THE LONDON-BASED Dorchester Collection has taken over the management of two North American five-star hotels: The New York Palace and the Hotel Bel-Air in Los Angeles.
The group, which currently owns and manages The Dorchester in London, The Beverly Hills Hotel in California, Le Meurice and Hotel Plaza Athénée in Paris, and the Hotel Principe di Savoia in Milan, is targeting 15 hotels in key cities on either side of the Atlantic over the next 10 to 15 years.