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History

Before the 19th century there were few if any large hotels in London. British country landowners often lived in London for part of the year, but they usually rented a house if they did not own one, rather than staying in a hotel. The numbers of business visitors and foreign visitors were very small by modern standards. The accommodation available to them included lodging houses and coaching inns. Lodging houses were more like private homes with rooms to let than commercial hotels, and were often run by widows. Coaching inns served passengers from the stage coaches which were the main means of long distance passenger transport before the railway network began to develop in the 1830s. The last surviving galleried coaching inn in London is the George Inn which now belongs to the National Trust. In the United Kingdom, from approximately the mid-seventeenth century for a period of about 200 years, the Coaching Inn was a vital part of the inland transport infrastructure. ... A stagecoach is a type of four-wheeled enclosed passenger and/or mail coach, strongly sprung and drawn by four horses, widely used before the introduction of railway transport. ... The George pub, Southwark The pub sign depicts St George slaying a Dragon See also The George Inn (Derby). ... The standard of the National Trust The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, usually known as The National Trust, is a British preservation organization. ...

A few hotels on a more modern model existed by the early 19th century. For example Mivart's, the precursor of Claridge's, opened its doors in 1812, but up to the mid 19th century London hotels were generally small. In his travel book North America (1862) the novelist Anthony Trollope remarked on how much larger American hotels were than British ones. But by this time the railways had already begun to bring far more short term visitors to London, and the railway companies themselves took the lead in accommodating them by building a series of "railway hotels" near to their London termini. These buildings were seen as status symbols by the railway companies, which were the largest businesses in the country at the time, and some of them were very grand. They included: Claridges is a deluxe hotel in Mayfair, central London. ... Anthony Trollope (April 24, 1815 – December 6, 1882) became one of the most successful, prolific and respected English novelists of the Victorian era. ...

Midland Grand Hotel at St. Pancras

• The Midland Grand Hotel at St. Pancras (closed 1935; due to reopen in modified form in 2007)
• The Great Western Hotel at Paddington (now the Hilton London Paddington and the first of Britain's railway hotels)
• The Great Northern Hotel at King's Cross (closed for the Channel Tunnel Rail Link works and scheduled for demolition and renovation. Will then be used for offices.)
• The Great Eastern Hotel at Liverpool Street (still open under its original name)
• The Charing Cross Hotel at Charing Cross station (now the Thistle Charing Cross)
• The Great Central Hotel at Marylebone (now The Landmark London)
• The Grosvenor Hotel at Victoria (now the Thistle Victoria)

Many other large hotels were built in London in the Victorian period. The Langham Hotel was the largest in the city when it opened in 1865. The Savoy, perhaps London's most famous hotel, opened in 1889, the first London hotel with en-suite bathrooms to every room. Nine years later Claridge's was rebuilt in its current form. Another famous hotel, the Ritz, based on its even more celebrated namesake in Paris, opened in 1906. Download high resolution version (1024x768, 264 KB)The ornate Gothic Revival facade and clock tower of Sir George Gilbert Scotts Midland Hotel. ... Download high resolution version (1024x768, 264 KB)The ornate Gothic Revival facade and clock tower of Sir George Gilbert Scotts Midland Hotel. ... St Pancras railway station is a railway station in the St Pancras area of central London, between the new British Library building to the west and Kings Cross station to the east. ... The Gothic Revival facade and clock tower of the disused Midland Grand Hotel are the most visible part of St Pancras station. ... St Pancras railway station is a railway station in the St Pancras area of central London, between the new British Library building to the west and Kings Cross station to the east. ... The Great Western Hotel, now known as the Hilton London Paddington, is a hotel that forms part of the Paddington station complex in London, England. ... Paddington Station, March 2005 during rush hour Paddington station or London Paddington station is a major National Rail and London Underground station complex in the Paddington area of London. ... Kings Cross station (often spelt Kings Cross on platform signs) is a railway station in the district of the same name in northeast central London. ... A Eurostar train on the CTRL, near Ashford The Channel Tunnel Rail Link (CTRL) is a project to construct a 108 km (67 mile) high-speed railway line from London through Kent to the British end of the Channel Tunnel. ... Liverpool Street station, also called London Liverpool Street, is a mainline railway station and connected London Underground station in the north eastern corner of the City of London, the main financial district, with entrances on Bishopsgate and Liverpool Street itself. ... The back of Charing Cross railway station showing the additions designed by Terry Farrell. ... Charing Cross Charing Cross railway station is a central London railway terminus. ... Exterior viewed across Marylebone Road. ... Marylebone station or London Marylebone station is a National Rail and London Underground station in central London. ... Exterior viewed across Marylebone Road. ... Victoria station in London is a London Underground and National Rail station in the City of Westminster. ... Manchester Town Hall is an example of Victorian architecture found in Manchester, UK. The Carson Mansion is an example of a Victorian home in Eureka, California, USA The term Victorian architecture can refer to one of a number of architectural styles predominantly in the Victorian era. ... The Langham Hotel is one of the largest and best known traditional style grand hotels in London. ... Savoy Hotel, Strand entrance, 1911 The Savoy Hotel is a five-star hotel located on the Strand, in the City of Westminster in central London that opened in 1889. ... Claridges is a deluxe hotel in Mayfair, central London. ... For other uses, see Ritz (disambiguation). ...

