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London has some of the world’s greatest and most extensive museums. The British Museum for instance is one you can spend three or four days on and still have that uncomfortable feeling you’ve missed something. But away from the crowds, the city also has some of the best small museums you could ever dream of [...]
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Today, our guest writer Andrea Kirkby continues her personal tour of the National Gallery’s top 10 highlights. Once again, you may view online images of some of the paintings below from the paintings page on the National Gallery’s official website. It’s now time for numbers 6 to 10: 6. Stubbs – Whistlejacket (Room 34). They [...]
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London Hotels Insight is all about inside information to help you enjoy a great stay in London by securing the best hotel for your budget. But it’s also fun (and cheaper!) to hang out in London’s top hotels even if you’re not actually staying there. So we’ve crafted our “top 10” list of super London [...]
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The pub is a great English institution. And there’s nowhere better than London to investigate historic pubs and taverns – from the humble alehouses of the Middle Ages to great Victorian palaces of beer. This special three-part feature will highlight some of the best of them for you along with a convenient hotel for enjoying [...]
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We’ve recently provided the lowdown on top-rated hotels for Christmas shopping in London as well as some imaginative festive special offers. To get you further into the festive spirit, we now uncover 3 more hotel gems for you. These are top-end options whether you’re in London for a seasonal romantic getaway, a trip with your [...]
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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 [...]
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An announcement from Travelodge – already featured on this blog for their aggressively-priced “sales” – recently caught my eye. They’re now planning to spend a further £84 million to buy up and convert hotels in London. The company is even offering you a finder’s fee to help them find suitable sites and has set up [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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When most people think of the Lanesborough, they think of a 19th century regency-style building, personal butlers (your own “Jeeves” to unpack and press your clothes) and some of London’s most expensive suites. If you’re in the know about London hotels, you may also know it for serving possibly the best Bloody Mary in London. [...]
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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 philosophies in how they recruit. Why should you care about this when you choose a hotel? Because attentive and [...]
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From July 6th to October 14th 2009, the so-called “Fourth Plinth” on Trafalgar Square – usually reserved for Kings and Generals – becomes a space for “living art” in artist Antony Gormley’s “One and Other” project. Gormley is inviting citizens from all over the country – or indeed anyone living in the UK – to [...]
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Even the best hotels mess up occasionally! What separates the elite hotels, the ones you come back to time and time again, is how well they respond after things go wrong. We conducted some in-depth research of London hotels and hotel brands to see which ones have the best process for complaints. In most of [...]
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