 'Corrigan's Mayfair'.