The upper end of the London hotel business continued to flourish between the two World Wars, boosted by the fact that many landowning families could no longer afford to maintain a London house and therefore began to stay at hotels instead, and by an increasing number of foreign visitors, especially Americans. Famous hotels which opened their doors in this era include the Grosvenor House Hotel and the Dorchester. The Grosvenor House Hotel is one of the largest and most famous luxury hotels in London. ... The Dorchester is a leading luxury hotel on Park Lane in Mayfair, London, overlooking Hyde Park. ...

The rate of hotel construction in London was fairly low in the quarter century after World War II and the famous old names retained their dominance of the top end of the market. The most notable hotel of this era was probably The London Hilton on Park Lane, a controversial concrete tower overlooking Hyde Park. Advances in air travel increased the number of overseas visitors to London from 1.6 million in 1963 to 6 million in 1974. In order to provide hotels to meet the extra demand a Hotel Development Incentive Scheme was introduced and a building boom ensued. This led to overcapacity in the London hotel market from the late 1970s to the mid 1980s. Construction then picked up again, but it was soon curtailed by the recession of the early 1990s and the reduction in international travel caused by the 1991 Gulf War. Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... The London Hilton on Park Lane is a hotel and skyscraper, overlooking Hyde Park in the exclusive Mayfair district of London. ... “Hyde Park” redirects here. ... For other uses, see Iraq war (disambiguation). ...

In the mid 1990s there was a major acceleration in the number of new hotels being opened, including hotels of many different types from country house style hotels in Victorian houses to ultra trendy minimalist hang outs. At this time some of London's grandest early 20th century office buildings were converted into hotels because their layouts, with long corridors and numerous separate offices, were incompatible with the preference for open plan working, but their listed status made it hard to get permission to demolish them. This period also saw the opening of the first five star hotel in London south of the River Thames, the Marriott County Hall Hotel, and the first two in East London, the Four Seasons Canary Wharf and the Marriott West India Quay, which is also close to the Canary Wharf development. Surprisingly for many years there were no hotels at all in the City of London even though the financial firms of the City were one of the London hotel sector's most lucrative sources of custom, but in recent years over a thousand hotel rooms have opened in the City, and many more are planned. Budget hotel chains such as Travel Inn and Travelodge have also been expanding rapidly in London since the mid 1990s. The Forth Bridge, designed by Sir Benjamin Baker and Sir John Fowler, opened in 1890, and now owned by Network Rail, is designated as a Category A listed building by Historic Scotland. ... This article is about the River Thames in southern England. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Motto: Domine dirige nos Latin: Lord, guide us Shown within Greater London Sovereign state Constituent country Region Greater London Status City and Ceremonial County Admin HQ Guildhall Government  - Leadership see text  - Mayor John Stuttard  - MP Mark Field  - London Assembly John Biggs Area  - City  1. ... Premier Inn originally opened under the Travel Inn brand name in 1987. ... Travelodge refers to several hotel chains around the world. ...

The most expensive hotel in London is The Lanesborough, part of an American company, the St Regis Group. The building of the hotel was first a private address in the early 19th century. Opposite the building is its rival in style but yet more famously known, Apsley House or better known as No. 1 London. The building which would become the Lanesborough was then turned into St George's Hospital and remained so until the second half of the 20th Century. The St Regis Group took over the building introducing their first hotel in London and still today, their only one in England. The Lanesborough is known for hosting some of the biggest names in the entertainment industry and in the world of politics and royalty. The room with the highest rate is the "Royal Suite" which fetches up to £6,000 per night. The hotel can also boast one of its most unique services that of a private butler for each and every guest staying in a room. The Lanesborough is a prestigious 5* hotel on Hyde Park Corner in Knightsbridge, central London (postcode SW1), England. ... Apsley House in 1829 by TH Shepherd. ... St Georges Hospital, founded in 1733, is a teaching hospital in London. ... For other uses, see Butler (disambiguation). ...

