HISTORY OF BRITAIN AND AMERICA WEAVE TOGETHER TO FLY THE FLAG OF HOSPITALITY AT STOKE PARK! Writing articles over the last thirty years on many subjects, with emphasis on hotels, spas and luxury brands, I have never been so pleasantly surprised as when I visited Stoke Park, in the county of Buckinghamshire. Seven miles from Heathrow and about 15 miles from my home, the … [Read more...]
Mandarin Oriental
FULL OF EASTERN PROMISE AT MANDARIN ORIENTAL, HYDE PARK LONDON Five-star hotels are like palaces, they all have that different feel, smell and atmosphere about them, but yet visiting Mandarin Oriental, Hyde Park, London, it has that wonderful mystic eastern presence the moment you walk through the doors. The site of Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park, London, is the site of the … [Read more...]
The Connaught Hotel, London
PICTURE OF GOOD HEALTH IS THERE TO GREET YOU, AT THE CONNAUGHT HOTEL, LONDON If you are visiting London for business or pleasure, what do you have in mind of a typical London hotel? The Connaught Hotel in the fashionable Mayfair area, just north of Berkeley Square where they say in the song a “Nightingale Sang”, (boy that shows my age) is where the Connaught can be … [Read more...]