London Hotels Insight provides up-to-date, independent advice for your perfect stay in London. We research guest feedback, meet management and identify hotels at the top of their game.
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As one of the world’s most popular travel destinations, and of course the host of the upcoming 2012 Olympic Games, demand for hotel rooms in London is high. The city has over 100,000 hotel rooms encompassing everything from minimalist boutique chic to grandiose five star luxury. But have you ever wondered which London hotels boast the biggest number of rooms? [...]
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Both IHG (which owns the Holiday Inn, Hotel Indigo, InterContinental and Crowne Plaza brands among others) and Hilton have lots of London hotels. For members of their excellent loyalty schemes, the ability to cash in points is essential. Which is why we’ve already helped identify the best Hiltons and best IHG hotels in London based [...]
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While us Brits often complain about the winter weather in London (and the travel chaos sometimes related to it!) there are others positively attracted to the city’s unique winter atmosphere. As recently mentioned in our review of cosy London hotels for winter and Christmas offers, winter is also a time for great bargains in London [...]
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You often visit a city hotel and find yourself feeling slightly excluded from the local community. There’s frequently no sense of time, season or place. Some hotels are so “neutral” in décor that international jetsetters will wake up in the morning and not even realise where they are, let alone interact with any “real Londoners” [...]
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This feature identifies some of London’s best business hotels in terms of guest reviews, facilities and location. A business visit to London is naturally very different to a typical leisure stay. Your key requirement is usually a peaceful and comfortable environment where everything works as it should. Location is also especially critical when time is [...]
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London’s waterways are an oasis of calm in such a hectic and dynamic city. It’s a shame that many London visitors miss out on this gem. It’s even more surprising when you consider that so many tourists arrive from Heathrow into Paddington, just a short stroll from the leafy “Pool of Little Venice” (named by [...]
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As one hotelier once put it to me, the hotel business is simply “people serving people”. So the quality and training of staff, particularly at the luxury end, is absolutely critical. Different hotels have subtly different recruitment philosophies. Why should you care about this when you choose a hotel? Because attentive and friendly staff are [...]
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Hilton is clearly one of the world’s leading hotel brands. But with 18 hotels in and around London, which one should you pick? The short answer is “it depends”. However, our research did show that the newer hotels are the most popular. The Hilton with best reviews is Hilton Canary Wharf. People like that it’s [...]
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