Kimpton Clocktower Hotel transforms for festive season

Kimpton Clocktower Hotel has choreographed its Christmas programme around rooms that accommodate everything from quiet retreat to elaborate celebration. The newly unveiled King Duplex Suite spans two full floors, its dramatic double height ceilings and soaring historic windows creating the kind of generous theatrical space that makes a holiday feel properly ceremonial. Below that in grandeur, though hardly diminished in character, the Heritage Suites marry Victorian detailing with contemporary boldness, each anchored by an ultra king bed and deep soaking tub that invite the sort of unhurried luxury Christmas demands.

For those plotting something beyond a simple overnight, Suite 51 commands the building’s crown. Three bedrooms and four bathrooms spread across an expanse designed for hosting, with Nespresso on constant tap and entertaining space that transforms a stay into an event. Smaller groups and friends traveling together find their footing in the Double Double Rooms, which sleep up to four and shed the stiffness that often accompanies shared hotel accommodation.

The Refuge bar, the hotel’s award winning centre of gravity, channels the season’s glitter and momentum. Seasonal drinks and curated food arrive in a setting that has become the city’s most coveted gathering point, the backdrop against which the festive calendar actually unfolds. Whether the intention is a decadent escape under twinkling lights or something closer to orchestrated revelry, the hotel has woven surprise moments and family packages through its offerings, the kind of thoughtful additions that tip a stay toward memory.

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