Hotel du Vin is a luxury boutique hotel chain that has sixteen hotels throughout the United Kingdom, co-founded by Gerard Basset and Robin Hutson.
History
Hotel du Vin & Bistro Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom - Hotel du Vin & Bistro Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom 11 Bristo Place, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH1 1EZ, United Kingdom 4-star hotel with restaurant, near Greyfriars Kirk Free WiFi.
The hotel chain was founded in Winchester in 1994 by Gerard Basset and Robin Hutson, who had both previously worked at the famous Chewton Glen hotel where Basset was the Head Sommelier and Hutson the Managing Director. The name "Hotel du Vin" was a reference to Basset's wine expertise. At the time Basset was a Master Sommelier; he went on to become a Master of Wine (1998).
KSL Capital purchased the Hotel du Vin chain and the Malmaison hotel chain early in 2013, before selling both hotel brands to Frasers Hospitality for £363m in 2015.
Locations
Subsequent hotels were established in other locations including Brighton, Tunbridge Wells, Bristol, Birmingham, Harrogate, Henley-on-Thames, Cheltenham, Glasgow, York, Cambridge, Exeter, Newcastle, Poole, Wimbledon, Edinburgh and St Andrews. As of 2015, Hotel du Vin were operating sixteen hotels across the UK in university locations, cathedral towns and cities.
References
External links
- Hotel du Vin official website
