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The Arch Hotel
The hotel minibar is possibly one of the most irksome things known to mankind. Part of that is the pricing regime; no matter how exclusive the hotel, how beautifully furnished the room, how good the service, something in us says that £2 for a Mars Bar is just too much – we’re being had, someone [...]
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Boutique hotels offer a unique way to experience London and fortunately the UK’s capital has many top-notch ones to choose from, with new ones emerging all the time. For the very latest on the city’s dynamic boutique hotel scene, read on for our September news round-up… According to a report published this month by hotel consultants [...]
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The Joan Collins way of travelling – fifteen suitcases and then the hatboxes – seems to be going out of fashion. Low cost airlines are now charging quite extortionate fees for checked luggage and luggage allowances are getting slimmer all the time, so most of us are trying to pack smarter. It’s easy to say [...]
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I fondly remember the FT’s ‘lunch for a fiver’ offer, which I sometimes made use of when I worked in the City. You cut out the coupon, you went to your preferred hostelry and you paid £5 for lunch. Except, of course, that usually you didn’t. You’d pay £15 after a glass of Perrier, a [...]
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The word “luxury” is bandied about so freely these days that it has lost much of its value. Nowhere is this more true than with hotels. Tired of the hype? This post takes a guest-centric view on luxury using TripAdvisor. In a previous article we criticised the use of misleading star ratings. Today we take [...]
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I’m a runner. I like nothing better than hitting Hyde Park for a quick 5k (well – let me admit, a fairly sedate 5k to be honest!). But on a miserable day when it’s pelting with rain – or at night – that’s not really an option. Which leaves the hotel gym. For me, that’s [...]
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HUNter 486 is the restaurant at The Arch – a fast-rising hotel that is currently in the top 10 London hotels on TripAdvisor. Like the hotel itself, the restaurant has a contemporary feel and a refreshingly different approach – as you’ll have noted from our recent review of The Arch. The service is excellent. Little [...]
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Checklist-based star rating systems were historically the natural way to rank and classify hotels. When the Savoy opened in London in 1889 it was seen as the ultimate luxury hotel: features like electric lifts and individual bathrooms were a genuine novelty and the epitome of indulgence. As competitors in the next century caught up or [...]
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If you want art in London, you might head to Tate Britain, the National Gallery or Sotheby’s for example. Or for something more cutting edge, you could be tempted to check out the Saatchi Gallery or Tate Modern. But you might also find your hotel to be an equally good place to find contemporary art [...]
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I’m a big fan of afternoon tea but it could be said the traditional format is a little tired and could do with some waking up. So I was intrigued by The Arch’s rather different take on tea-time – Earl Grey cocktails and filled eclairs – and on a recent visit I made sure that [...]
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It’s rare for a hotel that has been open less than a year to climb rapidly into the top 10 London hotels on TripAdvisor. But that’s exactly what The Arch in Great Cumberland Place (off Oxford Street) has done. London Hotels Insight sent blogger Andrea Kirkby over to investigate… I sometimes feel ill at ease [...]
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