May 14th 2013
Categories:
Holidays,
Hospitality,
Hostels,
Hotel Suites,
Hotels,
Leisure,
Recreation,
Restaurants,
Tourism,
Travel,
Travel Services,
Travellers
No Comments
Fresh 1800 Restaurant & Bar at the Hyatt Regency Schaumburg, Chicago announces the introduction of live music every Wednesday night by the Chicago-based vocal duo Frank & Dave. For the first time, guests can listen to live music as they sip their drinks in the bar area of Fresh 1800. ...
April 29th 2013
Categories:
Boutique Hotels,
Budget Travel,
Excursions,
Family Travel,
Holidays,
Hospitality,
Hostels,
Hotel Suites,
Hotels,
Leisure,
Recreation,
Restaurants,
Short Breaks,
Tourism,
Tours,
Travel,
Travel Services,
Travellers
No Comments
The Great Northern Hotel, the most high profile new opening in London in May 2013, officially opens on Thursday 9th May 2013 following a £40 million refurbishment but for a sneak preview, the glamorous GNH Bar within it, occupying almost the entire ground floor, opens a week earlier. Later in ...
March 25th 2013
Categories:
Boutique Hotels,
Budget Travel,
Excursions,
Family Travel,
Holidays,
Hospitality,
Hostels,
Hotel Suites,
Hotels,
Leisure,
Recreation,
Restaurants,
Short Breaks,
Tour Operators,
Tourism,
Tours,
Travel,
Travel Agents,
Travel Services,
Travellers
No Comments
The restaurant industry shows little signs of diminishing its ferocious appetite despite the recession biting hard into the food budgets of your average Briton. For those who can wine and dine, there are plenty of ever-more inventive and extravagant dining options in the capital of the UK.
The health of London restaurants seems ...
March 25th 2013
Categories:
Boutique Hotels,
Budget Travel,
Excursions,
Family Travel,
Holidays,
Hospitality,
Hostels,
Hotel Suites,
Hotels,
Leisure,
Recreation,
Restaurants,
Short Breaks,
Tour Operators,
Tourism,
Tours,
Travel,
Travel Agents,
Travel Services,
Travellers
No Comments
Fans of smart design and fancy conversation with a little spare time and disposable income in Marylebone will no doubt be delighted to stumble upon the latest venture from the Monocle team.
Those who love books and trendy Scandinavian shoes are sure to beenamoured. The Monocle café is that rare thing, ...
March 25th 2013
Categories:
Boutique Hotels,
Budget Travel,
Excursions,
Family Travel,
Holidays,
Hospitality,
Hostels,
Hotel Suites,
Hotels,
Leisure,
Recreation,
Restaurants,
Short Breaks,
Tourism,
Travel,
Travel Services,
Travellers
No Comments
The chef and proprietor behind one of the capital's most prosperous new restaurants of the last three years is set to build on his success with an exciting new business in the heart of Soho.
Jason Atherton, the mind behind Pollen Street Social, one of Mayfair's best-loved (and best-attended) new kids ...
March 18th 2013
Categories:
Air Travel,
Boutique Hotels,
Budget Travel,
Excursions,
Family Travel,
Festivals and Events,
Holidays,
Hospitality,
Hostels,
Hotel Suites,
Hotels,
Leisure,
Recreation,
Restaurants,
Short Breaks,
Tourism,
Tours,
Travel,
Travel Agents,
Travel Services
No Comments
Those looking to while away a few hours in central London will have a new place to accidentally stumble upon in the warren of Neal's Yard and its surrounding environs: Homeslice, former pop-up and brainchild of Kiwi chef Ry Jessup, is now building a permanent home for itself.
The restaurant, a ...
March 8th 2013
Categories:
Boutique Hotels,
Budget Travel,
Excursions,
Family Travel,
Holidays,
Hospitality,
Hostels,
Hotel Suites,
Hotels,
Leisure,
Recreation,
Restaurants,
Tour Operators,
Tourism,
Tours,
Travel,
Travel Agents,
Travel Services,
Travellers
No Comments
Following on from the success of his hugely successful self-titled Mayfair restaurant, ArkadyNovikov is set to open a new eaterie in neighbouring Kensington. The Brompton Quarter Brasserie has been given the Novikov treatment, and will be wowing Londoners and tourists from March.
Novikov, who also works as Putin's personal caterer, will ...
