The Beverly Hills Hotel

Hotel facts and statistics
Beverly Hills Hotel


Location	Beverly Hills, California
Opening date	May 12, 1912
Parking	Valet Parking
Website	beverlyhillshotel.com

The Beverly Hills Hotel, overlooking Beverly Hills, 1921.

The Beverly Hills Hotel is a hotel in Beverly Hills, CA, at 9641 Sunset Boulevard. It was opened on May 12, 1912 by Margaret J. Anderson and her son, Stanley S. Anderson, who had been managing the Hollywood Hotel. The original main building of the Beverly Hills Hotel was designed by Pasadena architect Elmer Grey. The extensive gardens of the grounds were designed by landscape architect Wilbur David Cook. It was the first building in the greater area, leading to the creation of a surrounding city, and is often referred to, by the local population (and others such as cab drivers), simply as The Hotel. Since the city's inception, the hotel has been a central meeting place for residents and business people, especially from Los Angeles's movie and television industries.

The hotel is a member of The Leading Hotels of the World and is currently managed and owned by the Dorchester Collection. The Dorchester Collection is a collection of five luxury hotels in the United Kingdom, the United States, France, and Italy and was organized in 1996 to manage the hotel interests of the Brunei Investment Agency.

Svend Petersen, the Danish-American pool manager at the hotel for 42 years, became a Hotel Ambassador in 2002. He notably opened up the pool after hours for the Beatles and he taught Faye Dunaway to swim a freestyle crawl in for Mommie Dearest. He was also known for warning Southern California newcomers in drastic and memorable language about the scorching sun.

The hotel is also home to the famous Polo Lounge, and the exterior of the hotel was featured on the album cover art of The Eagles' 1976 LP "Hotel California".

Some of the hotel's owners have been celebrities: Irene Dunne, Loretta Young, and currently the Sultan of Brunei.

1 Recent Purchase
2 Notable Guests
3 See also
4 External links

Recent Purchase

Marvin H. Davis bought the Hotel for $54 million from Burt Slatkin & Ivan Frederick Boesky. Boesky bought the 5% of stock that was outstanding for a reported fortune and was able to intice Slatkin to sell, despite his desire to keep the hotel. Less than a year later Davis sold the hotel to the Sultan of Brunei for $110 million.