Crowne Plaza Adds Two Hotels in London, Paris
Business Travel Executive Redline News, 4/7/2009
London: The 162-room Crowne Plaza London Kensington is scheduled to open on April 12 after an £8 million refurbishment. Located opposite Gloucester Road tube station, the property combines a Victorian façade with a contemporary interior. Its meeting center incorporates five rooms, two overlooking the hotel's secluded one acre landscaped garden. It provides 271 square meters of meeting space, the largest able to seat 110 delegates theatre-style. In addition to 31 club rooms, the hotel will also have 20 split-level suites - four of them Syndicate Suites, designed to allow meetings for up to six people. The hotel is owned by Lum Chang (London) ltd.
Paris: The 328-room Crowne Plaza Paris République has opened within meters of the République metro station and within minutes of many of Paris' key attractions. It is three stops from the Gare du Nord, home to the Eurostar terminal, where high speed trains connect to both Roissy Charles de Gaulle and Orly Airports. The hotel offers 18 meeting rooms, totaling 815 square meters; all but two provide natural daylight. Owned by Westbridge, it is the fifth Crowne Plaza in France and the second in Paris, alongside the Crowne Plaza Paris Champs Elysées.