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Since launching at the end of July 2010, the Barclays Cycle Hire scheme (more commonly referred to as “Boris Bikes” after the charismatic London Mayor) has proved extremely popular amongst Londoners, with over 500,000 trips made in the first six weeks alone. Visitors to the capital can now also make use of the scheme’s 5,000+ [...]
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London Hotels Insight has already featured a good selection of the most eco-friendly London hotels and it’s now time to do a recap of the very best. We’ve only listed hotels that have won rigorous external awards for their environmentally-friendly approach (such as from the Visit Britain Green Tourism Business Scheme) or have supplied us [...]
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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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One of my favourite things in life is a great view. And although you could go to Parliament Hill on Hampstead Heath, you don’t necessarily have to struggle up a hill to gain access to a wonderful vista; you can also enjoy London’s best views with a drink in your hand. The Hilton on Park [...]
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As the clock continues to tick on the Savoy’s October 10 opening – after a delay that this blog was the first in the world to report – anticipation is growing to see exactly what delights the Old Dame has in store. Most are expecting a certain decadence within the frame of an ultra luxurious [...]
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London Hotels Insight pulled off a remarkable scoop a few months back when we managed to corner the chief architect behind the Savoy refurbishment into revealing that the project faced yet another delay. This story was then picked up by many other blogs around the world. We also released some nuggets about the renovated Savoy’s [...]
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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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This blog recently had a bit of a scoop on the Savoy’s latest estimated opening date, thanks to our attendance of a presentation by the chief architect of the renovation, Mr Conrad Smith of Reardon Smith. In the same presentation, Mr Smith also provided intriguing detail on what we can expect from this newly-polished Art [...]
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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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Note: the article below was published in 2010. We’ve since posted an up-to-date rundown of new London hotels in 2011 with lovely photos. To bring in the new year, we thought it timely to sum up some new hotel openings coming to London in 2010. They’re grouped in various categories: the biggest, the most intriguing, [...]
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Fairmont Hotels & Resorts owns London’s historic Savoy Hotel (due to reopen next year and one of London’s leading Art Deco hotels). It has released a list of 100 historic Savoy “firsts” – fascinating reading. I was struck by how many hotel facilities and services that are now taken for granted were pioneered by the [...]
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Two of London’s most famous hotels – the Four Seasons Park Lane and the Savoy – are currently closed for refurbishment. Here we provide you with a glimpse of the latest state of the works at both these hotels which are getting set for much-heralded relaunches in 2010. The Savoy We’ve already touched on the [...]
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“Art Deco” is a distinctively elegant style of architecture that came to London in the 1920s and 1930s and is still in evidence today. This article and its photos give you an overview of London’s stunning Art Deco hotels. Staying in an Art Deco hotel arguably gives you a truer feeling of “being in London” [...]
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