Hotel Coverage: DUKES LONDON
Women-Only Hotel Rooms and Floors Are Trendy, But For How Long?
Welp, it looks like we've officially got a new trend on our hands. Hotels all over the world are offering women-only rooms and floors in an attempt to attract and cater to the growing number of female solo travelers, the majority of them of the business variety. Among others,...
April 30, 2013
London Hotels Celebrate "Skyfall" With Bond-Style Cocktails
It's officially cocktail hour in the U.K. so we are perfectly comfortable talking about cocktails. That's right -- it's Bond time, and the latest movie “Skyfall” had its world premiere at London's Royal Albert Hall last night. As you’d expect, hotels are jumping on the bandwagon with special packages,...
October 25, 2012
What Do You Order From Room Service?
When we posted your hotel check-in rituals, some commented on Twitter and Facebook that ordering room service is the first thing they do when settling in. We're a bit nosy, so we asked a few hoteliers and Food & Beverage folks what y'all are ordering--hoping there would be some...
August 15, 2012
There's Turducken On The Christmas Menu At Dukes London
If you’re in London today, you’ll have noticed that not many other people are. You may also have noticed that most of the shops have sold out of food like we’re about to have an apocalypse. Two things that might make you venture over to Dukes for Christmas dinner....
December 23, 2011
West End Girls, London's Got a Hotel For You
Following in the footsteps of Copenhagen's Bella Sky Comwell, who devised an all-female floor to cater to XX chromosome guests, another hotel is stepping things up for the ladies, this time in London. The Dukes Hotel has anointed some of its suites "Duchess Rooms," themed to attract women clientele....
December 13, 2011
Light Up With Abandon at These Three London Hotel Cigar Bars
A smoking ban took effect in England in 2007, with nicotine-loving Brits grumbling about having to take their activities outside since. Being relegated to tiny patios may have led to the increased frequency of "smirting" (that's "smoking" and "flirting"), but even an upsurge in this mating activity isn't enough...
September 30, 2011
Ski Clothes Optional At The Dukes London's Outdoor Bar This Winter
It might be freezing in London right now but the DUKES LONDON (yep, all caps now) won’t let the cold stop its guests having a good time. The hotel has decided to keep its new Cognac and Cigar Garden open for the Winter. That’s right cognac cocktails and cigars...
January 20, 2011
London's Dukes Hotel Breaks Out the China for Extreme Porcelain Fans
The Dukes Hotel is more famous for its James Bond connection (it was of course where the line “shaken, not stirred” was penned) but now there's another reason, um, to seek out the hotel--fine china. From now until January 31, guests who book the penthouse suite will enjoy a...
November 30, 2010
London Hotels Shaking (Not Stirring) It Up With James Bond Packages
While the hype here in the States hasn't been as serious as what we imagine to be happening across the pond (yet), the new James Bond flick, Quantum of Solace, is set to debut in the UK on Friday and here in American theaters on November 14th -- the...
October 27, 2008
Live It Up 007-Style at the Dukes Hotel Penthouse
On our last stop at the Dukes Hotel in London, we were most interested in the masterful martinis getting mixed there, but now we're ready to take a look at the hotel as a whole. So was the Irish Independent who gave it a pretty favorable review over the...
April 16, 2008
London Martinis Calling
The best hotel bartenders are really making the scene lately. First we had Mr. Hoy Wong the 89-year-old Algonquin Hotel bartender, now the Boston Herald's done a piece on a world-class martini-making charmer in London's Dukes Hotel. Tony Micelotta (featured in OK! magazine a few months ago) apparently whips up,...
August 15, 2006
OK! Says You Should Go to London
The American version of OK! Magazine suggests you take a trip to their motherland, England. More specifically, London. And their suggestion for lodging is the Dukes Hotel off St. James's Place. The hotel was originally a private home when it was built back in 1708 but has been a hotel...
July 07, 2006
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