The Savoy is offering amazing hotel experiences to reward kindness this Christmas

Do you have a friend or relation that deserves an incredible experience at one of the world’s best hotels? Now’s your chance to make it happen for them.

London’s revered Savoy hotel is asking the public to nominate a friend or family member who’s been particularly kind or helpful in 2020 for a unique Savoy experience. The hotel is encouraging everyone to think about what wonderful Savoy experience their kindest friends might like to receive.

Potential wishes could include enjoying classic Savoy experiences such as afternoon tea in Thames Foyer, or an evening of cocktails at the Beaufort Bar. Alternatively, they could be the chance to learn skills or insight from the Savoy’s talented team.

Any experience or service that the Savoy team offer in their day-to-day line of work within the iconic hotel is a possible wish. Pictured is the hotel’s uber-luxury Royal Suite

The Savoy’s Executive Pastry Chef Daniel Pearse. Perhaps you’d like a friend to have a cooking lesson with him?

For example, would the recipient love to learn some of the secrets of cooking with chocolate with Executive Pastry Chef Daniel Pearse? Or how to organise their wardrobe and pack a perfect suitcase and other classic butler duties with Sean Davoren, one of the stars of the ITV documentary about the property who leads the hotel’s guest experience team?

Any experience or service that the Savoy team offer in their day-to-day line of work within the iconic hotel is a possible wish.

So, how does it work?

Making a wish requires a minimum donation of £5 with proceeds being shared equally between two charities that The Savoy says are particularly important to it – Hospitality Action, which supports hospitality workers suffering hardship, and The Connection at St Martin in the Fields, which helps the homeless community in and around the Strand.

Nominations can be made online from today or in person once the hotel reopens to leisure guests from December 3.

Details required include what kind of wonderful Savoy experience they would like to recognise their kindest friends or family with – and there is no limit to how many wishes can be made.

Twenty-five Savoy wishes will be randomly selected, one a day from December 1, 2020, through to Christmas Day, and highlighted on the hotel’s social media channels.

They will be granted throughout 2021.

Twenty-five Savoy wishes will be randomly selected, one a day from December 1, 2020, through to Christmas Day

When The Savoy starts welcoming leisure guests from December 3, it will do so bedecked in festive decorations at the centre of which will be a golden Well of Wishes, into which visitors can drop their wishes personally if they would like.

In addition, the hotel ‘will be buzzing with an exciting partnership with English sparkling wine producer, Nyetimber, and at the hotel’s heart in Thames Foyer friends and families will be reuniting for the most joyous festive afternoon tea, while behind the scenes chefs will be preparing delicious seasonal menus for the most indulgent celebrations’.

When The Savoy starts welcoming leisure guests from December 3, it will do so bedecked in festive decorations at the centre of which will be a golden Well of Wishes, into which visitors can drop their wishes personally if they would like. Pictured is The Savoy’s head mixologist, Elon Soddu