This year, East London’s first ever five-star hotel, the luxury lifestyle Andaz London Liverpool Street celebrates its tenth anniversary. As the first Andaz hotel under the Hyatt umbrella to ever open, this is a key milestone for the Andaz brand and marks its development into a global brand, spanning ten countries, with sixteen hotels currently open.
Represented in world-class cities like London, Delhi, New York and Tokyo, Andaz celebrates local culture and the unique spirit of neighbourhoods. It immerses every guest in the authentic story of the area that the hotel is based in, allowing them to live like a local.
The word “Andaz” translates to “personal style” in Hindi and encapsulates the very essence of the brand’s driving philosophy: to celebrate, respect and cater to guests’ personal styles and preferences in an atmosphere that fully embraces its vibrant vicinity.
As the first Andaz hotel to open, Andaz London Liverpool Street has become an East London institution, a constant in the area’s fast changing landscape, pioneering the brand’s unique style by bringing the local area to life within the hotel. The site has been a hotel since 1884, becoming the first of the Andaz hotels in 2007 and the district’s first luxury offering, a trailblazer that defined the Andaz brand and helped lead the rise of the East End.
In 2017, it underwent a refurbishment of all its 267 guest rooms and suites with Conran and Partners, integrating East London into the unique designs. The new look captures the hotel’s history and heritage and reflects the hotel’s unique location as the gateway point between the traditionally refined City and the dramatically changing and vibrantly creative Shoreditch.
Following the success of Andaz London Liverpool Street, the brand has continued to expand worldwide with hotels across Europe, the Middle East, Asia and America. Whilst becoming global in scale, it and remains local in its perspective, keeping true to its original ethos, with personalised, unscripted service, which has seen the Andaz brand grow and develop its unique offering.