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With Valentine’s Day behind us and Easter just round the corner, London’s boutique hotels have been continuing to develop their offerings in a bid to pull in the guests over the coming months. In conjunction with Somerset House’s Valentino: Master of Couture exhibition the Baglioni London ran its own V for Valentino package. The package was [...]
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London’s oldest hotel Brown’s is celebrating its 175th Anniversary this year with a whole collection of events and activities planned. Kicking off with an extra special promotion, they are offering anyone who books a one night stay in a suite an additional night for just £18.37. That’s right just eighteen pounds and thirty seven pence, we [...]
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Last weekend saw significant snowfall across the UK which left many stranded. Others however got the chance to have some fun on London’s fresh white carpet, including many London hotels. Below we’ve posted our top 10 photos discovered on Twitter. They range from ways to release your inner child, wistful views and enticing ideas to [...]
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London Hotels Insight’s free WiFi touchdown visits are now complete, but we’ll continue to pressurise London hotels that charge extra for WiFi without stating this information clearly upfront before travellers book. During our campaign, we personally visited 14 different free WiFi London hotels and promoted them aggressively on social media. We took hundreds of photos which are being uploaded onto the [...]
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It’s Christmas time. Time for singing carols, eating too many mince pies and drinking too much mulled wine. And also time for London hotels to put up Christmas trees. London hotels traditionally vie with each other for the best trees. Claridges has hired Lanvin designer Alber Elbaz to create a tree that really is ‘glitz to the [...]
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London’s hotels have upped their game this year when it comes to their Christmas tree offerings. Whether you like traditional, gaudy, chic or simple, there’s something for every taste. Here I run down my six favourites, in no particular order… 1. Claridge’s Lanvin tree Fashion powerhouse Lanvin’s Creative Director, Alber Elbaz, personally designed the Claridge’s [...]
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London’s hotels are falling over themselves to make tots welcome during the current summer holidays. Special promotions to attract families can be found all over the capital, but below I’ve listed my favourite four: Kiddies’ Cinema at Rubens at the Palace Hotel Throughout August, the Rubens at the Palace Hotel is transforming one of its conference suites into [...]
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Note: the article below was published in 2011. We’ve since posted an up-to-date rundown of top 10 best-value London hotel afternoon teas in 2013 with lovely photos. This blog recently looked at London hotel afternoon teas to explore whether they are an overpriced indulgence or a value-for-money treat. We also listed the top 17 hotel [...]
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Afternoon tea is a quintessentially English tradition and it’s no surprise that London hotels do a roaring trade in it. As of late however, its popularity has soared and according to the London Evening Standard, some hotels are now putting on six sittings of afternoon tea every day to keep up! But what is the [...]
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I fondly remember the FT’s ‘lunch for a fiver’ offer, which I sometimes made use of when I worked in the City. You cut out the coupon, you went to your preferred hostelry and you paid £5 for lunch. Except, of course, that usually you didn’t. You’d pay £15 after a glass of Perrier, a [...]
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The Langham is one of an elite group of London hotels with a deep sense of history as our old black and white photos of the hotel illustrate. And it’s also famous for serving a historic afternoon tea – which is still winning awards for best London afternoon tea even today. Here we recap “20 [...]
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I don’t think all that often about my bed. I only really become aware of what I’m sleeping on if it’s wrong – uncomfortable, bumpy, too hard or too soft. I recently slept in one that kept trying to roll itself around me like a tube. It was horrible – I kept waking up thinking [...]
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I’m a big fan of afternoon tea but it could be said the traditional format is a little tired and could do with some waking up. So I was intrigued by The Arch’s rather different take on tea-time – Earl Grey cocktails and filled eclairs – and on a recent visit I made sure that [...]
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I’ve had some truly horrible meals in hotels. After all, hoteliers know they’ve got a captive market – people who are too tired, lazy or jet-lagged to want to head out to a restaurant; so the quality of the food may often be compromised even in otherwise decent hotels. Bland ‘international’ cuisine that’s low on [...]
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In July we noted how the refurbished Langham had taken the “Best London Hotel Afternoon Tea” award for 2010 from Brown’s in Mayfair – though Brown’s afternoon tea continues to be sumptuous in its own right. A few people have asked about the origins of afternoon tea. So we thought it might be fun to [...]
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The “hotel nerds” here at London Hotels Insight jump at every opportunity to look at the history of some of London’s grandest hotels. We’ve shown this already through our peek at the colourful past of the top-rated Milestone Hotel (currently the TripAdvisor number 1 from more than 1000 London hotels), our timeline of the Savoy’s [...]
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