Hotels in modern London

Waldorf Hilton in Aldwych

Grange Holborn Hotel in Holborn

There is no official registry of hotel rooms in London, but the estimated the number of hotel rooms in Greater London in 2000 was put at 101,269. ^[1] According to figures produced in support of London's 2012 Olympic bid, there were more than 70,000 three to five star hotel rooms within 10 kilometres of Central London in 2003. Interestingly the main growth was a huge rise in the number of rooms within the City of London, while Kensington and Chelsea actually had a small fall. This is comparing figures since 1981. The main concentration of luxury hotels is in the West End, especially in Mayfair. London's five star hotels are quite small on average by international standards. The largest has only 459 rooms and nine of them have fifty or fewer. The range is very wide, including: Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2816x2112, 3658 KB) Summary Waldorf Hilton, 22 Aldwych, London WC2B 4DD Photo taken by User:Edward on 19 March 2006 with a Casio EX-S600. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2816x2112, 3658 KB) Summary Waldorf Hilton, 22 Aldwych, London WC2B 4DD Photo taken by User:Edward on 19 March 2006 with a Casio EX-S600. ... Waldorf Hilton Front door The Waldorf, now known as the Waldorf Hilton, has an illustrious history dating back to 1908. ... Aldwych is a place and road in the City of Westminster in London. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 1638 KB) Photo of the Grange Holborn Hotel in Holborn, London, taken 20 August 2005 by User:Edward. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 1638 KB) Photo of the Grange Holborn Hotel in Holborn, London, taken 20 August 2005 by User:Edward. ... Holborn (pronounced ho-bun or ho-burn) is a place in London, named after a tributary to the river Fleet that flowed through the area, the Hole-bourne (the stream in the hollow). ... London 2012 was the successful bid for the 2012 Summer Games, to be held in London with most events taking place in Stratford, Newham. ... Motto: Domine dirige nos Latin: Lord, guide us Shown within Greater London Sovereign state Constituent country Region Greater London Status City and Ceremonial County Admin HQ Guildhall Government  - Leadership see text  - Mayor John Stuttard  - MP Mark Field  - London Assembly John Biggs Area  - City  1. ... The interior of Covent Garden Market in the West End The West End of London is an area of Central London, England, containing many of the citys major tourist attractions, businesses, and administrative headquarters. ... Mayfair is an area in the City of Westminster London, named after the fortnight-long May Fair that took place there from 1686 until it was banned in that location in 1764. ...

• Traditional purpose-built grand hotels such as the Ritz, the Savoy and the Dorchester.
• Recent conversions of grand late 19th and early 20th century office buildings into hotels such as One Aldwych and the Renaissance Chancery Court.
• Townhouse hotels such as 13 Half Moon Street.
• Modern purpose-built chain hotels such as the Four Seasons London and the London Hilton on Park Lane.
• Modern boutique designer hotels such as the St Martins Lane Hotel.

Currently the most profitable hotels and those with the most consistently high room occupancies are hotels around the 5 major London Airports. Heathrow and Gatwick are performing the best and becoming meeting and conference centers in their own right. London Airport is the name of several airports: London, England London Biggin Hill Airport London City Airport London Gatwick Airport London Heathrow Airport London Luton Airport London Stansted Airport see also Airports of the London region London, Canada London International Airport London, Connecticut Groton-New London Airport This is a... London Heathrow Airport (IATA airport code: LHR, ICAO airport code: EGLL, and often simply Heathrow) is the United Kingdoms busiest and best-connected airport. ... Gatwick Airport (IATA Airport Code: LGW, ICAO Airport Code: EGKK) is Londons second airport and the second largest airport in the UK after Heathrow. ...

2006 was the year that environmentally friendly hotels started to become a marketing tool. Among the first to achieve certified levels were the Novotel London West and all the Marriott properties in the capital.

By the end of 2006 the boom in branded hotels which started around 2002 was well underway, with branded rooms accounting for around 70% of available accommodation at 71,000 rooms.

