BRITAIN | LODGINGS

Face-lift for London's famed Savoy hotel

By Mary Forgione, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
03:41 PM PDT, June 07, 2007

What's new: The historic hotel will close Dec. 15 and undergo a $200-million renovation that upgrades rooms, river suites, common areas and the River Restaurant, which will reopen for lunch and dinner. The hotel is expected to reopen in spring 2009.

Info: The Strand, London; 011-44-20-7836-4343, www.fairmont.com/savoy.

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This hotel, which dates to 1921, has 39 rooms and commanding perch by a big river.


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