Hotel Bel-Air

Hotel Bel-Air
Matchbook from hotel, circa 1990
The hotel pool.
Hotel Bel-Air is located in Western Los Angeles
Hotel Bel-Air
Location in Bel Air/Western Los Angeles Area
General information
LocationBel-Air, California
Address701 Stone Canyon Road, Los Angeles 90077
Coordinates34°5′11.09″N 118°26′46.63″W / 34.0864139°N 118.4462861°W / 34.0864139; -118.4462861
Opened1946
OwnerBrunei Investment Agency
ManagementDorchester Collection
Other information
Number of rooms103
Number of suites45
Number of restaurants1
Website
Official website

The Hotel Bel-Air is a boutique hotel located in Bel-Air, Los Angeles, California. The hotel is one of the nine luxury hotels operated by the Dorchester Collection,[1] which is owned by the Brunei Investment Agency (BIA).[2] The hotel has a total of 103 rooms, 45 of which are suites.[3] The Bel-Air hotel has an overall old Hollywood style and is surrounded by 12 acres (4.9 ha) of gardens in the Bel-Air Estates neighborhood.[3]

Located just outside Beverly Hills and Westwood, Hotel Bel-Air has regularly housed notable guests and celebrities including Elizabeth Taylor, Robert Wagner, Judy Garland, Bette Davis, Lauren Bacall, Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Jimmy Stewart, Audrey Hepburn and Grace Kelly, who frequented the hotel so regularly she had a suite named after her.[4] Hotel Bel-Air was also the setting for Marilyn Monroe's last Vogue magazine shoot, six weeks before her death.[5]

  1. ^ "Hotel Bel-Air". Dorchester Collection. Retrieved July 9, 2014.
  2. ^ Szu Ping Chan (September 18, 2013). "Luxury Rome hotel snapped up by Dorchester owner". The Telegraph.
  3. ^ a b Forbes Travel Guide (January 13, 2012). "An Inside Look At Wolfgang Puck's New Restaurant At Hotel Bel-Air". Forbes. Retrieved July 9, 2014.
  4. ^ Ventre, Michael (October 28, 2011). "The Hollywood History of Hotel Bel-Air". LA Confidential Magazine. Niche Media. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
  5. ^ Garrahan, Matthew (November 5, 2011). "The return of a Hollywood legend". FT.com. Financial Times. Retrieved July 15, 2015.