Crowne Plaza London St James, London

Introduction In October, I went to London with my parents to meet my MP as part of a mass mobilisation of Parliament (raising awareness of the importance of Speech and Language Therapy) and the RCSLT Giving Voice Awards Ceremony. We wanted a hotel that was in central London as I knew there wouldn’t be much time between meeting with my MP and getting ready to head back out for the evening Gala Dinner and Awards. My dad booked the flights well in advance but still hadn’t booked a hotel with only a couple of weeks to go so my mam decided to look online and found us this 4 star hotel for 2 nights ... more

INTRODUCTION I booked dinner and theatre for my wife's thirtieth birthday, and needed a relatively up-market hotel in London - with a bit of “wow” factor - to overnight in. I am a frequent visitor to IC Hotel Group properties on business (these include the five star Intercontinental Hotels, the four to five star Crowne Plaza, and the three to four star Holiday Inn) and am a member of their award-winning “Priority Club” loyalty scheme, so I decided to use my accumulated points to redeem a “Reward Night” and stay for free. The hotel is on Buckingham Gate, with extensive frontage featuring an ... more

This month saw a rather special landmark for me - the 10th anniversary of being together with my partner. We normally choose to mark our anniversary with a meal out or a day trip, but thought that something a little more special was in order to mark our "decade day". With this is mind (and the fact that we hadn't had a holiday in three years), we thought it would be a good idea to have a weekend away in London to visit the Tutankhamen exhibition at the O2. On the odd occasions that either of us have stayed in hotels over recent years, it has been something along the lines of a Travelodge; ... more

A couple of weeks ago we went down to London on a weekend coach trip to see My Fair Lady at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane. The overnight stay was in the Crowne Plaza Hotel at Heathrow Airport. This hotel has 458 bedrooms, including some deluxe rooms and some suites, so it is a huge place, and there were numerous coach trips using the hotel whilst we were there. This meant that organisation was of paramount importance. We arrived at the hotel and were greeted by a representative who boarded the coach to explain the checking in procedure to us. We were to collect our room key from the check in ... more