July 2015 - Spear's Magazine

The Botox of St Martin’s Lane Hotel reveals its new face

Month: July 2015

Rémy Martin offers a masterclass in taste ahead of opening new members’ club

I started the evening an amateur cognac lover; by the end, I could have taught lessons in it. A dinner at 34 on Grosvenor Square, hosted by Remy Martin, gave a taste of the masterclasses they will be offering at La Maison Rémy Martin, a four-storey private members' club in Soho, launching 2 November.

Around the World in 80 Hotels: Hotel d’Inghilterra, Rome

It's an odd person who goes to Rome and decides to stay somewhere called Hotel England. That insular urge for home comforts while abroad smacks of egg and chips on the Costa del Sol or New York's Tea & Sympathy - a dreadful establishment serving overpriced scones on Royal wedding commemorative china.

The Botox of St Martin’s Lane Hotel reveals its new face

In 2000, the Millennium Dome was launched, Robbie Williams blasted from Capital Radio on a daily basis, Tony Blair could do no wrong and Britain was utterly cool. An insatiable thirst for hot destinations that defined this new dawn begot the St Martin’s Lane Hotel.

R’my Martin offers a masterclass in taste ahead of opening new members' club

Spear's visits 34 on Grosvenor Square for a R’my Martin cognac masterclass ahead of the opening of the brand's own private members' club in November

Around the World in 80 Hotels: Hotel d'Inghilterra, Rome

Monisha Rajesh ducks away from the crowds and delights in this beguilingly-named, unapologetically grand establishment

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