London’s first Hard Rock hotel is slated to open in 2018 at
the site of the Cumberland Hotel on the city’s West End.
The Hard Rock London will have 900 rooms, many with views of
Hyde Park. The property will also have a restaurant and rooftop lounge, and
will be filled with the rock n’ roll memorabilia that’s synonymous with the
brand. Notably, the Cumberland Hotel included Jimi Hendrix as a former guest.
Additionally, the first Hard Rock Café opened in London in 1971.
Hard Rock
International said last week that its first New York hotel would open in
midtown Manhattan in 2019.