The Academy (hotel)
hotel in Bloomsbury, London, England
The Academy is a 5 star London hotel with 50 rooms / suites, located in the Garden Square district of Bloomsbury. The hotel, which originally opened in March 2000, was originally five private homes built in 1776. In 2018, the hotel underwent a renovation by YTL Hotels and Champalimaud Design. The hotel is part of the Small Luxury Hotels of the World collection. It forms part of a Grade II listed building named "Numbers 15A and 17 to 49 and Attached Railings" which is a terrace of 18 houses and was listed on 28 March 1969.
References
Starmer-Smith, Charles (4 March 2006). "Hotel Watch". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 11 February 2024.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
Walton, Kenneth; Trodden, Clare; Glover, Gillian; Smith, Aidan (1 December 2001). "Kings and queens for the day".
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