"London's hotel sector is in the middle of one of its most significant design resets in a generation. A wave of openings, refurbishments and brand repositionings is reshaping the look, feel and function of the capital's hospitality estate ahead of 2027, and glass, long a quiet workhorse of hotel design, is increasingly at the centre of the commercial conversation. From acoustic-engineered partitions in heritage suites to structural feature walls in lobbies and rooftop bars, what is specified for hotels in 2027 will look nothing like 2017."
"PwC's UK Hotels Forecast 2025 to 2026 expects around 6,300 new rooms in London between 2026 and 2028, on top of roughly 3,000 launched in 2025; AM: PM tracked 60 projects scheduled to open in 2025 alone. Central London ADR continues to outperform pre-pandemic benchmarks, PwC forecasts RevPAR growth of 1.8 per cent into 2026 with occupancy above 81 per cent, and Knight Frank and Savills have separately reported London's strongest year for hotel deal volumes since 2018, with UK hotel investment hitting roughly £5bn."
"Investors are increasingly treating design as a yield driver rather than a cost line: PwC has flagged a widening performance gap between repositioned assets and properties that fail to reinvest, with better-designed hotels delivering measurable RevPAR and occupancy uplift. Mandarin Oriental, Raffles, Peninsula, Ruby, citizenM, The Standard, Nobu and Soho House are all expanding their London footprints."
"Abbey Glass , a UK glass manufacturer with 30+ years' experience supplying hospitality projects for groups including Hilton, Marriott, Premier Inn and Curio Collection, has watched specification trends move sharply over three years, with design teams asking very different questions about glass than at the start of the decade."
London’s hotel sector is undergoing a major design reset, with new openings, refurbishments, and brand repositionings changing hotel appearance, atmosphere, and functionality ahead of 2027. Glass is increasingly central to design conversations, moving beyond a quiet material role. Specifications are shifting toward acoustic-engineered partitions in heritage suites and structural feature walls in lobbies and rooftop bars. Forecasts expect thousands of new rooms in London from 2025 through 2028, alongside strong performance metrics such as RevPAR growth and occupancy above 81%. Hotel investment volumes are rising, and major brands are expanding. Investors increasingly treat design as a yield driver, linking better design to measurable RevPAR and occupancy uplift.
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