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Apex City of London Hotel
You may remember last July when we blogged about the countdown clock which had been displayed on the Apex Temple Court’s hotel website, counting down the days until the hotel was due to open. Well, that day is nearly upon us and for once not only will the hotel opening be on time, it’s actually [...]
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We recently visited the Apex City of London to test the free WiFi and were soon joined by three Apex duckies to keep us entertained. But when we looked away for a moment to enjoy the hotel’s contemporary and yet friendly vibe (we’ve previously blogged a proper review of Apex City), the ducks playfully hijacked our camera and took pictures of themselves around [...]
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What is it about a rubber duck in the bath that turns us all into tots? Who knows, but there’s nothing quite like a long soak with a plastic pal to keep you company in the bubbles. Luckily enough, two of London’s top hotels know what we like and have made ducks their official mascot. [...]
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I recently experienced a Saturday night stay at the Apex City of London – previously recognised on this blog as arguably London’s best mid-price hotel in terms of value for money: free WiFi, stylish rooms, friendly service and a fabulous location right by Tower Bridge and the river. But in this post, I’d like to [...]
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We’ve recently been naming and shaming 5 star London hotels with expensive WiFi charges – a policy we believe can never be justified. To further challenge these hotels, we’ve identified four significantly cheaper hotels in the 4 star category which outperform their more expensive 5 star competitors by offering free WiFi to their guests. What’s [...]
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One of London’s most intriguing secrets is the number of animals you’ll find in top hotels. Some are real – like Whisky the cat who for a long time reigned over the American Bar in the Stafford – and others like Kaspar at The Savoy are not, but they all bring a bit of fun [...]
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The opening of the newest Apex London hotel may be a year away but the countdown has already begun. The hotel’s website even has a digital counter to counts down the days, hours, minutes and seconds remaining! There are still well over 200 days to go so we wouldn’t be getting too excited just yet, especially given that hotel [...]
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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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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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London is an intimate city with a secret side that many tourists miss completely. Many of the capital’s best sights are hidden away in back alleys or down narrow streets where you’d never think to find them. Some of London’s finest churches are like this, nestled in tiny corners of the city. Let London Hotels [...]
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In the first part of this tour of London’s historic pubs, we took you to underrated Holborn. Here are more hidden gems further east in the City. Start in Clerkenwell at the Jerusalem Tavern: an 18th-century house made into a delightful pub with ales from St Peter’s brewery in Suffolk. Wooden floors and panelling give [...]
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This blog’s free WiFi drive has certainly been ruffling a few feathers. Several hoteliers (as well as their IT suppliers who seem to have a vested interest) are saying that hotel WiFi is too expensive to give away for free – as some comments under the recent “Open Letter to Hoteliers” testify. While I appreciate [...]
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Twitter is currently the scene of a global campaign to “set WiFi free” in hotels. A fellow blogger has even launched a website around this theme. London Hotels Insight would like to add its voice by making a positive example of London hotels with free WiFi. I know our findings will be useful to the [...]
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This feature identifies some of London’s best business hotels in terms of guest reviews, facilities and location. A business visit to London is naturally very different to a typical leisure stay. Your key requirement is usually a peaceful and comfortable environment where everything works as it should. Location is also especially critical when time is [...]
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Regular readers of this blog will know we’re passionate that you get value for money from your London hotel. In that spirit, this article uncovers a gem of a hotel currently riding high on TripAdvisor’s rankings, ahead of much more expensive competitors. While London’s super-luxury hotels – such as Claridge’s, The Dorchester and The Lanesborough [...]
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There has been much debate recently about fraudulent hotel reviews on TripAdvisor. The site now even posts warnings against some hotels. If this 800-pound gorilla of online travel with more than 20 million reviews is really being manipulated, can we continue to trust it? I’ll declare my hand upfront and admit I’m a TripAdvisor fan [...]
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