Working in conjunction with Surrey County Cricket Club on this project have been three major partners – Arora International Hotels, HOK Sport and the Duchy of Cornwall.

Arora International Hotels

The success of the Arora Group of hotels is built upon listening to and understanding what their guests expect. The group, which designs, builds and operates its hotels, has sites at Heathrow, Gatwick and Manchester, with another site in development at
Terminal 5, due to open in Spring 2008. Arora's reputation continues to grow,
based on their consistent delivery of comfort, choice and confidence. Each of its hotels is Investors In People accredited, and is committed to supporting local communities and economies. Arora International hotels combine the feeling of style, space, comfort and affordability with award winning hospitality, an Arora trademark.

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HOK Sport

As the world's leading sports architecture firm, HOK Sport's tradition of innovation has transformed the way people have experienced sporting events for nearly 25 years – and having successfully designed and delivered the OCS Stand at the Vauxhall End of the Brit Oval, they were the obvious choice to work with on this development.

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Duchy of Cornwall

The Duchy of Cornwall is a well-managed private estate which funds the public, charitable and private activities of The Prince of Wales and his family. The Duchy consists of around 54,648 hectares of land in 23 counties, mostly in the South West of England.

The Duchy estate was created in 1337 by Edward III for his son and heir, Prince Edward, and its primary function was to provide him and future Princes of Wales with an income from its assets. A charter ruled that each future Duke of Cornwall would be the eldest surviving son of the Monarch and the heir to the throne.

The current Duke of Cornwall, HRH The Prince of Wales, is actively involved in running the Duchy and his philosophy is to improve the estate and pass it on to future Dukes in a stronger and better condition.

As the landowner of the Brit Oval, an independent team of architects from the Duchy audited the proposals with HRH the Prince of Wales. These consider the character of the area, and local and national planning policies that apply to such an important development.

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