| 词条 | Tower Hotel, London |
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| hotel_name = The Tower Hotel, London | image = The Tower Hotel and St. Katharine Pier, London 31 May 2011.jpg | image_width = | caption = The Tower Hotel, with St. Katharine Pier in the foreground | location = London, United Kingdom | coordinates = | opening_date = 19 September 1973 | diamonds = | closing_date = | developer = Taylor Woodrow | architect = Renton Howard Wood Partnership | operator = Guoman Hotels | owner = | number_of_restaurants = | number_of_rooms = 801 | number_of_suites = 18 | floor_area = | floors = 14 | parking = | website = [https://www.thetowerhotellondon.com/ The Tower Hotel] | footnotes = }} The Tower Hotel is a large hotel situated on the north bank of the River Thames, on the east side of Tower Bridge, in London. The hotel was designed by the Renton Howard Wood Partnership, and constructed by Taylor Woodrow for owners J. Lyons & Co., and opened in September 1973.[1] It was built in a modern style considered unattractive by many; indeed it was twice voted the second ugliest building in London, in a 2005 Time Out poll,[2] and in a 2006 BBC poll.[3] However, it is reputed to offer occupants excellent views from its rooms. J. Lyons operated the hotel until July 1977 when it was sold for £6.5m to EMI Leisure.[1][4] In 1980, EMI Leisure properties, including the Tower Hotel, were sold to Trusthouse Forte. The hotel was later acquired by the Thistle Hotels group. The hotel has 801 rooms, as well as 19 meeting rooms with a capacity of up to 600 people. It also has a gym, two restaurants, a coffee bar, and licensed premises. The hotel is ultimately owned by BIL International, a New Zealand investment fund which has shifted the hotel into a separate luxury brand called Guoman Hotels. The nearest London Underground station is Tower Hill. In popular cultureThe hotel's exterior is briefly featured at the end of the 1975 John Wayne film, Brannigan, as the titular Chicago Police lieutenant's third successive accommodation in London. The hotel's interior is featured in the 1986 film Biggles, as the hotel in which character Jim Ferguson (played by Alex Hyde-White) stays while waiting to be transported to the year 1917. The exterior is also used as the location from which Ferguson is transported to 1917 along with Debbie (Fiona Hutchison), and to which he subsequently returns while firing a Bergmann MP 18. See also
References1. ^1 {{cite web|title=Tower Hotel London|url=http://www.kzwp.com/lyons2/tower.htm|website=J Lyons|accessdate=4 February 2016}} {{coord|51|30|24|N|0|04|26|W|display=title}}2. ^{{cite news|title=Buckingham Palace an 'eyesore'|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-342317/Buckingham-Palace-eyesore.html|accessdate=4 February 2016|work=Daily Mail|date=22 March 2005}} 3. ^BBC Poll - Most Hated Building 4. ^EMI Annual Report 1977, p.39. Retrieved: 4 February 2016 1 : Hotels in London |
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