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Meetings at the Mal - not what I expected

Advantages: Comfortable stay in a large, clean room
Disadvantages: Meetings were not thought out properly

I stayed in Malmaison for a four day training course last week and I wasn’t going to write a review because it is so similar to the one I wrote on Malmaison London, I would have just repeated myself. However, there were quite a few little things that could have been improved with the meeting facilities and I thought I had to air my views! The Room Ok, so briefly I will write about the room. As we booked through work I assume we only had a ...
...the one we had in London. The bed was huge and there was a lot of walk round space in the bedroom. There was a large desk with broadband internet access – either from a cable or wireless, a large TV, CD player and a really big wardrobe. It was really comfortable and was air conditioned. The only thing was that the window was quite small and overlooked the Mailbox, but this was a minor fault. The Bathroom The bathroom had everything I would ...

wolfey59 14.10.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Malmaison, Birmingham

Hotel Birmingham Metrpole,Birmingham

Advantages: Close to NEC
Disadvantages: Very poor value for money. Inefficient service.

I booked in advance through conference organisers. This was a mistake. Suggest you make own arrangement with hotel direct. I paid £135 for a small single bedded room with an old TV. I reckon I could have got this same room well under £100 if I had booked myself direct. Being the closest hotel to the NEC is probably why it is one of the most expensive. I compared my facilities with others in different hotels. They all had better value for money. Hotel ...
...newspaper. I was charged for it but it never arrived. Then I made use of the rapid checkout service which promised a receipt would be sent on to me. This did not occur so I had to telephone the hotel for this. In summary a very overpriced hotel for facilities offerred and service provided. ...

steben 11.10.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Hilton Birmingham Metropole, Birmingham

Good budget hotel

Advantages: modern
Disadvantages: lack of restauarant at weekend

...have recently been refurbished, standard holiday inn express feel and design and very clean which for me is the most important thing. The bathroom was clean with a shower and shampoo and liquid soap. Tea and coffee facilities as is usual and a decent sized television with a good reception. One of the things that I like about the Holiday Inn express brand is that a free breakfast is standard meaning you get one even when you pay on points which is ...
...yoghurt, tea, coffee, orange juice etc. The hotels location really is only convenient if you have a car, please don't be fooled by the "Birmingham" title, as this hotel isn't in the city centre. I'd recommend this hotel, although only if you can get a good value rate (under £50.00, especially on a weekend when the hotel appears to run on limited service with no restaurant etc). I did notice in the reception area though that there is a microwave that ...

jack2794 03.09.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Holiday Inn Express Birmingham-Oldbury M5 Jct.2, Birmingham

A FAIR OLD TIME AT THE FAIRLAWNS

Advantages: Delicious food, friendly staff & a overall nice enviroment to be in
Disadvantages: Some spa treatments could be improved

INTRODUCTION Due to the dark and dingy weather and lack of time my boyfriend and me decided to have a night at a spa to try and cheer us up. We always seem to decide to go away at the last minute so leave ourselves very little to choice in where to go as most places are booked up. However we have since come across a good booking website that seems to be able to get us availability last minute where ever we want. On this occasion we didn’t want to ...
...West Midlands for a change. The one that seemed the nicest was The Fairlawn’s Hotel and Spa which has sounded nice because it is privately owned, been around since 1984 and is set in 9 acres of pretty grounds perfect! I emailed for availability on the Wednesday night for Saturday night as you usual arrive have your spa treatments on that day and leave the following day but as they didn’t have any availability they said we could arrive Friday evening ...

gemax2 11.08.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Fairlawns Hotel And Spa, Aldridge

Come Stay at the Travelodge Wolverhampton

Advantages: Pretty Cheap, Clean
Disadvantages: Dodgy Swipe cards, misleading room images on website

...we stayed in the Oldham Travelodge a few months later. This one had been taken over from a once fancy hotel and was quite run down. It was clean but not exactly modern. The booking process is simple the site takes you through room requirements and an extras page. Some of these can extras can be expensive. You have to register with the site when you book, but it doesn’t take too much time. Despite looking like an ugly 1960’s car park, the building ...
...too at £5 per hour. Travelodge also allow pets at an extra charge. As for Wolverhampton, there’s not much to do besides the museum, gallery and shops. It did get quite mad on Friday night too, with drunk people fighting (I saw more trouble there than in Blackpool! :P) so we retreated to the Gifford Arms, a rock pub in the shape of castle. It had a great atmosphere, lots of classic rock and cheap beer. It’s only around the corner from Travelodge too ...

Laila8296 26.07.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Travelodge