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HONGDE PHOTOGRAPHY<br />
© SIX SENSES<br />
THE SMART GUIDE<br />
CAPITAL GAINS<br />
From top: a balcony of a suite<br />
at Six Senses Rome; “yukhoe”<br />
(a raw meat dish) at Mandarin<br />
Oriental Mayfair, London<br />
Richard Rogers. Located in<br />
Knightsbridge, the 60-room<br />
property will be outfitted<br />
by a roll call of prestigious<br />
designers – including<br />
Alexandra Champalimaud,<br />
André Fu, Pierre Yves<br />
Rochon, Rémi Tessier, and<br />
Patricia Urquiola – and will<br />
be home to a restaurant by<br />
Jean-Georges Vongerichten<br />
and a subterranean spa and<br />
pool. Elsewhere, the city’s<br />
prominence has been raised<br />
a notch further with the debut<br />
of some exciting luxury brands<br />
from The Peninsula (peninsula.<br />
com) to Raffles (raffles.com).<br />
The former is perched in prime<br />
location on Hyde Park Corner<br />
in the heart of Belgravia.<br />
Designed by British firm<br />
Hopkins Architects, the 190-<br />
room newly built hotel takes<br />
luxury to the next level with a<br />
host of exciting collaborations<br />
that includes interiors by<br />
architect Peter Marino, staff<br />
uniforms by fashion designer<br />
Jenny Packham, a bespoke<br />
fragrance for the hotel’s inroom<br />
bath products by Timothy<br />
Han, and a rooftop restaurant<br />
overseen by Michelin-starred<br />
chef Claude Bosi. The muchanticipated<br />
Raffles at The<br />
OWO will also finally open its<br />
doors. A project many years<br />
in the making, the 1<strong>20</strong>-room<br />
hotel occupies the landmark<br />
Grade II* listed former Old War<br />
Office on Whitehall. Alongside<br />
85 Raffles branded residences,<br />
there will be no less than 12<br />
restaurants and bars and a<br />
sprawling spa with an indoor<br />
pool. Another new international<br />
brand to debut in the city, Six<br />
Senses (sixsenses.com) will<br />
launch in the former Whiteleys<br />
department store in Bayswater<br />
with 110 rooms and 14<br />
branded residences alongside<br />
a host of facilities including, of<br />
course, an expansive wellness<br />
offering. Soho, meanwhile,<br />
will welcome Broadwick<br />
Soho (broadwicksoho.com),<br />
an eclectic residential-style<br />
57-room bolthole designed<br />
by Martin Brudnizki to also<br />
include a cosy Sicilian-inspired<br />
restaurant and a wraparound<br />
rooftop bar and terrace. Over<br />
in Mayfair, Mandarin Oriental<br />
(mandarinoriental.com) will<br />
open its second outpost in the<br />
city on Hanover Square with<br />
50 rooms and 80 residences<br />
– the most exclusive private<br />
homes in the city – which will<br />
all have access to the hotel’s<br />
facilities including a fitness and<br />
wellness centre and an indoor<br />
pool. Also in Mayfair, 1 Hotels<br />
(1hotels.com) will debut its UK<br />
flagship property overlooking<br />
Green Park. Featuring 181<br />
rooms, the hotel’s sustainability<br />
ethos will weave its way<br />
throughout, from its design<br />
that uses natural materials<br />
from Britain and Ireland, to a<br />
restaurant helmed by Michelinstar<br />
chef Tom Sellers, which<br />
will use seasonal and locally<br />
sourced organic ingredients.<br />
ITALIAN ICONS<br />
Home to some of the world’s<br />
most incredible architecture and<br />
works of art, not to mention its<br />
gastronomy, it’s no surprise that<br />
Italy is a bucket-list European<br />
destination, with millions of<br />
tourists visiting each year.<br />
Boosting the country’s already<br />
thriving hotel scene – which<br />
includes icons such as Il San<br />
Pietro di Positano, Lake Como’s<br />
Grand Hotel Tremezzo, and<br />
Hotel Il Pellicano – is a slew<br />
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