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Thirty odd years ago, a hotel’s business centre was essential to business travellers: without it, you simply couldn’t communicate. You needed the fax back then for a start and later when the internet arrived you needed a networked computer to connect to it (and wouldn’t imagine getting one in your room). In fact, you relied on [...]
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I’m not a particularly good trend-spotter. I tend to remain faithful to a number of favourite restaurants or else I like to explore the far out territories of Gujarati, African, or Lebanese food or any other cuisine I haven’t tried yet. But I do occasionally notice what’s going on around me, so I was interested [...]
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Will it affect our campaign for free WiFi that the Maybourne Hotel Group will soon be taken over by the Barclay Brothers – owners of The Ritz which currently shamefully charges the highest prices in London for WiFi? Our fingers are crossed that Claridge’s, The Connaught and The Berkeley will continue to offer free WiFi – even under the Barclays’ ownership. We’ve [...]
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If you are heading to London this September you’re in for quite a treat! The 4 star Cavendish Hotel has created a new cocktail called the Red Rosa to mark the Art of Being British – a one-day street party celebrating all things British. The party takes place from noon until 5pm on 10th September along Jermyn [...]
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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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I do love my breakfast, though I don’t get to eat the ‘Full English’ very often – partly since I like my waist measurement to come in well under 30 inches. So I jumped at the chance to savour the “Best of British” breakfast at the Cavendish. The hotel is proud of its effort to [...]
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The Cavendish recently got 35th place in the Sunday Times ’100 Best Small Companies to Work For’ – the only hotel on the list. So I phoned up Sarah Strawbridge, the Cavendish’s HR Manager and asked: “What’s the secret?” It starts with recruitment. The hotel has a very good name in the industry – not [...]
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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 always thought you needed to shake a cocktail. And James Bond, of course, likes his Martini ‘shaken, not stirred’. But according to Warryn who mixes cocktails at the stylish Cavendish (and recently revealed hotel bartenders’ favourite London bars), that’s the last thing you should do. “Not shaking,” he says, “swirling. You want to get [...]
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I’m not a tea snob. At home I drink Japanese sencha or Moroccan Mint Tea from Wilkinson’s (an excellent tea shop) or occasionally gunpowder or lapsang souchong. When in Turkey, I drink 15-hour-stewed black tea along with everyone else. And in the office, I used to drink chai masala with a colleague… But I had [...]
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I’ve often heard that if you want to pick a good Chinese restaurant, pick one with plenty of Chinese customers. On that basis, I reckon, if you want to know a good cocktail bar, you should ask a bartender. Since I was already being taught how to make a decent cocktail by Warryn at the [...]
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I know I really should be judging hotels on other features. Nonetheless, as soon as I get inside a hotel room, one of the first things I want to know is – what toiletries am I going to get? Getting the toiletries right can help a hotel establish its values and brand. Sometimes you need [...]
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I walked past it. Then I walked past it again. Finally, it was third time lucky and I realised there was a hotel hidden away there. I quite like that good old English understatement. No liveried flunkies, no red carpet, no bling – just a door onto Jermyn Street and very discreet signage (mind you, [...]
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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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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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