Portuguese hotel group Pestana launches in London

By Becky Paskin

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A state-of-the-art room at the Pestana Chelsea Bridge Hotel
A state-of-the-art room at the Pestana Chelsea Bridge Hotel
Portugal-based hotel group Pestana is to open its first UK property next week, the four-star Pestana Chelsea Bridge Hotel and Spa in London

Launching on 1 March, the 218-bedroom hotel will be the flagship business operating at the Chelsea Bridge development as well as the latest 'investhotel' in London, which offers investors the chance to purchase and subsequenlty profit from one of its 66 bedrooms from £295k.

Offering both business and leisure guests 30m sq rooms, which are ‘substantially’ larger than the average London hotel room, the Pestana Chelsea Bridge will incorporate the brand’s signature luxury leisure style.

It will feature a spa and beauty treatment rooms, gym, indoor heated swimming pool, fine dining restaurant, bar and meeting and conference rooms for up to 500 delegates.

Unique London hotel

Dr Dionisio Pestana, founder and owner of the Pestana Group, said he aimed to create a ‘truly unique option’ for the Chelsea Bridge guests.

“Pestana has built its brand reputation on creating exceptional leisure and resort accommodation experiences,” he said. “Our goal in London is to combine the requirement of world-class business efficiency with a leisure and lifestyle component.”

Pestana Chelsea Bridge’s rooms will also offer guests the use of flatscreen TVs, iPod docking stations, Wi-Fi, splash-proof TV’s in the en-suite bathrooms, and the use of unique fitness cycles in selected rooms.

The Pestana Group is currently the largest Portuguese tourism and leisure group, managing 82 hotels across Portugal, Brazil, Argentina, Mozambique and South Africa.

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