Editing Claridge's (section)

===21st century renovation and relaunch===
In 2005, the private-equity owners sold The Savoy Group, including Claridge's, to a group of Irish investors led by [[Derek Quinlan]]. The investors later sold the [[Savoy Hotel]] and [[Savoy Theatre]] and renamed the group [[Maybourne Hotel Group]].<ref name="Foulkes 2020">{{cite web | last=Foulkes | first=Nick | title=The man behind the most spectacular makeover in Claridge's history | website=Financial Times | date=16 December 2020 | url=https://www.ft.com/content/0b6d50b6-6f2e-430c-a6a0-13c67349f703 | access-date=17 January 2023}}</ref><ref name="To Capture Claridge's"/><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.thetimes.com/travel/destinations/uk-travel/england/london-travel/savoy-group-changes-name-after-deal-bnhr9m2mtks |last1=Walsh |first1=Dominic |title="Savoy Group changes name after deal" |work=[[The Times]] |date=January 25, 2005 |access-date=January 7, 2023 |archive-date=7 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230107232520/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/savoy-group-changes-name-after-deal-bnhr9m2mtks |url-status=live }}</ref> The Maybourne Hotel Group includes two other five-star hotels in London, [[The Berkeley]] and [[The Connaught (hotel)|The Connaught]].

Between 2016 and 2021, the hotel was renovated and expanded as part of a "relaunch" by co-owner [[Paddy McKillen]]. The top two floors were replaced by a four-storey, 14-bedroom extension that included a penthouse with swimming pool, gym, private lake, and {{convert|1800|sqft|m2|abbr=on}} grand salon.<ref>{{cite web |author=Lauren Eads |url=https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2016/09/claridges-plans-five-storey-iceberg-basement/ |title=Claridge's plans five-storey 'iceberg' basement |publisher=The Drinks Business |date=8 September 2016 |access-date=2 January 2023 |archive-date=2 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102223030/https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2016/09/claridges-plans-five-storey-iceberg-basement/ |url-status=live }}</ref> A {{cvt|22|m|ft|adj=mid|-deep}} excavation was dug beneath the Art Deco 1920s extension to create a five-level basement. Construction work was largely done by hand to avoid disturbing guests, and the hotel continued in operation throughout the building work.<ref>{{cite web |author=Lynne Kelleher |url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/groundbreaking-irish-miners-who-dug-out-subterranean-extension-to-claridges-by-hand-feature-in-new-bbc-series-42255462.html |title=Groundbreaking – Irish miners who dug out subterranean extension to Claridge's by hand feature in new BBC series |publisher=Independent.ie |date=1 January 2023 |access-date=2 January 2023 |archive-date=1 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230101130527/https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/groundbreaking-irish-miners-who-dug-out-subterranean-extension-to-claridges-by-hand-feature-in-new-bbc-series-42255462.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The project was recorded in a BBC documentary series, ''The Mayfair Hotel Megabuild''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/programme/b-92gg22/the-mayfair-hotel-megabuild-season-1/ |title=The Mayfair Hotel Megabuild Season 1 |website=Radio Times |access-date=2 January 2023 |archive-date=2 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102223031/https://www.radiotimes.com/programme/b-92gg22/the-mayfair-hotel-megabuild-season-1/ |url-status=live }}</ref>