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In 2015–16, London-based interior design studio Goddard Littlefair redesigned the hotel's interiors. The former Tempus Bar & Restaurant reopened in 2015 as The Printing Press Bar & Kitchen, under the direction of chef-restaurateur Des McDonald, previously of The Ritz and The Ivy in London. On
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until 1946. The old insurance offices finally opened as the expanded George Hotel in 1950. In 1958, the hotel proposed a 17-story tower wing in the rear, but a public inquiry prevented its construction. The George Hotel's owners,
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In 1860, a hotel opened in Nos. 21 & 23, gradually expanding to cover the upper levels of the other buildings as well. In 1879, the Caledonian Insurance Company expanded to Nos. 15 & 17, with remodeling carried out by
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for £20 million in June 2005, and the hotel returned to its original name, before being completely renovated in 2006. It was voted Best Hotel in Edinburgh at the Scottish Hotel Awards 2009.
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in 1981, they placed the George in that company's Forum Hotels division. In the early 1990s, the George was remodeled and transferred to the upscale Inter-Continental Hotels division as the
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The five townhouses on George Street that make up the hotel's historic core, Nos. 15–25, were constructed around 1780 as part of Edinburgh's
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On Street (Limited, Chargeable, Maximum 3 Hours) Hotel provides discounts to residents when parking at the St James Quarter car park.
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In 1939, the Caledonian Insurance Company moved out, selling their premises to The George Hotel. The outbreak of
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For the past 200 years the property has been a prestigious address. In Georgian times the poet
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1 November 2016, at the conclusion of the renovations, Principal Hotels renamed the hotel
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prevented a planned expansion, and the offices were requisitioned by the
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The George Hotel, Edinburgh

Edinburgh
Scotland
Coordinates
55°57′14″N 3°11′47″W / 55.953810°N 3.196346°W / 55.953810; -3.196346
InterContinental Edinburgh The George
George Street
Edinburgh
Scotland

Edinburgh: New Town Church
New Town
listed building
David Bryce
MacGibbon and Ross
World War II
Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes
Grand Metropolitan
Inter-Continental Hotels
Principal Hotel Company
InterContinental Hotels
Robert Burns
Sir Walter Scott
Elizabeth Taylor
Omar Sharif
Jack Lemmon
Kylie Minogue

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