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Win a FREE luxury weekend stay at The Cavendish London!

May 20, 2013
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For our very first ‘Hotel of the Month‘, we chose The Cavendish London to share its many attractions.  Now you can win a free weekend there just by RT’ing @londonhoteltips on Twitter.  Read on to learn how you can win! The 4 star Cavendish London has won awards for its staff wellbeing as one of the Sunday Times [...]

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They’re barking mad at Aloft London Excel!

May 17, 2013
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Animal lovers rejoice!  The Aloft London Excel have announced they are now welcoming guests and their pets throughout the year.  And by welcome I don’t just mean they are just allowed to stay, oh no they are letting your four legged friends enjoy the full VIP package with the new ARF (animals are fun) programme.  I’m [...]

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DoubleTree doubles up on new London hotels.

May 16, 2013
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The DoubleTree by Hilton chain has announced that they are doubling up on new London hotels, opening two renovated properties in the city.  The new hotels will open at Hyde Park and Ealing to bring the total number of DoubleTree London hotels to nine, just under double figures.  It feels like only yesterday that they [...]

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My favourite London hotel by @AboutLondon.

May 15, 2013
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Today we’ve invited Laura Porter who blogs about London at About.com and is a Visit Britain Super Blogger to share her favourite London hotel with us. There’s something so endearingly British about The Savoy which is one reason I’ve chosen it as my favourite hotel in London.  The Savoy has so many wonderful eccentricities that only [...]

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‘Best of British’ dinner at The Cavendish.

May 14, 2013
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As part of the investigation of this blog’s hotel of the month for May, I went for dinner at Petrichor in The Cavendish London on Jermyn Street. This hotel has been featured before for its great-value afternoon tea and my colleague Andrea also did a cocktail masterclass in its bar.  So we knew already that they’re pretty [...]

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Food heroes head to Axis at One Aldwych.

May 13, 2013
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Never one to miss out on trends, One Aldwych has announced a calender of Regional Dinners in its Axis restaurant which will celebrate the best of the British Isles.  That means you lucky Londoners will be able to sample dishes from all over the UK without even leaving the city!  The dinners start with A Taste of the [...]

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Step back in Great Gatsby style at The Milestone.

May 10, 2013
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Everybody’s talking about it, everybody is getting ready for the comeback of the ‘roaring twenties’ hitting London hotels.  And the cause of it all?  The release of The Great Gatsby in UK cinemas this month.  Jules’ recently blogged about The Great Gatsby’s themed nights taking place at the Hyatt Regency every Thursday throughout May.  The [...]

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A taste of Colombia at the Intercontinental Park Lane.

May 8, 2013
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Fancy a trip to Colombia but haven’t quite got the time nor money?  Well you will be happy to hear that Colombia is coming to London, well kind of. Chef Harry Sasson who runs 5 restaurants including the Club Colombia all in the capital city of Bogotá, is taking over the Cookbook Cafe at InterContinental London [...]

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Tune Haymarket Edinburgh wins its first award!

May 7, 2013
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Tune Haymarket which is practically a baby in the hotel world at only four months old, has already won it’s first award!  The hotel has won the accolade of ‘best new hotel of the year in Scotland’ from the Scottish Hotels Awards 2013.  The CEO of Tune, Mark Lankester stated: “To win in the New Hotel [...]

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An edible garden arrives at Belgraves London.

May 6, 2013
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The RHS Chelsea Show is taking place soon which means London hotels are creating floral packages left, right and centre.  Some of which if I’m honest are a bit disappointing but there are a few gems around.  The Belgraves Thompson has created something a bit different, an Edible Garden on its Terrace with daily cocktail classes [...]

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Hotel of the month: The Cavendish London.

May 3, 2013
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Here at LHI, we’ve decided to show some extra TLC to those hotels which we think are doing it right.  Our first Hotel of the Month is… drumroll please….The Cavendish London!  The Cavendish London is a 4 star hotel which has won awards for its staff wellbeing and is a Sunday Times Top 100 Small Company [...]

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Flemings Mayfair plays the game!

May 2, 2013
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If you haven’t already heard Mayfair has been removed!  Oh yes it’s been replaced by Kensington Palace Gardens and is being sold for the exact same price but this time it’s card sales only, cash is out.  No, I haven’t gone crazy I am of course talking about the new version of the timeless classic board game [...]

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Hyatt Regency Churchill launches Great Gatsby Nights.

May 1, 2013
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The Great Gatsby film is all set to launch soon and to celebrate the 5 star Hyatt Regency The Churchill is throwing a series of roaring 1920s themed parties in the hotel restaurant The Montagu.  The parties will take place every Thursday evening when guests will be treated to champagne on arrival, live music from [...]

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London boutique hotels roundup – April 2013.

April 30, 2013
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With the summer just round the corner as we’re about to enter May, London’s boutique hotel scene is hotting up for another bumper season and it’s time to take a look at the latest goings on. For many, boutique hotels are a chance to experience luxury within intimate and unique surroundings.  But one London hotel [...]

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Top 10 best-value luxury afternoon teas at London hotels.

April 29, 2013
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It’s that time of year when the annual Tea Guild Awards come round again and we’ve done our usual added-value research from their findings to help you track down the best – and best-value – London hotel afternoon teas. Dubbed by some as the Oscars of the afternoon tea world, these awards have been rewarding [...]

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My favourite London hotel by @LondONtheinside.

April 26, 2013
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Today we’ve invited Jules Pearson, founder of London On The Inside, to share her favourite London hotel with us. My favourite London hotel has to be the Hoxton hotel in East London, because it gets everything spot on and proves you can still be a design-led and fashionable hotel without charging the earth. The hotel [...]

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