Salamander to remodel former Mandarin Oriental in Washington DC

Luxurious lodge group Salamander Motels & Resorts and personal fairness agency Henderson Park have teamed as much as buy and rebrand a former Mandarin Oriental web site in Washington DC, USA.

Below new possession and Salamander’s administration, the 373-room property will bear an all-encompassing enhancement program that can be fastidiously executed in order to not interrupt enterprise.

Complete overhaul

Program highlights for the rebranding to Salamander Washington DC embody a renovation of the lodge’s suites together with the three-bedroom Presidential Suite with sweeping views of the Potomac River, the remodelling and reopening of the membership lounge because the Monument Membership., re-concepting and redesign of its signature restaurant and grand foyer lounge, and activation of the lodge’s outside areas which overlook DC’s waterfront.

Different strands embody a glamorous transformation of the lodge’s rotunda foyer, and the re-programming and re-naming of the foyer bar as an inviting, neighborhood house. For the signature restaurant, the lodge is working with a famous chef to reposition it, with a projected springtime opening. A patisserie can even be added on the primary stage for grab-and-go objects that includes freshly baked objects from the property’s pastry store.

Each guestroom will obtain new, regionally impressed paintings, together with images personally taken by Salamander founder Sheila Johnson. Moreover, the spa will bear an growth to turn into a Salamander Spa. together with extra remedy rooms and a street-level entrance.

Relaxed and refined

Johnson stated: “Salamander Washington DC is already a grand luxurious lodge and we intend to introduce the nice and cozy and alluring feeling that friends get pleasure from at different Salamander properties. Along with Henderson Park, we’ll create a gathering place for the neighborhood in a soothing and refined setting.”

Nick Weber, founding companion of Henderson Park, added: “Our funding into this lodge is pushed by a recognition of each its distinguished repute as a longtime luxurious property within the US capital in addition to the numerous long-term potential that we consider it gives. By means of partnering with Salamander, a premium luxurious hospitality model, we’ll reposition this elegant property and additional improve its attract for enterprise and leisure friends alike, and likewise absolutely capitalise on its putting riverside location amidst all the metropolis’s main points of interest.”

Salamander Washington DC joins the corporate’s assortment of iconic properties in storied locations, together with Charleston, Aspen, Tampa Bay, Jamaica and Anguilla. Aspen Meadows By Salamander can also be at present present process refurbishment.