Hotel Bel-Air
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| Hotel chain | Dorchester Collection |
| city | Los Angeles ( Bel Air ), California |
| address | 701 Stone Canyon Road, Los Angeles, CA 90077, USA |
| Website | www.dorchestercollection.com/en/los-angeles/hotel-bel-air |
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| opening | 1946 |
| Classification | 5 |
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| room | 103 (45 suites) |
| Restaurants | 1 |
| Bars | 1 |
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Coordinates: 34 ° 5 ′ 11.9 " N , 118 ° 26 ′ 48.5" W.
The Bel-Air Hotel is a boutique hotel in Bel Air , a district of Los Angeles ( California ). The hotel is part of the luxury hotel chain Dorchester Collection , which belongs to the Brunei Investment Agency (BIA) and thus to the state of Brunei . The hotel has 103 rooms in total and is surrounded by around five hectares of gardens. The style of the hotel is mostly based on old Hollywood .
history
The hotel was originally built in 1922 by Alphonzo Bell on approximately 24 hectares of land. Since opening in 1946, the hotel has hosted many celebrities and heads of state. Originally built as an office building and horse riding facility, it was bought in 1946 by the Texan entrepreneur Joseph Drown and converted into a hotel. Together with the architect Burton Schutt, he converted the hotel into a luxurious excursion point for distinguished people. Originally the hotel was designed in the style of an oasis . For example, visitors had to walk across a bridge to get to the hotel. In the garden there were palm trees and all year round blooming plants.
After Drown's death in 1980, the hotel was sold to the Texas Hunt family and renamed the Rosewood Hotel . The takeover changed the appearance of the hotel only slightly. The restaurant got a new head chef in Wolfgang Puck .
In 2008 the Dorchester Collection bought the hotel and closed it for a two-year renovation. The reopening took place in October 2011.
In 2014, the BIA came under fire after Brunei initiated the first phase to incorporate Sharia law into the code. In March 2019, Hollywood star George Clooney called for a boycott of the hotel after the death penalty for homosexuals was to be introduced in Brunei.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Hotel Bel-Air. Dorchester Collection, accessed July 9, 2014 .
- ^ Szu Ping Chan: Luxury Rome hotel snapped up by Dorchester owner . In: The Telegraph . 18th September 2013.
- ↑ Forbes Travel Guide: An Inside Look At Wolfgang Puck's New Restaurant At Hotel Bel-Air. Forbes, January 13, 2012, accessed July 9, 2014 .
- ^ Sharon Waxman: Hotel Bel-Air to Close for Major Renovation. The Wrap, August 3, 2009, accessed July 7, 2014 .
- ↑ Mission Statement. Joseph Drown Foundation, accessed May 18, 2010 .
- ↑ Architectural digest, Volume 30. Conde Naste Publications, 1973, p. 69 , accessed August 8, 2014 .
- ↑ Eric Rosen: See and Be Seen at The Polo Lounge. Los Angeles Confidential, accessed July 7, 2014 .
- ^ Dane Steele Green: Hotel Bel-Air Is Restored and Reopened. In: Huffington Post. December 20, 2012, accessed July 7, 2014 .
- ^ A b Michael Gross: Hotel Bel-Air's Modern New Look. Travel + Leisure, January 2012, accessed July 7, 2014 .
- ↑ Hotel Bel-Air to Debut in October 2011. (No longer available online.) Alisha Mahon, Hotel Belair, archived from the original on March 29, 2012 ; Retrieved May 15, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Martha Groves, Nabih Bulos, Matt Stevens: Sultan of Brunei's Beverly Hills Hotel boycotted over rights issues. In: Los Angeles Times. May 5, 2014, accessed July 7, 2014 .
- ↑ WORLD: George Clooney: Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah introduces the death penalty for gays - Clooney calls for a boycott . March 29, 2019 ( welt.de [accessed March 29, 2019]).
