53°24′04″N 2°58′16″W / 53.401°N 2.971°W / 53.401; -2.971 The Hope Street Hotel on Hope Street, Liverpool, describes itself as 'Liverpool's first boutique hotel'. On 30 and 31 March 2006 it played host to Condoleezza Rice.[1] The hotel is housed in an 1860 Venetian-style palazzo,[2] originally home to and named 'The London Carriage Works', which is how the hotel's restaurant came to be named.[3][4]

In 2005, Spanish midfielder Xabi Alonso chose to move into the Hope Street Hotel after his transfer to Liverpool FC.[5]

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  1. ^ "Condoleezza arrives in Liverpool". BBC News. 31 March 2006. Retrieved 17 February 2008.
  2. ^ "Hope Street Hotel, Liverpool: full review". The Daily Telegraph. London. 4 December 2008. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
  3. ^ "London Carriage Works | Liverpool Restaurant". Archived from the original on 6 May 2009. Retrieved 5 May 2009.
  4. ^ "Hope Street Hotel - Liverpool Philharmonic". Royal Liverpool Philharmonic. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  5. ^ "24-Hour Room Service: Hope Street Hotel, Liverpool". The Independent. 29 January 2005. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
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