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As you probably know, London Hotels Insight has been running a free WiFi campaign for several years now. This is because we have felt for some time that free WiFi in this digital age is no longer a luxury but a necessity. This has sometimes got us into arguments with hoteliers (and IT companies with a [...]
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Kit Kemp isn’t just a hotel designer; with her husband Tim she’s also a successful hotelier and part-owner of Firmdale Hotels. But her design credentials have been key to establishing the group as a fashionable brand in the crowded London hotel market. Kit is self-taught as a designer, and her style is quirky and full of [...]
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Excitement continues to build around the re-opening of Firmdale’s Dorset Square Hotel on 18th June, just in time for the Olympics. The hotel is in a Regency townhouse near Baker Street tube, along the road from the Landmark Hotel and Madame Tussauds. It was the first ever Firmdale hotel and opened in 1985. The hotel was then sold in 2002, however Firmdale recently [...]
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A who’s who of the boutique hotel world will join together for this year’s Boutique Hotel Summit on May 21 & 22 in London. Europe’s only B2B conference of its kind, the summit will bring boutique and lifestyle hotel professionals from around the world together to debate, network and share their knowledge of the sector. [...]
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The results of the TripAdvisor 2012 Travellers’ Choice Awards recently came in. Surprisingly, no London hotel made the top ten hotels in the UK – with number 1 position snatched by the Charterhouse Hotel in Torquay. Three London establishments did however make the top 25: The Milestone coming in at 13, Hotel 41 at 15 and Haymarket Hotel at 22. [...]
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2011 was an exciting year for London’s boutique hotels and 2012 is shaping up to be no different. With the Olympics and the Queen’s Jubilee taking place over the summer, hotels will be falling over themselves to pull in visitors with innovative special offers in the quest for a bumper year. And if January is [...]
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As the nights draw in and Christmas looms ever closer, right now is a great time to explore London whether for a spot of Christmas shopping in the newly lit-up shopping precincts, to check out the festive markets or simply to kick back and take it easy. And if you want to stay somewhere with [...]
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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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The latest eagerly-anticipated hotel offering from The Dorchester Collection, 45 Park Lane, opened last week. And with room rates starting from £395 we were pleased to see that WiFi is free throughout the hotel. However we were not so pleased to discover that the original Dorchester Hotel in London - a 5 star hotel with similarly lofty [...]
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In the thick of theatreland sits the Haymarket – a charming sanctuary in the city centre. Designed by Firmdale Hotels’ owner and design director Kit Kemp, it’s clear to see that a lot of style and love went into putting together each of the hotel’s 50 rooms, which are all individually styled. This sense of [...]
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For two weeks in summer 2012, London’s hotels will become the most desirable real estate in the world. Thousands will flock to enjoy the world-renowned spectacle that is these quadrennial games, happening in the UK capital for the first time since 1948. You can’t be sluggish in booking a hotel for the London Olympics, as [...]
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I know I really should be judging hotels on other features. Nonetheless, as soon as I get inside a hotel room, one of the first things I want to know is – what toiletries am I going to get? Getting the toiletries right can help a hotel establish its values and brand. Sometimes you need [...]
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I get rather tired of the ‘full English breakfast’. Apart from the fact that hash browns and baked beans are not really traditional, I also find that many hotels don’t serve the equally traditional kipper or bloater. There’s nothing like the gorgeous smokiness of a proper kipper to start the day properly. But where can [...]
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Firmdale Hotels has done well to sew up some of the top spots on TripAdvisor for its six London hotels. This has been achieved with a smart blend of good taste in design and attentive yet unintrusive service. Their stylish Soho Hotel for example is a celebrity magnet and consistently in the top 5 London [...]
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