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The appeal of London isn’t just the wonderful attractions of the city itself, but also all the amazing places just a short journey away. We’ve already sung the merits of Paris and Brighton in this regard.
Windsor, just 21 miles west of the capital, is another exceptional day-trip.
Home to stunning parks, a proper palace and even [...]
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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 incredibly consistent [...]
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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 you.
Questions [...]
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We’ve featured Red Carnation Hotel Collection repeatedly for one simple reason: consistently good guest reviews across all its 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 blog on [...]
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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 many [...]
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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 rarely snows [...]
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This blog has already covered the fact that various Red Carnation Hotels currently dominate the upper echelons of the TripAdvisor London rankings.
Here we delve a little deeper to explore what lies behind this success.
The number 1 London hotel at the time of writing (though this can change quickly) is the group’s Milestone Hotel, led by [...]
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In an earlier article we compared how leading London hotels recruit talented staff.
In this follow-up, we share research on how the same hospitality leaders go about training, motivating and retaining their best people.
Here’s a review of findings from a set of personal interviews with hoteliers:
Rocco Forte Collection (Brown’s in London). Sir Rocco Forte’s hotels have [...]
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Our mission at London Hotels Insight is to give you the hotels “at the top of their game” right now, as shown by guest reviews and research. It’s a good time to see who’s currently top of the pops!
This article runs through the current TripAdvisor top 5 (based purely on guest reviews) and the findings [...]
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