subject: London Hotels: An Overview [print this page] London Hotels: An Overview
Before the 19th century there were few big hotels in London - many of the city's larger establishments were constructed in the Victorian era. Opened in 1889, the Savoy, for example, was the first to boast en suite bathrooms for every room.
Between the two world wars, hotel building thrived as even richer families could no longer afford to keep a house in the capital and used hotels instead. The advent of air travel brought more visitors, and more hotels, from the 1960s onwards, while in both London and New York the 1980s saw the start of the fashion for smaller, boutique-style hotels.
From 2006, environmentally friendly London hotels became popular.
Statistics produced to support London's 2012 Olympic bid showed there were more than 70,000 three to five star hotel rooms within 10 kilometres of Central London.
The main growth area has been in the number of hotel beds within the City of London.
Many of the capital's most luxurious establishments are concentrated in the West End, particularly in Mayfair. While London's five star hotels tend to be relatively small, with fewer than 500 rooms, the range is wide, from purpose built to townhouse hotels and conversions, and designer boutique places.
There are no official bodies which rate hotels. However, the most widely accepted bodies are the AA and the English Tourist Board, which recently altered its grading criteria to the AA's to give greater consistency. Many hotels grade themselves.
If you're looking for hotels in London, see what Grange Hotels have to offer before you do anything else. Whether you want a weekend spa break, a last minute deal or something special for Valentine's Day or Christmas, London's leading independent hotel group has it all, with an extensive range of four and five star accommodation.
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