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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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Note: the article below was published in 2011. We’ve since posted an up-to-date rundown of top 10 London hotel afternoon teas in 2012 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 afternoon [...]
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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 Mayfair district of central London is renowned for luxury hotels and competition among them is strong. This is after all the area which is home to historic Brown’s Hotel, Claridge’s and the Dorchester to name but a few. Yet despite this concentration of upmarket hospitality excellence, the Chesterfield Mayfair was the only hotel in [...]
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Purely in the name of research of course, London Hotels Insight has been secretly checking out some of the UK capital’s very best hotel bars. We reviewed all bars anonymously and paid our own way. Visits were recent so opinions are up-to-date though you may not always agree with them. Any list of this kind [...]
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As someone who blogs obsessively about London hotels, I’m sometimes asked by hoteliers if starting a blog makes business sense for them too. My answer is “yes, but only if you are fully committed”. The web is littered with abandoned blogs and the world certainly doesn’t need more of them. What then defines a good [...]
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Dogs are apparently Man’s best friend – so if your dog (or cat, rabbit, guinea pig…) is your best buddy, you won’t want to leave it home alone whilst you’re on holiday. Enter London’s top pet-friendly hotels… The Milestone Hotel The Milestone – a 5 star Kensington hotel – provides a complete range of ‘Pet [...]
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In the century since his tragic suicide, Vincent Van Gogh has been referred to as a genius and a gifted inspiration to the art world. Now art lovers have the chance to get a glimpse inside the mind of Post-impressionism’s most talented and troubled exponent, at the first major Van Gogh exhibition in London for [...]
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Renowned for its affluent inhabitants, Mayfair is widely considered to be one of London’s “poshest” areas; a view not dispelled by its high density of private members clubs, expensive restaurants and designer shops. But there is more to Mayfair than meets the eye. Allow London Hotels Insight to take you on a mini-tour of some [...]
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As we approach February 14th, it becomes increasingly important to home in on a suitable Valentine’s treat for you and your loved one. And having just revealed some top London romantic treats, today we signpost the best Valentine’s hotel offers to make the most of them. All hotels selected below are currently riding high on [...]
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The UK’s “Hotel Catey” Awards – the Oscars of the hospitality industry – took place recently in London to reward excellence in 2009. The deserved winner of the coveted “Hotelier of the Year” award was Mr Jonathan Raggett, Managing Director of Red Carnation Hotels. We’ve often featured his company on this blog due to the [...]
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In part 1 of this double feature, we mentioned how Red Carnation Hotel Collection goes to extraordinary lengths to elicit guest feedback by organising “focus group dinners” with previous complainants. Having attended one such event a few weeks ago as an observer, I witnessed this at first hand and wanted to share my findings with [...]
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We’ve featured Red Carnation Hotel Collection repeatedly for one reason: consistently good guest reviews across all its luxury London hotels. All 6 of the company’s London hotels are currently in the top 22 on TripAdvisor, with 5 of the top 11 London hotels (and all offer free WiFi). There have been various articles on this [...]
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Twitter is currently the scene of a global campaign to “set WiFi free” in hotels. A fellow blogger has even launched a website around this theme. London Hotels Insight would like to add its voice by making a positive example of London hotels with free WiFi. I know our findings will be useful to the [...]
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Having recently covered hotels for Christmas shopping in London, we now reveal the best hotels to actually stay in over the festive period. Christmas in London creates a very special atmosphere. There’s a charmingly understated feel to the celebrations (except for New Year’s Eve when it tends to get a lot more exuberant!). Though it [...]
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