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We’ve commented on the rise of London’s “luxury budget” hotels, with the likes of the Hoxton Hotel and Base2stay Kensington leading the way.
There are also the impressive London airport hotels created by YOTEL, adapted from the Japanese “capsule” idea, which show that “cheap” can also be fun, look good and provide free WiFi.
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Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without pantomimes and London hosts some of the best around. “Pantos” are plays based on popular fairytales retold in an eccentric way (this is England after all!).
They also have certain characteristics: the handsome hero, a pantomime dame (played by a man in drag), the panto horse (one actor as the head [...]
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Several bloggers engaged on the “Free the WiFi” campaign have mentioned an odd thing: how can some of the cheapest hotels and hostels provide free internet access while many of the most famous brands cannot?
Here we put the spotlight on London’s budget hotels to identify more “good guy hotels” with free WiFi. We hope that [...]
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This blog’s free WiFi drive has certainly been ruffling a few feathers.
Several hoteliers (as well as their IT suppliers who seem to have a vested interest) are saying that hotel WiFi is too expensive to give away for free – as some comments under the recent “Open Letter to Hoteliers” testify.
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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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The Strand Palace Hotel was previously mentioned on this blog as one of London’s most visually-appealing Art Deco hotels.
While it’s not in the highest tier of London hotels on TripAdvisor (currently in the top 300 from 1150 hotels), its location just a stone’s throw from Covent Garden means that it’s always in demand.
And if you [...]
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The Islington area of London is famous for being where former Prime Minister Tony Blair once resided.
Current residents are an eclectic bunch and it’s a neighbourhood with its own special character. You feel as though you’re experiencing a very “real” London, far from where the tourist masses tend to congregate.
The annual Wine Show is taking [...]
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The upcoming 2009 London Design Festival promises a fine selection of offerings for design aficionados, first-time visitors and residents alike.
Taking place from 19th to 27th September 2009 in locations throughout the city, the festival will celebrate the city’s vibrant aesthetic talent in a series of exhibitions, lectures and innovative showcases.
London is after all home to [...]
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It is hard to find value for money in an intrinsically expensive city like London. But however tempted you are, you may regret blindly choosing the cheapest hotel!
To illustrate the pitfalls, check out the darkly humorous “Worst 10 hotels” on TripAdvisor. As you’ll see, 7 of the worst 10 UK hotels are in London!
Why do [...]
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Choosing a hotel can sometimes be hard work. This article highlights a tool that aims to make it easy and fun.
Even after trawling through guest reviews and the time-saving information provided on this blog, it’s often hard to choose between similarly-specified hotels available at near-identical rates.
Especially as it’s often an intuitive “feeling” which helps you [...]
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A new type of “affordable luxury” hotel has well and truly arrived in London.
When this term was coined to me a few years ago by the CEO of YOTEL, Mr Gerard Greene, I wasn’t sure I got it.
After all, you generally get what you pay for, don’t you?
But having now seen several new hotel concepts [...]
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The highly-rated and trendy Hoxton Hotel (in the Shoreditch area to the east of central London) holds periodic £1 flash sales.
These amazing sales are held at regular intervals and the next one is due in October 2009.
The last took place on Thursday 2nd July at 12 pm (UK time), with 1000 rooms given away at [...]
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