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We’ve featured YOTEL before – a revolutionary hotel group focused on airport hotels, packing maximum luxury into minimal space. Based on our YOTEL video and recent guest reviews, this approach seems to be working. One of the things YOTEL has done differently is to re-examine the check-in process – and automate it. So I spoke [...]
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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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The beauty of London is that it has something for everyone, whether you’re into culture, food, clubbing or even celeb spotting! In this series of articles, London Hotels Insight brings you the capital’s top districts and some on-trend hotels to make the most of them. We start in perhaps the most attractions-dense area of London: [...]
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One of our pet obsessions is the budget hotel sector, as shown recently in our two-part Premier Inn versus Travelodge head to head showdown. Today we ask if Premier Inn – with some solid hotels including its County Hall hotel near the London Eye – genuinely offers a “cheap” product. Quick research using TripAdvisor and [...]
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In the final part of our review of London’s historic pubs, we head south of the river, having already explored Holborn and the City of London. Southwark was where all the coaches once left for Canterbury as it points south. It was traditionally full of galleried coaching inns. Now only The George Inn is left, [...]
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A few weeks ago, the London Eye’s management invited a few of us bloggers to take one of its special “night flights”. Although I had been on the Eye before, I’d never previously considered doing so at night. The evening kicked off with the “4D Experience” which I have to say was a remarkably vivid [...]
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We recently identified some mid-price and cheap hotels in London which provide free WiFi. But what about the very cheapest ones? Yes, Travelodge and Premier Inn, I’m talking to you! In the past this blog has praised these companies for raising standards at the bottom of the market. Travelodge has been regularly featured here thanks [...]
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In mid-October, the BFI (British Film Institute) London Film Festival returns for its 53rd annual event. Promising an exhilarating line-up of films ranging from the latest Hollywood offerings to lesser-known short films by first-time directors, it takes place between 14th and 29th October in a range of cinemas across the capital. As well as showcasing [...]
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The Strand Palace Hotel was previously mentioned on this blog as one of London’s most visually-appealing Art Deco hotels. While it’s not in the highest tier of London hotels on TripAdvisor (currently in the top 300 from 1150 hotels), its location just a stone’s throw from Covent Garden means that it’s always in demand. And [...]
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An announcement from Travelodge – already featured on this blog for their aggressively-priced “sales” – recently caught my eye. They’re now planning to spend a further £84 million to buy up and convert hotels in London. The company is even offering you a finder’s fee to help them find suitable sites and has set up [...]
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It’s expensive enough to visit London at the best of times. The costs literally “multiply” if you’re bringing your family in tow! This makes it even more important to find a hotel offering genuine value. And you may also want it to specifically cater to the needs of a family, not businesspeople or party animals! [...]
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