Salamander Hotels & Resorts and Henderson Park Unveil 373-Room Salamander Washington DC

Salamander Accommodations & Resorts, the luxurious lodge firm based by famend enterprise chief Sheila Johnson, together with Henderson Park, a worldwide personal fairness actual property supervisor headquartered in London, yesterday launched Salamander Washington DC, bringing Salamander’s welcoming and numerous type of luxurious hospitality to the guts of the nation’s capital for the primary time.

The 2 corporations not too long ago partnered to buy and re-brand the 373-room property, which previously operated as a Mandarin Oriental. Underneath new possession and Salamander’s administration, the lodge will bear an thrilling, all-encompassing enhancement program that will probably be rigorously executed in order to not interrupt enterprise. Program highlights embody a renovation of the lodge’s suites together with the three-bedroom Presidential Suite with sweeping views of the Potomac River, the reworking and reopening of the membership lounge, re-concepting and redesign of its signature restaurant and grand foyer lounge, and activation of the lodge’s distinctive outside areas which overlook DC’s waterfront.

In a glamorous, celebratory occasion held yesterday within the property’s Grand Ballroom, a gathering of 300 regional tastemakers and VIP listened to remarks Johnson, Salamander Accommodations and Resorts’ President Prem Devadas, Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, and Washington Commanders President Jason Wright.

Prominently positioned alongside the capital’s vibrant Southwest waterfront, Salamander Washington DC is a brief stroll from the nation’s most cherished monuments and the thrilling points of interest and eating places within the new District Wharf. The elegant lodge options superbly designed rooms, spacious suites, Washington, D.C.’s most interesting spa, and among the metropolis’s largest assembly and occasion areas.

Salamander’s inclusive type of luxurious has turn into a defining method to hospitality and the corporate is famend within the area for its Forbes 5-Star rated Salamander Resort & Spa in Middleburg, VA, simply an hour away from downtown D.C. Salamander is already growing synergies between the 2 properties for the good thing about its many visitor loyalists, together with particular ‘City and Nation’ packages. Salamander Washington DC joins the corporate’s distinctive assortment of iconic properties in storied locations, together with Charleston, Aspen, Tampa Bay, Jamaica and Anguilla.

Johnson is a trailblazer whose enterprise ventures have touched nearly each part of Washington D.C. for 50 years. Earlier than coming into hospitality, she co-founded Black Leisure Tv (BET), and is at the moment Vice Chairman of Monumental Sports activities & Leisure, which owns the NBA’s Washington Wizards, the NHL’s Washington Capitals, and the WNBA’s Washington Mystics, for which she serves as President and Managing Accomplice. Moreover, she has turn into a voice for the hospitality trade, serving on each the Govt Committee for the American Lodge & Lodging Affiliation and the Forbes Journey Information Technique Committee. She is at the moment Co-Chair of the Higher Washington Partnership’s Inclusive Development Council, bringing collectively enterprise leaders to make the Capital Area a nationwide mannequin for advancing equitable financial options.

Full particulars of the lodge’s enchancment program will probably be finalized and introduced within the coming weeks, and at conclusion, the lodge will make use of roughly 100 further workforce members. Among the signature tasks embody a glamorous transformation of the lodge’s beautiful rotunda foyer, and the re-programming and re-naming of the foyer bar as an inviting, neighborhood house. The lodge will even activate its Grand Garden, an area that’s unsurpassed amongst Washington, D.C. accommodations, with programming for leisure and company teams alike.

Salamander Washington DC’s signature restaurant (at the moment open just for breakfast) will probably be revitalized, and the lodge is working with a famous chef to reposition the restaurant with a projected springtime opening. A patisserie will even be added on the primary degree for grab-and-go gadgets that includes freshly baked gadgets from the property’s pastry store. The spa, already thought-about the best within the metropolis, will turn into a Salamander Spa – a model recognized for its Forbes 5-Star score in Middleburg.

Moreover, the spa will bear an enlargement to incorporate extra therapy rooms and a street-level entrance. Each visitor room will obtain new, regionally impressed paintings, together with pictures personally taken by Johnson, whereas all suites will obtain a whole refurbishment. Moreover, the membership lounge, which has been closed for the reason that begin of the pandemic, will probably be renovated and reopened because the Monument Membership.

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Salamander Washington DC
1330 Maryland Ave SW
Washington, DC 20024
United States

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