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The Lanesborough
Afternoon tea is a quintessentially English tradition and it’s no surprise that London hotels do a roaring trade in it. As of late however, its popularity has soared and according to the London Evening Standard, some hotels are now putting on six sittings of afternoon tea every day to keep up! But what is the [...]
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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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London certainly has no shortage of luxury hotel suites, but one in particular looks set to eclipse all others in terms of size, luxury and of course price. In May, the Lanesborough Hotel – managed by the inimitable Mr Gelardi since 1990 – will open its much anticipated Lanesborough Suite. With its panoramic views over [...]
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London has some of the world’s finest luxury hotels – with “luxury” defined as much by great service as by architecture, location or comfort. And as any successful hotel manager will tell you – the key to a thriving hotel is the quality of its staff. But what specifically do top London hotels look for [...]
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I don’t think all that often about my bed. I only really become aware of what I’m sleeping on if it’s wrong – uncomfortable, bumpy, too hard or too soft. I recently slept in one that kept trying to roll itself around me like a tube. It was horrible – I kept waking up thinking [...]
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Not content with outshining rival luxury London hotels with its £220m renovation and some of the city’s most expensive suites, the Savoy also appears to have taken its pick of some of London’s best hospitality talent. Avid watchers of the new fly-on-the-wall Savoy documentary which has just been shown on UK television will already be [...]
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As a travel journalist I do get to stay in some nice hotels. And I’m afraid I’m slightly ashamed of my luggage which always looks a bit old and scuffed. I’m even more ashamed of what’s inside, because my usual packing method is ‘Wait till 11 o’clock the night before and then throw everything in, [...]
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Purely in the name of research of course, London Hotels Insight has been secretly checking out some of the UK capital’s very best hotel bars. We reviewed all bars anonymously and paid our own way. Visits were recent so opinions are up-to-date though you may not always agree with them. Any list of this kind [...]
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London’s ultra-deluxe hotels currently fall into two camps: those which provide free WiFi and those that don’t. In my view, WiFi charges in luxury hotels are especially unforgivable when your room already costs hundreds of pounds a night. It’s all explained in my open letter to the hotel industry. A recent survey showed that WiFi [...]
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Diane von Furstenberg is a renowned fashion designer, responsible for some the world’s most iconic creations over several decades, including the famous wrap dress. Her name is synonymous with immaculate taste. The Belgium-American fashion legend has also been a regular guest at Claridge’s over many years. She has now personally designed several showcase suites for [...]
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Last year we covered how Brown’s – one of London’s oldest hotels – won the Tea Guild’s Award for “Top London Afternoon Tea”. This coveted award – an “Oscar” of the tea world – is awarded after a series of rigorous, anonymous inspections conducted by the tea inspectors of the UK Tea Council’s Tea Guild. [...]
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If you are going to break the bank for a luxury London hotel, it’s important that the experience is memorable, giving you a sense it was money well-spent. And it helps too if every little detail is taken care of for you. That is why the Lanesborough near Hyde Park – with its army of [...]
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To experience luxurious grandeur in the heart of one of the world’s most desirable capital cities, the Langham London – owned by Langham Hotels International – has long been one of the most sought-after addresses. But keen to avoid resting on its laurels, the company is set to make several million pounds worth of improvements [...]
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There are many different hotels in London and no individual one is perfect for everyone. But we all love “something for nothing” and the feeling that we’ve got ourselves some valuable extras without paying for them. Here then is our guide to some of the best “freebies” in London hotels. All the hotels mentioned below [...]
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London Hotels Insight was at the climax of Hotelympia 2010 yesterday, London’s biggest hospitality exhibition. And we were there particularly to see the presentation by Conrad Smith, the Managing Director of Reardon Smith – the firm of architects which has spent the last few years renovating this iconic Art Deco gem of a hotel. It [...]
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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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