Qualla: Claridge's https://qualla.com/claridge-s en-us © 2026 Bendyline Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:40:14 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Claridge's https://qualla.com/claridge-s Claridge's: Introduction https://qualla.com/claridge-s/ In December 1951, West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer met World Jewish Congress president Nahum Goldmann at Claridge's to begin secret negotiations on German reparations to Jewish survivors of the Holocaust. The meeting happened here because the hotel offered a kind of neutrality — a Mayfair address that belonged to no country's territory, that had hosted kings, presidents, and exiled governments, that understood how to keep things quiet. It was the kind of thing Claridge's had always been for: the place where consequential people went when they needed somewhere consequential to go.

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]]> Fri, 22 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/p/v/claridge-s-wp/gcpv-claridges-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Claridge's: From Mivart's to Majesty https://qualla.com/claridge-s/ The hotel began as Mivart's, founded in 1812 in a conventional London terrace house and expanded by absorbing neighbouring properties. In 1854, the founder's son sold it to William and Marianne Claridge, who owned a smaller hotel next door. The Claridges combined the two operatio...

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]]> Fri, 22 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/p/v/claridge-s-wp/gcpv-claridges-wartime-and-exile.mp3 0:06 3 full Claridge's: An Art Hotel in Mayfair https://qualla.com/claridge-s/ In the 21st century, Claridge's has reinvented itself as a venue for contemporary art alongside its traditional role. Damien Hirst has placed over 200 prints in guest rooms, installed sculptures in the lobby during Frieze week, and designed a butterfly skylight that illuminates t...

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]]> Fri, 22 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/p/v/claridge-s-wp/gcpv-claridges-an-art-hotel-in-mayfair.mp3 0:06 4 full Claridge's: The Business of Hospitality https://qualla.com/claridge-s/ The restaurant has had its share of turbulence alongside the glamour. Gordon Ramsay ran the main dining room for twelve years before losing its Michelin star in 2010 and closing in 2013 after, in the hotel's phrasing, it had 'lost its way.' The replacement restaurant, Fera, won a...

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