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Edwardian Hotels London

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Edwardian style
Three years after negotiating a single source supply relationship which resulted in all of its luxury hotels
being equipped with Samsung branded video surveillance solutions, Edwardian Hotels London has
confirmed that it intends to continue to entrust Hanwha Techwin Europe to fulfil all its requirements for IP
network cameras and video recording devices. Michael Crane finds out more.

The May Fair hotel
has 400 beautifully
crafted bedrooms.

E

dwardian Hotels London’s
collection of hotels include, 11
Radisson Blu Edwardian hotels
ranging in style from bijou
boutique, to large scale five
star luxury. The company also
owns The May Fair hotel. Tucked

away in London’s luxury quarter in
Mayfair, this has 400 beautifully crafted
bedrooms, including 12 of the Capital’s
most spectacular suites, a luxurious spa
and a 201 seat screening room. A new
350 bedroom hotel in Leicester Square,
London, is currently under construction.
‘The safety of guests and staff is always
on the top of the list of our priorities
and so we are constantly reviewing the
effectiveness of the video surveillance
systems in operation at each of our hotels,’
says Mohamed Elsebahy, group CCTV
manager for Edwardian Hotels London. ‘As
and when it has been appropriate to do so,
we have not hesitated to invest in the latest
camera and video recording technologies.’

Research & development
Mohamed Elsebahy built an R&D
facility at the company’s Heathrow

hotel, where with the help of
technology consultant Nick Kalsi he
tested a wide range of cameras from
Hanwha Techwin Europe and other
manufacturers. ‘We have been very
pleased with both the performance
of the products and the quality of
the support we have received from
Hanwha Techwin Europe over the last
three years,’ comments Mohamed
Elsebahy. ‘The video surveillance
system at our Heathrow hotel has even
been complimented by local police
officers. They have told us that they
regard the system as the most reliable
of all that are installed at the many
hotels on the A4 strip and that they
always have confidence in the system’s
ability to provide them with high
quality video evidence.
‘I nevertheless have to be certain
that Edwardian Hotels London achieves
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