{"id":601856,"date":"2026-09-16T06:36:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T06:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/601856\/"},"modified":"2026-09-16T06:36:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T06:36:10","slug":"first-look-inside-the-1-3-billion-renovation-of-londons-most-glamorous-new-hotel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/601856\/","title":{"rendered":"First look: Inside the $1.3 billion renovation of London\u2019s most glamorous new hotel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you peer through the leafy canopies of Green Park, you\u2019ll spy a grand mansion proudly standing watch. From its Piccadilly vantage point, Cambridge House has welcomed some of the capital\u2019s grandest residents across its threshold, from Queen Victoria and Lawrence of Arabia to author Ian Fleming. For more than two decades, it was home to Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge, then became the townhouse residence of Prime Minister Lord Palmerston, before finally acting as a base for the Naval and Military Club (otherwise infamously known as the In &amp; Out Club). Now, this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cntravellerme.com\/gallery\/where-is-bridgerton-filmed-behind-the-scenes-of-the-lavish-netflix-regency-drama\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">18th-century landmark<\/a> is entering its newest lease of life \u2013 this time, as a magnificent, marble-draped hotel.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Image may contain City Urban Architecture Building Cityscape Housing House Car Transportation Vehicle and Person\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"ResponsiveImageContainer-dkeESL cQPiWi responsive-image__image\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/CNT-CAMBRIDGEHOUSEMAYFAIR-1.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Cambridge House, Auberge Collection sits on Piccadilly, overlooking Green Park<\/p>\n<p>Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveller has the exclusive first glimpse inside the Cambridge House, Auberge Collection, and we can confirm it\u2019s as glamorous as you\u2019d expect. Think marble-veined hallways, Palladian-style courtyards, majestic sweeping staircases and gilded suites, complete with views across Piccadilly and sprawling Green Park beyond. Fresh off the back of their work on The Twenty Two, Burlington Arcade and Admiralty Arch, British businessmen and hoteliers the Reuben Brothers have embarked on a $1.3 billion regeneration project for this area of Mayfair, turning this Georgian mansion into one of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cntravellerme.com\/gallery\/the-best-hotels-in-london\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">London\u2019s glitziest hotels<\/a> \u2013 Auberge Collection\u2019s debut hotel in London.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you peer through the leafy canopies of Green Park, you\u2019ll spy a grand mansion proudly standing watch.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":601857,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[20285,111,139,69,145],"class_list":["post-601856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-hotels","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601856","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=601856"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601856\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/601857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=601856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=601856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=601856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}