March 8th 2013
Categories:
Boutique Hotels,
Budget Travel,
Excursions,
Family Travel,
Holidays,
Hospitality,
Hostels,
Hotel Suites,
Hotels,
Leisure,
Recreation,
Restaurants,
Short Breaks,
Tour Operators,
Tourism,
Tours,
Travel,
Travel Agents,
Travel Services,
Travellers
No Comments
One of the most anticipated developments in East London's buzzing foodie scene, the Beagle bar and restaurant have finally announced dates for their grand opening. The bar will open doors on Friday 29th March, before giving way to the restaurant on Monday April 8th.
The well-hyped London restaurant, which promises to ...
March 5th 2013
Categories:
Air Travel,
Boutique Hotels,
Budget Travel,
Excursions,
Family Travel,
Festivals and Events,
Holidays,
Hospitality,
Hostels,
Hotel Suites,
Hotels,
Leisure,
Restaurants,
Short Breaks,
Tour Operators,
Tourism,
Tours,
Travel,
Travel Agents,
Travel Services
No Comments
Greenwich is much more than the site of the Meridian Line, giving tourists the chance to hop over time itself. The Greenwich Observatory is one of several other museums in the area which promote exciting, ambitious work that investigates man's relationship with the sky and sea.
This March 2013, the astronomically-curious ...
January 9th 2013
Categories:
Excursions,
Family Travel,
Festivals and Events,
Holidays,
Hospitality,
Hostels,
Hotel Suites,
Hotels,
Leisure,
Lodging,
Recreation,
Restaurants,
Short Breaks,
Tours,
Travel,
Travel Services,
Travellers,
Trips
No Comments
New York Central, a Manhattan restaurant located in the lobby of Grand Hyatt New York, announced the appointment of Chef Michael Lockard as the restaurant’s new Chef de Cuisine. Chef Lockard, who brings 20 years of culinary expertise and service to New York Central, will oversee the restaurant’s culinary team ...
December 27th 2012
Categories:
Amenities,
Boutique Hotels,
Budget Travel,
Excursions,
Family Travel,
Festivals and Events,
Holidays,
Hospitality,
Hostels,
Hotel Suites,
Hotels,
Leisure,
Lodging,
Recreation,
Resorts,
Restaurants,
Short Breaks,
Tourism,
Tours,
Travel,
Travel Agents,
Travel Services,
Travellers,
Trips
No Comments
The country's favourite choreographer returns to one of his most treasured stages to bring a new ballet to life for Christmas.
Matthew Bourne, shot to fame by his all-male Swan Lake, and revered for his The Nutcracker amongst other shows, brings his company the New Adventures to London's premier dance house Sadlers Wells this ...
December 27th 2012
Categories:
Amenities,
Boutique Hotels,
Budget Travel,
Excursions,
Family Travel,
Festivals and Events,
Holidays,
Hospitality,
Hostels,
Hotel Suites,
Hotels,
Leisure,
Lodging,
Recreation,
Resorts,
Restaurants,
Short Breaks,
Tourism,
Tours,
Travel,
Travel Agents,
Travel Services,
Travellers,
Trips
No Comments
The annual New Year's Eve fireworks display is returning this year, and promises to be bigger than ever. The ten-minute display, with the London Eye as its centerpiece, can be seen from all over central London, with prime views available from Embankment and Waterloo Bridge. Spectators are advised to find ...
December 27th 2012
Categories:
Amenities,
Boutique Hotels,
Budget Travel,
Excursions,
Family Travel,
Festivals and Events,
Holidays,
Hospitality,
Hostels,
Hotel Suites,
Hotels,
Leisure,
Recreation,
Resorts,
Restaurants,
Short Breaks,
Tourism,
Tours,
Travel,
Travel Agents,
Travel Services,
Travellers,
Trips
No Comments
La mejor forma de celebrar el inicio del 2013 y final del 2012 es en la margen del Támesis mientras los fuegos artificiales iluminan el firmamento de Londres, según LondonTown.com. La principal web de Londres sabe algo de los eventos de Londres, y a pesar de la variedad de opciones ...
December 27th 2012
Categories:
Amenities,
Boutique Hotels,
Budget Travel,
Excursions,
Family Travel,
Festivals and Events,
Holidays,
Hospitality,
Hostels,
Hotel Suites,
Hotels,
Leisure,
Lodging,
Recreation,
Resorts,
Restaurants,
Short Breaks,
Tour Operators,
Tourism,
Tours,
Travel,
Travel Agents,
Travel Services,
Travellers,
Trips
No Comments
London International Mime Festival will turn traditional conceptions about mime on their head. From 10-27 January 2013 at venues across the capital, including the Barbican, Jacksons Lane , Linbury Studio Theatre at the Royal Opera House, Platform Theatre, Roundhouse, Soho Theatre and the Southbank Centre, the world's greatest visual and ...
