Hope Street Hotel

The Hope Street Hotel on Hope Street, Liverpool, describes itself as 'Liverpool's first boutique hotel'. On 30 and 31 March 2006 it played host to Condoleezza Rice.[1] The hotel is housed in an 1860 Venetian-style palazzo,[2] originally home to and named 'The London Carriage Works', which is how the hotel's restaurant came to be named.[3][4]

In 2005, Spanish midfielder Xabi Alonso chose to move into the Hope Street Hotel after his transfer to Liverpool FC.[5] Mauricio Pellegrino and Fernando Morientes stayed here the day they signed for Liverpool FC. They day before making their debuts against Manchester United on 15 January 2005 which they lost 1–0 to a Wayne Rooney goal.

References
  1. "Condoleezza arrives in Liverpool". BBC News. 31 March 2006. Retrieved 17 February 2008.
  2. "Hope Street Hotel, Liverpool: full review". The Daily Telegraph. London. 4 December 2008. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 6 May 2009. Retrieved 5 May 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "Hope Street Hotel - Liverpool Philharmonic". Royal Liverpool Philharmonic. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  5. "24-Hour Room Service: Hope Street Hotel, Liverpool". The Independent. 29 January 2005. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
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