2007 will see the start of a building boom for purpose built hotels in the lead-up to the 2012 Olympic games in east London. Hotels are planned throughout London including at the new Wembley Stadium and around Docklands area. Many of these will be in the 4 and 5 star bracket supplementing the 2/3 star boom already ongoing with the likes of Ibis and Premier Travel Inn.

List of Five-Star Hotels in London

There are no official bodies that rate hotels. Most widely accepted bodies are the AA ^[2] (in the past the RAC too) and the English Tourist Board. The ETB have recently changed their criteria to match that of the AA to provide consistency. Many hotels remain self rated.

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Other notable hotels

• One of the more unusual hotels is the Sunborn Yacht, a floating hotel by the Excel centre in East London and constructed for that purpose.
• The 3 star 1,630 bedroom Royal National Hotel in Bloomsbury is the largest hotel in the United Kingdom by number of rooms.
• The Hilton London Metropole in Paddington is the largest 4-star hotel in London and the United Kingdom. It has 1,058 bedrooms and extensive conference facilities.
• The Russell Hotel in Russell Square, Bloomsbury, which dates from 1898, has one of the grandest exteriors of any London hotel, but it is rated 4-star.
• The Guoman Tower Hotel (formerly Thistle) near Tower Bridge is one of the largest hotels in London with over 800 rooms, and is regarded by some as one of the ugliest and most insensitively located brutalist buildings in the city. However others find its location by St Katharine Docks and the Tower of London as quite relaxing and scenic.
• In 2005 planning permission was granted for the creation of a new hotel at St Pancras railway station. This will incorporate parts of the former Midland Grand Hotel, probably the most spectacular hotel building ever constructed in London, which operated from 1873 to 1935.
• The Regent Palace Hotel, which was located on the northern side of Piccadilly Circus, closed in December 2006. Notable as having been Europes largest hotel in terms of rooms numbers (1028) when it opened in May 16, 1915.

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Events

After the 2006 transatlantic aircraft plot London hotels showed a drop in average room rate growth and occupancy growth. However this was not as steep as might have been expected since figures were compared to the previous years figures which were themselves affected by the July 7th London bombings of 2005. It is thought without those circumstances the real drop would have been something in the region of 20-30%. Strangely while figures showed a drop in bookings some major chains such as Intercontinetal reported strong demand for hotel rooms in London as passengers became stranded in London unable to get a flight. ^[4] Police at the scene of one of the raids, on Forest Road, Walthamstow, London. ... The 7 July 2005 London bombings were a series of coordinated suicide bombings that struck Londons public transport system during the morning rush hour. ...

In November 2006 several hotels were subject to checks for radiation after former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko was poisoned with Polonium-210. Most seriously affected was the Millennium Mayfair where 7 members of staff were found to be contaminated with low level radiation. Alexander Valterovich Litvinenko (Russian: ) (30 August 1962[1][2] – 23 November 2006) was a lieutenant-colonel in the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation, alleged agent of MI6[3] , and later a Russian dissident and writer. ... General Name, Symbol, Number polonium, Po, 84 Chemical series metalloids Group, Period, Block 16, 6, p Appearance silvery Standard atomic weight (209) g·mol−1 Electron configuration [Xe] 4f14 5d10 6s2 6p4 Electrons per shell 2, 8, 18, 32, 18, 6 Physical properties Phase solid Density (near r. ...

November 2006 was also the month Dhiren Barot was sentenced by a British court to serve at least 40 years in prison for planning to cause explosions in London Hotels amongst a list of targets which also included the New York Stock Exchange and the World Bank.

January 2007 saw the first use anywhere in the world of Cryonite technology [1] to kill bed bugs (freezes pests using a patented carbon dioxide snow) at a top London Hotel (un-named).

Facts

June 2007 figures showed London having the highest occupancy of any European city. ^[5]

In March 2007 some of Londons' top hotels were considered a “serious danger to health” by environmental inspectors. The hotels were the Savoy, the Halkin, the Langham and the Dorchester. ^[6]

London named as ninth most expensive city in the world for 2007 in terms of average room rate. ^[7]

References

1. ^ A report on London's hotel industry prepared by PricewaterhouseCoopers for the Mayor of London in 2001
2. ^ 5 star hotels ratings
3. ^ 5 star hotels list
4. ^ benchmark figures
5. ^ 2007 occupancy
6. ^ http://www.caterersearch.com/Articles/2007/03/26/312354/top-london-hotels-pose-health-hazard.htm
7. ^ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/main.jhtml?xml=/travel/2007/09/01/et-moscow-hotels-101.xml