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Hotel Bel-Air

Hotel in Los Angeles, California, US

Summary

Hotel in Los Angeles, California, US

Field	Value
hotel_name	Hotel Bel-Air
image	Hotel Bel Air.jpg
caption	The hotel pool.
logo	Hotelbel-air stierch.JPG
logo_caption	Matchbook from hotel, circa 1990
pushpin_map	United States Los Angeles Western
pushpin_map_caption	Location in Bel Air/Western Los Angeles Area
location	Bel-Air, California
address	701 Stone Canyon Road, Los Angeles 90077
coordinates
opened_date	1946
awards
owner	Brunei Investment Agency
operator	Dorchester Collection
number_of_restaurants	1
number_of_rooms	103
number_of_suites	45
website	Official website

The Hotel Bel-Air is a boutique hotel located in Bel-Air, Los Angeles, California. The hotel is one of the nine luxury hotels operated by the Dorchester Collection, which is owned by the Brunei Investment Agency (BIA). The hotel has a total of 103 rooms, 45 of which are suites. The Bel-Air hotel has an overall old Hollywood style and is surrounded by 12 acre of gardens in the Bel-Air Estates neighborhood.

Located just outside Beverly Hills and Westwood, Hotel Bel-Air has regularly housed notable guests and celebrities including Elizabeth Taylor, Robert Wagner, Judy Garland, Bette Davis, Lauren Bacall, Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Jimmy Stewart, Audrey Hepburn and Grace Kelly, who frequented the hotel so regularly she had a suite named after her. Hotel Bel-Air was also the setting for Marilyn Monroe's last Vogue magazine shoot, six weeks before her death.

History

The hotel was originally built in 1922 on 60 acre of gardens by Alphonzo Bell. Since opening in 1946, the facility, located on Stone Canyon Road, has served celebrities, heads of state and dignitaries. Initially built as office space and riding stables, it was purchased in 1946 and converted into a hotel by Texan entrepreneur Joseph Drown. Drown partnered with architect Burton Schutt to redevelop the property as a luxurious hotel.

The hotel was themed on an oasis, with Drown adding Swan Lake, which guests cross by foot bridge to get to the hotel. The grounds are planted in ficus, fig, palms and continuously-blooming flowers.

After Drown's death in the 1980s, the hotel was sold to the Hunt family of Texas and became part of its Rosewood Hotels & Resorts collection. The Hunt family revitalized the property by hiring famed chef Wolfgang Puck to consult on the menu and hotel restaurant.

In 1995, the hotel was purchased by Prince Jefri Bolkiah of the royal family of Brunei,

In 2014, the hotel faced controversy relating to its ownership's relation to the Sultan of Brunei. The Sultan enacted the first phase in adopting aspects of Sharia law to the Brunei criminal code, and his hotels were boycotted in protest.

Gallery

File:Hotel Bel Air lobby.jpg|Hotel lobby File:Hotel Bel Air restaurant.jpg|Hotel Bel Air restaurant File:Hotel Bel Air room.jpg|Guest room File:Hotel Bel Air, Entrance.jpg|Walkway to the hotel entrance

References

"Hotel Bel-Air". Dorchester Collection.
Szu Ping Chan. (September 18, 2013). "Luxury Rome hotel snapped up by Dorchester owner". The Telegraph.
Forbes Travel Guide. (January 13, 2012). "An Inside Look At Wolfgang Puck's New Restaurant At Hotel Bel-Air". Forbes.
Ventre, Michael. (October 28, 2011). "The Hollywood History of Hotel Bel-Air". Niche Media.
Garrahan, Matthew. (November 5, 2011). "The return of a Hollywood legend". Financial Times.
Sharon Waxman. (August 3, 2009). "Hotel Bel-Air to Close for Major Renovation". The Wrap.
"Mission Statement". Joseph Drown Foundation.
(1973). "Hotel Bel-Air". Conde Nast Publications.
Eric Rosen. "See and Be Seen at The Polo Lounge". Los Angeles Confidential.
Dane Steele Green. (December 20, 2012). "Hotel Bel-Air Is Restored and Reopened". Huffington Post.
Michael Gross. (January 2012). "Hotel Bel-Air's Modern New Look". Travel + Leisure.
(August 1989). "The Texas One Hundred". Texas Monthly.
(May 5, 2014). "Sultan of Brunei's Beverly Hills Hotel boycotted over rights issues". Los Angeles Times.

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