December 19th 2012
Categories:
Air Travel,
Amenities,
Boutique Hotels,
Budget Travel,
Excursions,
Family Travel,
Festivals and Events,
Holidays,
Hospitality,
Hostels,
Hotel Suites,
Hotels,
Leisure,
Lodging,
Recreation,
Resorts,
Restaurants,
Short Breaks,
Tour Operators,
Tourism,
Tours,
Travel,
Travel Agents,
Travel Services,
Travellers,
Trips
No Comments
Qué mejor plan para pasar las navidades en Londres que asistir a la misa de Nochebuena en la mismísima catedral de San Pablo. Símbolo de Londres y hogar espiritual de Gran Bretaña, esta maravilla arquitectónica, obra de Sir Christopher Wren, supone el enclave idóneo para festejar la Navidad en la ...
December 19th 2012
Categories:
Air Travel,
Amenities,
Boutique Hotels,
Budget Travel,
Excursions,
Family Travel,
Festivals and Events,
Holidays,
Hospitality,
Hostels,
Hotel Suites,
Hotels,
Leisure,
Lodging,
Recreation,
Resorts,
Restaurants,
Short Breaks,
Tour Operators,
Tourism,
Tours,
Travel,
Travel Agents,
Travel Services,
Travellers,
Trips
No Comments
The multi-award winning theatrical spectacle ‘Slava's Snowshow' has been a worldwide hit, staged in more than 80 cities around the world including Paris and New York. The show has already proven itself on the UK stage, and is set to return to London in 2012 for a special Christmas run ...
December 19th 2012
Categories:
Air Travel,
Amenities,
Boutique Hotels,
Budget Travel,
Excursions,
Family Travel,
Festivals and Events,
Holidays,
Hospitality,
Hostels,
Hotel Suites,
Hotels,
Leisure,
Lodging,
Recreation,
Restaurants,
Short Breaks,
Sports,
Tour Operators,
Tourism,
Tours,
Travel,
Travel Agents,
Travel Services,
Travellers,
Trips
No Comments
The Big Game returns to Twickenham this year on 29 December with Harlequins set to take on London Irish in a repeat of 2010's fixture. Back then, Harlequins took the win of 28-18, but in 2011 they lost out to Saracens with an 11-19 defeat in front of a massive ...
December 18th 2012
Categories:
Air Travel,
Amenities,
Boutique Hotels,
Budget Travel,
Ecotourism,
Excursions,
Family Travel,
Festivals and Events,
Holidays,
Hospitality,
Hostels,
Hotel Suites,
Hotels,
Leisure,
Lodging,
Recreation,
Resorts,
Restaurants,
Short Breaks,
Tour Operators,
Tourism,
Tours,
Travel,
Travel Agents,
Travel Services,
Travellers,
Trips
No Comments
Midnight Mass at St. Paul's Cathedral is the ultimate way to celebrate Christmas says LondonTown.com. As one of London's most iconic landmarks and a true feat of British engineering and architectural design, not to mention its standing as the spiritual home of Great Britain, Sir Christopher Wren's beautiful cathedral is ...
December 18th 2012
Categories:
Air Travel,
Amenities,
Boutique Hotels,
Budget Travel,
Ecotourism,
Excursions,
Family Travel,
Festivals and Events,
Hospitality,
Hostels,
Hotel Suites,
Hotels,
Leisure,
Lodging,
Recreation,
Resorts,
Restaurants,
Short Breaks,
Tour Operators,
Tourism,
Tours,
Travel,
Travel Services,
Travellers,
Trips
No Comments
The Christmas Day dip in the icy waters of Hyde Park's Serpentine Lake marks its 148 th anniversary this year. For the past 104 years this 100-yard race in spine-chilling waters has been named the Peter Pan Cup after J.M Barrie, Peter Pan's creator, first presented the now highly sought ...
December 18th 2012
Categories:
Air Travel,
Amenities,
Boutique Hotels,
Budget Travel,
Excursions,
Family Travel,
Festivals and Events,
Hitchhiking,
Holidays,
Hospitality,
Hostels,
Hotel Suites,
Hotels,
Leisure,
Lodging,
Recreation,
Resorts,
Restaurants,
Short Breaks,
Tour Operators,
Tourism,
Tours,
Travel,
Travel Agents,
Travel Services,
Travellers,
Trips
No Comments
New Year's Eve can be a bit hit-and-miss in London, especially if you're coming up to visit and aren't expecting the massive crowds and very busy buses and tubes that the capital always throws up at the turn of the year.
However, trusty LondonTown.com has come up with its own guide ...