Icon Hotel Luton

The Icon Hotel, near Luton Airport, was formerly two vacant offices purchased in August 2008 for the sum of £1.325m. The prominent buildings built in 1973, formally housed London Zurich PLC and the Luton Chanmber of Commerce. Totally refurbished from the two office blocks to form a single hotel of some 20,000 sq ft, it was built in 4 main stages. The building is owned by CEO's Franco and Lefi Anacreonte.

Phases 1 (lobby, bar & restaurant) and 2 (31 bedrooms in the 5-wing block) were completed prior to November 2009. Part 3 (a further 29 bedrooms, gymnasium and conference facilities for approx 100 delegates) was completed in March 2010. The final stage is a 2,000 sq.

The restaurant, Cappello's, opened on 27th November 2009 and 31 of the 60 bedrooms were released just 4 days later on December 1st.