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Rubens at the Palace
We were recently inspecting the conferencing facilities of the Rubens at the Palace luxury boutique hotel when we caught the hotel staff busy making preparations for a Scottish celebration to honour their corporate partners. The idea came from General Manager Malcolm Hendry – a proud Scot himself – who likes to make this an annual celebration in true Rubens style, to introduce others [...]
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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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There is nothing worse than waking up in your hotel room, realising you’ve missed breakfast and have only 15 minutes to shower, pack and check out. Madness! If this sounds like you, you may want to stay at Rubens at The Palace this winter and check out their latest deal. The luxury hotel near Victoria is part [...]
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For many of us a room in a luxury hotel is already an indulgence. But for some, even that’s not enough - they want a suite. Sometimes the reason is tangible – an entourage or a large family. A suite is required for entertaining; it’s difficult to hold a dinner in a bedroom, after all. A suite [...]
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Thirty odd years ago, a hotel’s business centre was essential to business travellers: without it, you simply couldn’t communicate. You needed the fax back then for a start and later when the internet arrived you needed a networked computer to connect to it (and wouldn’t imagine getting one in your room). In fact, you relied on [...]
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The next hotel on our tour of London’s best free WiFi hotels is Rubens at the Palace - already featured on this blog for its unique location right opposite the Royal Mews and its outstanding concierge team. As you may know, London Hotels Insight recently launched the free WiFi touchdown project to promote the UK capital’s leading free WiFi hotels. The Rubens [...]
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Fancy being the Queen’s neighbour for a night? Then the Rubens at the Palace - a 4 star luxury London hotel directly opposite Buckingham Palace’s Royal Mews – may be just the hotel for you. With its unique location, it’s the ideal place to stay for anyone who feels enchanted by the Royal Family. The [...]
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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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London’s hotels are falling over themselves to make tots welcome during the current summer holidays. Special promotions to attract families can be found all over the capital, but below I’ve listed my favourite four: Kiddies’ Cinema at Rubens at the Palace Hotel Throughout August, the Rubens at the Palace Hotel is transforming one of its conference suites into [...]
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Ever tried playing tennis on your own? Fancied a kickabout but had no team mates? Or simply prefer working out with a friend? If that’s you (it’s certainly me!) then you’ll be pleased to hear about the new sports buddy-up scheme at two of London’s best boutique luxury hotels, Rubens at the Palace and 41 [...]
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The Royal Wedding has given London hotels and hoteliers a real boost. Some hotels are already fully booked for the Royal Wedding as this blog previously reported; and research house Verdict reckons the event as a whole will boost the UK economy by a cool £620m. The problem for hoteliers, though, is that while everyone [...]
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An interesting article by the Royal Correspondent of the Shropshire Star moans about the travails of trying to book a hotel in London on April 29th. There’s apparently been a surge of bookings from Royalty watchers around the world who simply must be in town around the key date. These are often people who travel [...]
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As someone who blogs obsessively about London hotels, I’m sometimes asked by hoteliers if starting a blog makes business sense for them too. My answer is “yes, but only if you are fully committed”. The web is littered with abandoned blogs and the world certainly doesn’t need more of them. What then defines a good [...]
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Some people are completely obsessed by the Royal Family and make it the major theme of their visit to London. If you fit into that category then there’s really only one hotel to consider for your next London stay. Not only does the aptly-named “Rubens at the Palace” score well on TripAdvisor thanks to parent [...]
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Isn’t it great to be in a hotel with that “little bit extra”? It’s often based on an intangible “feel good factor” conveyed by staff who love working there. We’re not talking here about marketing promises like Tune Hotels’ “five star beds at one star prices” slogan (Tune Hotels do certainly have their merits but [...]
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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 [...]
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