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It’s been a packed year of developments, openings and promotions for London boutique hotels in 2011 and December was no exception. With the New Year almost upon us, we take a look at some of the most newsworthy items to emerge in the past month, as well as some exciting prospects for 2012 and beyond. [...]
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The London Restaurant Festival 2011 hits the capital in a few days, running from October 3-17 as a citywide celebration of eating out. The festival consists of several elements – fringe ‘side orders’, such as chocolate tours and medieval banqueting, restaurants providing special festival menus, as well as more extravagant main events. To save you [...]
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The problem with London hotels in the past wasn’t always that the food was unexciting; quite a few hotels had extremely good chefs working for them. No, the problem was that the ambience was unexciting – ancient waiters in dinner jackets, rooms that hadn’t been redecorated since the Duke of Wellington’s day and a rather starchy [...]
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Across the cobblestones of St. Johns Square in Clerkenwell and a mere 21 steps from the original Zetter Hotel is the latest addition to the family: the Zetter Townhouse. The 13-bedroom Georgian hotel and cocktail bar opened its doors in April 2011 and its cosy Club rooms are already coveted. Designed by the fantastic mind [...]
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While some London boutique hotels like the Hempel are totally Zen – cool minimalism, white space, almost austere in design – others are at the opposite end: crammed full of antiques, upholstery and vibrant colour. And what’s in fashion seems to swing from one pole to the other from year to year. Then each of [...]
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I’ve had some truly horrible meals in hotels. After all, hoteliers know they’ve got a captive market – people who are too tired, lazy or jet-lagged to want to head out to a restaurant; so the quality of the food may often be compromised even in otherwise decent hotels. Bland ‘international’ cuisine that’s low on [...]
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One of the most enjoyable aspects of London is its many markets. From the fish market at Billingsgate to the antiques of Portobello Road, there’s an immense variety of markets. Each has its own atmosphere. One that fascinates me is Smithfield, London’s main meat market. While Covent Garden (fruit and veg) and Billingsgate (fish) moved [...]
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From Christopher Wren’s magnificent St Paul’s Cathedral to Norman Foster’s iconic ‘Gherkin’, the UK capital certainly has no shortage of architectural and design flair (and its fair share of ugly buildings too!). But away from such well known sites of photogenic splendour, London’s hotels also have a lot to offer anyone with an eye for [...]
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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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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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Clerkenwell isn’t a particularly well-defined part of London. There’s no ‘Clerkenwell station’ and it’s not entirely clear where it shades into Farringdon, Hatton Garden or Islington. No wonder so many miss it. It’s divided by a main road that goes right past all the most interesting places – so you end up crossing and recrossing [...]
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A colourful cuisine craze is sweeping London at the moment and its arrival is long overdue. Anyone who has been to Mexico knows the local food is a delicious riot of tacos, tortillas, spicy salsas and chocolatey mole sauces. Sadly for us Europeans, so-called Mexican food here too often consists of limp tortilla chips drowned [...]
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Breakfast has long been seen as the key meal of the day and in recognition of this fact, hotels tend not to stray too far from the tried and tested. Morning menu choices have commonly been restricted to full-English or continental breakfast options. But recent developments show that many top London hotels are becoming a [...]
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I recently met a friend at the St. Pancras champagne bar. Everyone deserves a moment of decadence once in a while and sitting under the giant Victorian arch you can certainly indulge yourself in an unpretentious setting. We took a seat at one of their roomy booths and looked over the menu, which covers familiar [...]
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We sang the praises of Islington earlier when we looked at some of the area’s superb gastro pubs, as well as its hosting of the annual Wine Show. But you don’t need to be a drinker to enjoy this area’s many charms. While it doesn’t have the showpiece attractions of the South Bank or the [...]
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It’s becoming more and more trendy to look for “green hotels” and it’s clear that our expectations are getting higher. But what if the question is flipped round: how green are you as a hotel guest? Since I love to feature “green hotels” on this blog, I’m sometimes approached by hotels wanting to publicise their [...]
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