The Peninsula London:
First impressions
The Experientialist® joins the fanfare of opening day at London's newest luxury opening on Hyde Park Corner, The Peninsula London.
London
Shangri-La Hotel at the Shard
London, United Kingdom
We usually advise visitors to London to head for a suitably high vantage point to get their bearings....
Chateau Denmark
London, United Kingdom
There’s a luxury London hotel, hell-bent on hedonism… tucked away and almost hidden in plain sight in Soho,...
The Hari
London, United Kingdom
If you thought you had Belgravia all figured out, well, think again. The area, not rarely reduced to...
The Standard
London, United Kingdom
Within moments of checking into The Standard, London, we were in the open-air bathroom of our ‘King’s Terrace’...
Sea Containers
London, United Kingdom
Walking into the hull-inspired lobby at London’s Sea Containers, we couldn’t quite believe it’s been some seven years...
Brown’s Hotel:
A nut-cracking Christmas
If any one London hotel would know how to put on a spectacular show for the festive season,...
Henry’s Townhouse
London, United Kingdom
It’s rare to be able to take over an entire, historic London townhouse for a holiday in the...
Home House
London, United Kingdom
Home House has been a stalwart of the London members club scene for years, but look closer into...
The Lanesborough
London, United Kingdom
No place on earth has a higher density of five-star hotels than the British capital – and yet,...
The Mayfair Townhouse
London, United Kingdom
Half Moon Street, in Mayfair, London rose in notoriety (and high society) when Oscar Wilde set his “trivial...
Brown’s Hotel
London, United Kingdom
It’s not unusual for London’s hospitality scene to play up its heritage, but as the oldest hotel in...
AIRE Ancient Baths London:
Golden grotto
If there’s one thing we know about the British capital, it’s that there’s no lack of luxurious spas....
The art of afternoon tea:
Cultural infusion
A while back, the Experientialist showcased a number of rather innovative and eyecatching London high-teas designed to woo...
Sholto Smith:
The London rebound
As London reawakens, we catch up with Sholto Smith, General Manager of the Great Scotland Yard Hotel, part...
Afternoon tea:
Brewing innovation
As luxury hotels in the UK gear up to reopen – and the future of international inbound travel...
Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park
London, United Kingdom
Like a phoenix rising from the flames (Londoners will know that we mean this quite literally, as the...
London hotel openings:
A touch of the Wilde
If there’s a resolve that has been proven time and time again, it is that you can’t contain...
The Goring
London, United Kingdom
Got banned from Buckingham Palace for being naughty? Check into the perfectly regal five-star Belgravia hotel right behind...
Treehouse London
London, United Kingdom
The Treehouse London is a contemporary hotel set among iconic, old buildings at the very heart of central...
Helmut Newton at Zebra One Gallery:
100 years in the making
In the world of fashion and portrait photography, Helmut Newton was a superstar. But beyond that, he was...
The Chesterfield Mayfair x Royal Philharmonic Orchestra:
Supper with strings
The Chesterfield Mayfair and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra collaborate on a beautiful supperclub event, to launch a series of...
The Chesterfield Mayfair
London, United Kingdom
The old-worldly, high-society club-like Chesterfield Mayfair hotel by Red Carnation Hotels is a time-travelling tardis, occupying three historical...
Sofitel London St James
London, United Kingdom
Following an imaginative and flamboyant 2019 renovation courtesy of Pierre-Yves Rochon, the Sofitel London St James invites guests...
The Biltmore Mayfair
London, United Kingdom
London’s Grosvenor Square, once a high-brow, American enclave, returns into British hands with the US embassy’s move. Fronting...
The Langham
London, United Kingdom
The Langham London is a landmark of Central London sophistication, set in a resplendent, old heritage building just...
Staycation at Shangri-La London:
Blue sky thinking
We had a sneak preview of some of the things Shangri-La London at the Shard is doing to...
The NoMad London:
The curtain rises
We’ve got some show-stopping news for fans of the British capital: London’s West End is preparing to welcome...
Zebra One Gallery:
A celebration of David Hockney
This time next week it’ll be David Hockney’s 83rd birthday, so how better to celebrate it than checking...
The Arts Club London:
A little perspective
Yes, everyone has got a podcast these days, but we are particularly hooked on The Art’s Club, London’s...
COMO Metropolitan
London, United Kingdom
You may or may not be old enough to remember the phenomenon that was Britpop – we were!...
onefinestay:
The stay after tomorrow
Maybe it’s due to the increasing popularity of staycations, or perhaps we just couldn’t bear the idea of...
The Academy London:
Just our cup of tea
Tea – and the culture of drinking it with bite-size morsels – is something Britain and China share....
ME London:
Wellness week
Feel like you need to detox after the holiday season? If like us, you’re based in London, we’ve...
The Londoner:
Iceberg ahead
Planning a trip to London to immerse yourself in the city’s underground theatre scene in 2021? You’re in...
Greg Lecoeur x Shangri-La :
Underwater love
It’ll come as no surprise that on a grey London day like today, the latest announcement by Shangri-La...
Hotel School:
The 101 of hospitality
We’re always on the look-out for ways to give back. That’s why, when we heard that Hotel School...
Rosewood
London, United Kingdom
You don’t get much more central than the Holborn neighbourhood of London, a bustling district within easy reach of...
Pridelux Atelier at Shangri-La London:
Getting hitched in the sky
We promise we’re not biased when we say a trip to the British capital is always worth the...
Water boys
London, United Kingdom
We didn’t have to travel far to make a bigger splash with some of our favourite swimwear on...
Stay tuned
London, United Kingdom
Conveniently located between the establishment of the West End and the cool corners of East London, Holborn offers...
A refined life
London, United Kingdom
Being part of the jet-set comes with its own set of specific demands, from choosing the right luggage...
The Mandrake
London, United Kingdom
Sensorial, surreal and whimsical are just some examples of words we could use to describe the shining star...
Nobu Hotel Shoreditch
London, United Kingdom
Walking up Great Eastern Street in London’s fashionable Shoreditch, you’d be mistaken for thinking a spaceship has landed....
Julian Cole & Jean Abreu
Cable Street Inn, London, United Kingdom
Just a mile from the internationally recognised symbol for London that is Tower Bridge, in a quiet corner...
Legendary London
London, United Kingdom
Historically a Bohemian area home to the likes of George Bernard Shaw and Arthur Rimbaud, London’s Fitzrovia neighbourhood...
Travel smart
London, United Kingdom
To say we’ve come a long way in travel is both an understatement and a pun. But we...
Suedehead
London, United Kingdom
London’s street style is like a library that arranges historical influences and aesthetic innovations in one and the...
Time slip
London, United Kingdom
Londoners incorporate both historical as well as futuristic influences in the way they dress. And somehow, they make...
Cheval Three Quays
London, United Kingdom
The Cheval Three Quays is a condominium-like, escapist complex on the banks of the river Thames, right next...