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Thirty odd years ago, a hotel’s business centre was essential to business travellers: without it, you simply couldn’t communicate. You needed the fax back then for a start and later when the internet arrived you needed a networked computer to connect to it (and wouldn’t imagine getting one in your room). In fact, you relied on [...]
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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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The Langham’s festive gingerbread house is well known and was last year crowned the biggest one in London. This year it also looks huge; standing at 4.3ft high the gingerbread house will be on display at the entrance to the beautiful Palm Court restaurant – no nibbling though as the house will be on display throughout [...]
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Our recent visit to the Chesterfield Mayfair Hotel to test its free WiFi also showed how it has been transformed by colourful festive decorations. From the stunning Christmas tree in the lobby to the decorations decking the hotel’s Terrace Bar and a wonderfully-intricate gingerbread house, only a Scrooge wouldn’t feel the Christmas spirit at this luxury 4 star hotel! Book direct [...]
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Having visited the Mercer Street Hotel and The Milestone already, the third hotel of our tour of free WiFi London hotels as part of our touchdown campaign is The Chesterfield Mayfair - a luxury boutique hotel in Mayfair. It’s interesting that it’s luxury hotels with the most guest-friendly culture (which understand how people live today) that offer free WiFi – and we began [...]
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I wrote before about The Chesterfield Mayfair’s unique brand of afternoon tea, The Poetea, featuring musings by Britain’s premiere tea poet Elizabeth Darcy-Jones. Well, she must have gone down like a cup of tea in a drought as the hotel has just announced her as its official poet in residence. Her stint at The Chesterfield Mayfair’s [...]
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Boutique hotels offer a unique way to experience London and fortunately the UK’s capital has many top-notch ones to choose from, with new ones emerging all the time. For the very latest on the city’s dynamic boutique hotel scene, read on for our September news round-up… According to a report published this month by hotel consultants [...]
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For anyone seeking to excel in a career in the hotel industry, London has always been the place to be; the golden ticket so to speak. And in the run-up to the 2012 Olympic Games and beyond, those with a passion to succeed and the ambition to take on some of the capital’s best hotel [...]
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We’ve recently been naming and shaming 5 star London hotels with expensive WiFi charges – a policy we believe can never be justified. To further challenge these hotels, we’ve identified four significantly cheaper hotels in the 4 star category which outperform their more expensive 5 star competitors by offering free WiFi to their guests. What’s [...]
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London has world-class boutique hotels, offering the perfect antidote to high-rise sterility and big-brand anonymity. To help you keep up with the ever-changing scene, we proudly present our monthly round-up of all the latest news from the very best London boutique hotels. The family-owned Goring Hotel is certainly no stranger to famous guests, so staff were no doubt [...]
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Ok, stick with me here. Britain’s premiere tea poet – yes ladies and gents, there’s a lady who writes poems about our favourite brew – will be appearing at a very special afternoon tea at the Chesterfield Mayfair. To further enhance the hotel’s already much-loved and good value afternoon tea, Elizabeth Darcy-Jones will be bringing [...]
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It’s possible to drop several hundred quid having a decent meal in London these days. Yes, after decades cast into outer darkness, London has become the epicentre of the gastronomic world – but its new prominence has come at a price. However, impecunious foodies need not fear. There are ways of getting a very reasonably [...]
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With spring in full swing and summer approaching, now is a great time to enjoy London’s many sights or just enjoy a relaxing weekend away. To help you get the most of your stay, we present ten of the best London hotels special offers currently available below. To benefit from each deal, you’ll need to [...]
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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 afternoon teas in the capital based on the in-depth anonymous inspections carried out by the UK Tea Guild. Today we delve deeper and compare this top 17 [...]
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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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