London Hotel Tips by Bob_Shan

Simple hotel for budget business travellers. It is a four stars one but the rooms are quite small and equipped with single bed usually. The toilet in the room is also very cramp. However comparablly cheap given its location.

110 pounds incl. VAT. No breakfast. You may ask to get slippers.

Attention:
Dont ask the hotel to get you a TAXI!! That was a privately own van, without meter but negotiating prices. I spent 22 pounds to travel from Hype park to Jermyn street, and walked another 10 mins to get to my destination!! Horrible


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Address: 129 Bayswater Road
Directions: Kensinton; Hyde Park

189 Pounds incl. VAT. A Luxury hotel, however, 15 pounds for in room Internet connetion, no water, no fruit, no slippers, no breakfast, Gym is in another building and only avaliable before 9pm, etc...

You just have a bed to sleep, indeed.


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Address: 2-24 Kensington High Street, London, England W8
Directions: Hyde Park

The normal room is kind of small and old.

While the upgraded luxury room is good, equipped with a stylish LCD TV

The nearest Tube station is about 8 mins away by walk, which is not so great.


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Address: 179-199 Holland Park Avenue, , London, England W11

Luxury, good facility. There is a nice Chinese restaurant "Zen" in the lobby.

At terminal 4.

209 pounds not incl. tax


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Address: Round Coppice Road Stansted, GB CM24 8SE, , London

A new, private brand hotel, right in the center of London. The facility was kinda of modern, however, does not always work properly, for example, the bath tube drainage was blocked and now repaired during my stay...


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Address: 81 Jermyn Street, London null
Directions: Picadilly Circus

A renovated building, only 2 years ago. New and stylish hotel

Unique Qualities: good location, right at the heart of Trafalgar square.

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Phone: 44-20-7870 2900
Address: 2 Spring Gardens London SW1A 2TS
Directions: Trafalgar square

An elegant, luxury hotel, known for its famous restaurant Brasserie Roux.

I want to talk about the color in the hotel - Black. In the lobby, and especially in the guest room, all furnitures are black, or almost black. And all pictures hang in the room, corridors are framed in black frames.

In general, I found dark color is very popular among European high-end/luxury hotels - given my business travel experience in the last 1.5 years. Probably because the clients - typically mid-aged European businessman like it.

Dark color is too heavy for me, and too "traditional" looking. After a day of tiring work, I'd prefer like color, relaxing ambience with modern furnitures.

Unique Qualities: The stunning Sofitel St James London is located in the former home of Cox and Kings bank in the very heart of London, England. This sympathetically renovated building is English heritage grade II listed and now houses one of London's most unique five-star hotels - combining traditional British design with a contemporary style that is unmistakably French. The award winning Brasserie Roux restaurant offers first class French brasserie cuisine and these high standards are reflected throughout the hotel.
Sofitel St James London has one of the finest addresses in London, right on the corner of Pall Mall and Waterloo Place. The hotel lies in the heart of St. James’s, a prestigious and lively district of London, within walking distance of St. James’s Park, Buckingham Palace and the renowned gentlemen’s clubs. The hotel is also less than a five minute stroll from Trafalgar Square, city centre theatres and the fabulous shopping on Regent, Piccadilly, Oxford and Bond streets. The hotel has the ideal location from which to discover and enjoy central London.

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Phone: +44 (0)20 7747 2200
Address: 6 Waterloo Place, London, England SW1Y
Directions: St. James Park, Piccadilly Circus
Website: http://www.sofitelstjames.com/