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Luxury News Roundup: The Knickerbocker Opens New Lounge and More

Pauline Boniface — Tue, 26 Aug 2014 15:37:48 +0000

Here’s a roundup of hotel news for the week that will add on amenities for meeting attendees. New York’s The Knickerbocker hotel revealed plans for a new rooftop cigar lounge. The lounge is opening as part of a partnership with tobacconist Nat Sherman, and will offer a selection of Nat Sherman cigars and cocktails. […]

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UK: London named Europe’s most expensive city

Alexandre Hourdequin — Thu, 07 Aug 2014 06:21:24 +0000

London has become Europe’s most expensive capital to stay in, after hotel prices in the city rose by 10.7 per cent in 12 months. New research by HRS, The Hotel Solutions Provider, revealed London has knocked Paris and Copenhagen off the top spots, with its average room rates of £129.14 trumping their rates of […]

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London’s Top New Event Venues to be Promoted at The Meetings Show

Pauline Boniface — Thu, 10 Jul 2014 08:10:54 +0000

The Meetings Show will run this week in London from July 8 to 10 at the Olympia Conference Centre. The city’s tourism board, London & Partners, will be on-hand, and will also be promoting some notable new event venues that have recently opened or are due to debut in the coming months. At the Roundhouse in […]

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UK: London’s Expensive Hotel Rooms Put Events at a Disadvantage

Alexandre Hourdequin — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 07:19:12 +0000

Expensive hotel accommodation is pushing up the price of residential meetings in London, despite competitive DDRs, according to new research. The study, conducted by BDRC Continental on behalf of Meetings & Incentive Travel, found London to be more expensive than seven other major European cities. Total event costs (including three-night’s accommodation, meeting space […]

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Holiday Inn refurbishes three London meeting spaces

Alex Hourdequin — Fri, 07 Mar 2014 14:41:07 +0000

IHG chain Holiday Inn has refurbished meeting spaces at three of its London properties as part of a multimillion-pound development project. The three hotels to be redeveloped are the Holiday Inn London Kensington-Forum, Holiday Inn London-Bloomsbury and Holiday Inn London Regent’s Park. The project will refurbish the meeting facilities and breakout spaces […]

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Top five London hotel openings 2014

Alexandre Hourdequin — Tue, 07 Jan 2014 08:16:15 +0000

The Shangri-La at The Shard is among C&IT’s top five most anticipated hotel openings in London in 2014. Shangri-La Hotel Arguably one of the most eagerly awaited hotel openings in London, Shangri-La at The Shard has been beset with delays – it was originally slated to open in time for the London 2012 Olympics. […]

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