St Clement Prepares for Its Full London Arrival

Following a soft summer introduction, St Clement is scheduled to become fully operational in September. Set within 180 The Thames, part of London’s wider 180 Quarter, the hotel is the latest hospitality project involving Soho House founder Nick Jones.

The property brings together 90 rooms and 15 suites, including river-facing lofts, with interiors shaped by Alex Eagle and Sophie Hodges of Eagle & Hodges. The mood feels deliberately residential rather than theatrical — layered rooms, vintage pieces and a real emphasis on personal hospitality.

St Clement is not chasing another velvet-rope London address. Its appeal lies in something warmer: a hotel that understands how today’s travellers want to feel, not simply what they expect to see.

A British Return to Battersea

Over at Battersea Power Station, The Hero’s Return is due to open later this summer as a British pub, dining room and riverside terrace.

Created by the team connected with Bancone, the project brings former St John chef director Jonathan Woolway into the kitchen for seasonal, ingredient-led British cooking. The scale is ambitious, but the concept feels grounded — recognisable food, thoughtful hospitality and a modern interpretation of what a London pub can be.

It is also another marker of Battersea’s evolution. The Power Station is no longer simply somewhere to admire from across the river, but somewhere increasingly worth crossing London for, as its restaurants and cultural spaces continue to give the neighbourhood a genuine identity of its own.

Mayfair Looks Towards Thailand

On Curzon Street, MIKO Mei Fair opened this spring, bringing regional Thai cooking into an intimate Georgian townhouse.

Rather than relying solely on familiar, crowd-pleasing dishes, the menu travels through the bold flavours of Isaan, the coconut-rich cooking of Southern Thailand and the balance of Central Thai cuisine. Herbs, citrus, smoke and fire-led cooking come together around a robata grill at the centre of the restaurant.

The smaller, more private setting suits Mayfair rather well — a room designed for lingering rather than simply being seen. Among a season of bigger and louder openings, this may be the table worth booking for a quieter, more personal evening, where the room, cooking and pace all tell the same story.

Orient Express Reimagines the Crossing

Further out, Orient Express Corinthian will make its transatlantic crossing this autumn.

The 220-metre sailing yacht departs Lisbon on 12 October 2026 for Ocean Rebirth, a 14-night wellness voyage to Barbados created by Orient Express Sailing Yachts in partnership with Guerlain.

Rest, movement and renewal sit at the centre of the crossing, with meditation, yoga, Pilates, nutritional consultations and Guerlain treatments incorporated into the experience. The yacht itself offers 54 suites alongside a library, cinema, music spaces and a Guerlain spa.

It reflects a wider return to slower, more romantic travel — the kind where the days between departure and arrival matter just as much as where you land, and where the journey becomes as important as the destination.

Four Seasons Takes Its Hospitality to Sea

Following its Mediterranean debut earlier this year, Four Seasons I will begin the Caribbean and Bahamas chapter of its inaugural season on 19 November 2026.

With 95 residential-style suites, floor-to-ceiling windows and generous ocean-facing terraces, the emphasis is on space, privacy and personalisation rather than scale.

The Caribbean and Bahamas programme continues until January 2027 and includes destinations across the Lesser Antilles and Bahamas, with itineraries featuring places such as St Barths and Exuma.

It is an ambitious move, but also a natural extension of the Four Seasons approach: taking the familiar reassurance of hotel hospitality and translating it into a more intimate experience at sea. It may well influence how other hotel brands approach life beyond the shoreline in the years to come.

Together, these openings point to something bigger than any single address: a growing appetite for travel that feels slower, more considered and genuinely personal.

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