10 London restaurants to look forward to in 2021
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More than 100 new hotels planned for London
More than 100 new hotels are due to open in London over the next few years, representing almost 20,000 additional rooms, despite the “challenging” times, according to Top Hotel News.

London hotels to take recovering Covid patients
Under new plans devised by the UK government, London hotels are going to be used as quarantine facilities for recovering Covid patients to ease the pressure on the NHS.

Giraffe hotel in Kent to specialise in English wines
A luxury boutique hotel where guests can get up close and personal with giraffes is due to open in Kent next year and will specialise in locally made wines.

California hotel uses wine-delivering room service robot
Hotel Trio in Healdsburg, California has said its wine-delivering room service robot called Rosé has transitioned “from a novelty to a necessity” due to Covid-19.

Hotel group plants first UK vineyard
Robin Hutson, founder of The Pig hotels, which are part of the Lime Wood group, has planted a two-acre vineyard in West Sussex on land previously used for grazing alpacas.

The Ritz confirms sale to private investor
Iconic London hotel The Ritz, home of Michelin-starred The Ritz Restaurant, has confirmed its sale to a private Qatari investor, reportedly for around £750 million.

Jackson Family Wines planning boutique hotel at Freemark Abbey
Barbara Banke, chairman of Jackson Family Wines, has applied for a permit to build a boutique hotel at Freemark Abbey winery in St. Helena in the Napa Valley.

Hotel offers £2k reward for return of stolen wines
The UK’s smallest five star hotel, Hillbark Hotel in Merseyside, is offering a £2,000 reward for the safe return of a stash of wine stolen last weekend, including three bottles of 1942 Perrier-Jouët.

Thieves steal wine worth £65k from luxury New Forest hotel
Thieves broke into the Lime Wood Hotel, owned by billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe, earlier this week, stealing around 80 bottles of wine worth approximately £65,000.

Whisky hotel to launch in London
London’s Black Rock bar is set to open a whisky hotel later this summer, the first of its kind in the capital.