The Westin Palace hotel in Madrid will undergo a profound transformation that will begin this June and will last fourteen months.
The hotel establishment will remain open during the works, which will be carried out in several phases and will preserve the architectural heritage of the emblematic hotel, but will renovate all the rooms, common areas, meeting rooms, bars, restaurants and a gym.
The Westin Palace, which belongs to Marriott International and Archer Hotel Capital, will be renamed The Luxury Collection Hotel Madrid after its incorporation into the brand that, with it, owns six luxury hotels in Spain.
The interior designer Lázaro Rosa-Violán will lead the transformation project of the hotel to adapt it to the preferences of current travelers and place it at the forefront of luxury hotels in the capital, which will include a wide gastronomic offer.
The objective of this comprehensive reform, as indicated by the hotel chain in a statement, is to combine the legacy of the building, its roots in the city and its connection with the cultural, artistic and social life of the capital.
With a prime location in the heart of the city, the Palace was the largest modern hotel in Europe when it opened in 1912, two years after its neighbor across the street, the Ritz, which recently underwent a comprehensive refurbishment that it lasted three years.
Throughout its 110-year history, the Palace’s record books record the stay of some of its most illustrious guests, from artists such as Dalà or Picasso, to Hollywood stars such as Ava Gardner or Orson Welles, Bruce Springsteen and Antonio Banderas. , as well as scientists such as Albert Einstein and Marie Curie in the early 1920s.
