In-room yoga mats add the finishing touch. All-natural body products with geranium, lavender and peppermint complement the essential oils that infuse the hotel’s air-conditioning system. The colour scheme is light and unobtrusive. My room, a Metropolitan Park Studio, which looks out over London’s 140-hectare green oasis, Hyde Park, has a comfortable king-sized bed, a dresser-cum-desk and a sitting area meticulously arranged to create clear lines and a sense of space. The Metropolitan has nine floors, with 144 rooms and several suites. Central to the Shambhala philosophy of the spas are the “five pillars”: culture, cuisine, wellness, adventure and sustainable design. Passionate about holistic health, she’s been focusing her considerable energy on making the Shambhala spas – the name means “peace” in Sanskrit – a key feature of the hotels and overseeing every aspect of the experience they offer.
Staff at The Metropolitan speak with genuine warmth of “Mrs Ong”, as they call her, who visits the hotel regularly and has frequent spa treatments there. And it was daughter Melissa who persuaded her to launch the concept-driven Met Bar, which started life as an exclusive club and immediately became one of the big talking points of late ’90s “Cool Britannia”. It was Ong who turned the building her husband bought on Park Lane not into The Roxy, as he’d originally planned, but into the sleek and stylish Metropolitan. Now it’s a worldwide name, handling 30 luxury brands including DKNY – Donna Karan is Ong’s close friend and collaborator – Armani Exchange and Mulberry. According to Forbes magazine, the couple ranks 10th on the Singapore rich list with an estimated net worth of US$1.6 billion, yet somehow they still manage to stay almost completely under the radar of the social pages and celebrity media.įamously, this indefatigable businesswoman’s empire began with the fashion boutique and distributor Club 21. Ong, of course, is married to Malaysian real-estate tycoon Ong Beng Seng, who helped bring Formula 1 to Singapore and who owns everything from residential properties, hotels and shopping centres to the distribution rights to Häagen-Dazs ice cream. Alternatively, complete our brief contact form and a member of gallery staff will be pleased to help you with your enquiry.OPENED IN 1997 as part of the Como hotel group founded by the Singaporean businesswoman Christina Ong, The Metropolitan on London’s Park Lane is part of an intriguing portfolio of properties that takes in Bali, Bangkok and Bhutan, as well as the Turks and Caicos Islands in the Caribbean. To receive invitations or to express your interest please call us on +44 (0)20 7499 0947. Lowry’s finest prints, drawings and oil paintings.
and has developed international reputations for numerous leading artists working in a wide variety of styles and genres, ranging from the semi-abstract to the impressionist, including: Danielle O’Connor Akiyama, Toby Mulligan, Sherree Valentine Daines, Christian Hook, Fabian Perez and Jeffrey Pratt.Ĭlarendon presents an average of twelve varied solo exhibitions throughout the year, including exclusive private views with each artist in a relaxed and informal setting, and holds an impressive museum quality inventory of L.S. The gallery caters for both established and new collectors and is a market leader in the work of Laurence Stephen Lowry, R.A. Occupying a grand 3000 square foot space in Mayfair, London’s premier gallery district, Clarendon Fine Art specialises in British and international contemporary painting and sculpture. Welcome to 46 Dover Street in the heart of Mayfair, home to London’s most elegant contemporary gallery.
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