By Kate Krader and Sarah Rappaport, Bloomberg News (TNS)
Michelin is not slowing down on its road to expansion beyond restaurants.
Last autumn, the century-old guide announced that it would bestow keys — the lodging equivalent of dining stars — to hotels around the world. On Tuesday, Michelin released its inaugural guide to the U.K. and Ireland. Fourteen hotels received the highest award — three keys. (The ranking designates “an extraordinary stay.”) Eight of those properties are in London and include the city’s most high-profile lodgings like the year-old Peninsula London in Belgravia, the time-honored Connaught hotel and the Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park.
Other U.K. properties