The Boat Race Announces Graduate Hotels®️ as Official Hotel Partner

The collection of handcrafted hotels with locations in Oxford and Cambridge will serve as official hotel partner for The Gemini Boat Race 2022

London, 7 March 2022.

The Boat Race Company Ltd. (BRCL) is pleased to announce Graduate Hotels as the Official Hotel Partner for The Gemini Boat Race 2022. 

Graduate Hotels is a collection of hand-crafted hotels in university communities across the U.S. and U.K. The first U.K. properties opened in Oxford and Cambridge, United Kingdom in 2021.

Graduate Cambridge, on the banks of the River Cam and The Randolph Hotel by Graduate Hotels in Oxford celebrate the history, traditions and culture of both cities.  

The Boat Race Company Limited (BRCL) Chair Tim Senior, said:  “We are delighted to announce Graduate Hotels as our Official Hotel Partner for The Gemini Boat Race 2022. The Boat Race is the culmination of 192 years of sporting excellence and rivalry between Oxford and Cambridge. Graduate Hotels honour the rich sporting traditions of both universities and understand the importance of celebrating life’s challenges and triumphs together, in beautiful surroundings.”

Kevin Osterhaus, Graduate Hotels President, said:  “We are honoured for Graduate Hotels to be an official partner of this year’s Boat Race,” said Kevin Osterhaus, Graduate Hotels President. “We’re thrilled to celebrate Graduate Hotels’ entry into the U.K. market by taking part in such a historic rivalry competition between two of the world’s oldest and most prestigious universities. Our teams are looking forward to joining the Oxford and Cambridge communities as they cheer on their friends, family and classmates.” 

Sunday 3 April 2022 will see the 76th Women’s and the 167th Men’s Boat Race return to its iconic Championship Course that stretches over 4.25 miles of tidal Thames in West London from Putney to Mortlake. The Women’s Boat Race will start at 14.23 and the Men’s Boat Race will begin at 15.23.