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Fantasy Friday: Get Jewelry, Personalized Perfume, and The Royal Suite at London's Mandarin Oriental
If you are ever in need of inspiration for a memorable way to treat yourself or a loved one, our Fantasy Friday archives are fast becoming a treasure trove of hotel extravagance, from a small but pricey cupcake to the understandably much more substantial world’s most expensive suite. Today’s...
March 01, 2013
For Christmas, Mandarin Hyde Park Serves a Slice of Harrods
The holiday season is in full swing with tree lighting ceremonies and decorations popping up everywhere. Last week, the folks at London's Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park have decked the halls with more than boughs of holly featuring a holiday inspired package. The luxury hotel has gone all out with...
November 30, 2012
Rihanna Manages To Not Flood Her Suite At Mandarin Hyde Park
She's still keeping tight-lipped about all those Ashton Kutcher rumors swirling around the internet, but one thing we know for sure: RiRi found a nice place to call home in London during a recent press trip to promote her first-ever movie, Battleship. The bleach blond singer-actress was photographed in a...
March 29, 2012
Now There's WiFi In Every Room at Mandarin Oriental NY (But You Still Gotta Pay)
Take a quick look at our Annual WiFi Report: Best of 2011, and you know which hotel you won't see on there? Mandarin Oriental New York. That's because, until now, the hotel hasn't really done anything to wow us, even though more and more hotels are gradually making the switch...
January 23, 2012
An American Expat in London: Yankee Grub for Americans Stranded in London This Thanksgiving
Being low season here in London, many American travelers opt to take advantage of deals, however minor, on travel to this notoriously expensive city. However, Yanks who have chosen to make their rounds on double-decker buses this week sacrifice being on mother soil during Thanksgiving, a huge trade off...
November 22, 2011
More Money Than Sense? Try the Mandarin Oriental's Obscenely Expensive Royal Wedding Package
With the Royal Wedding only two months away hotel PR machines are going into Royal Wedding Package overload. Last week we gave you the low down on the incredibly bad taste “Pretty Little Princess” package from Swissotel The Howard, and this week, we may have found something equally as ghastly,...
March 02, 2011
Heston Blumenthal's Dinner Is Served, But You Need To Plan Ahead
Beef Royal (£28) Heston Blumenthal’s new restaurant Dinner has already been named “best new restaurant in the world”, by restaurant critic Giles Coren, in The Times. London’s most eagerly awaited restaurant located in the Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park only opened its doors last week but it's already fully booked...
February 11, 2011
Mandarin Oriental London to Get All 'Medieval Times' On Us in January
These days, it seems not only the hotels are delaying their opening dates, even the hotel restaurants are at it. But how could we get mad when the delay involves something as quirky as medieval fare? It turns out Heston Blumenthal’s restaurant at Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park has pushed...
October 22, 2010
London Continues the Summer of Suite Mania at the Mandarin Oriental
For the rest of the week, we'll be focusing on the latest news out of Londontowne. Got a hotel we should check out or know of any tawdry London hotel scoop? Or better yet, got the skinny on where all the WAGs hang out? Tip us off. This month sees...
July 29, 2010
Bar Boulud Will Open at the Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park In May
Expect to eat oysters at Bar Boulud. Though not attached to the chef. It’s coming! Bar Boulud was set to open in Spring 2010 and, amazingly, it appears to be pretty much on schedule – Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park have just announced the big day will be in May....
March 24, 2010
London's Mandarin Oriental Is an Oasis of Calm on a Busy Street
Fancy a quick stop at Harrod's department store in London for a little shopping? Well, if you're on your way there by walking or by taking the Tube to the Kensington stop, you'll run smack dab into the stately Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park, as we did recently. It's located...
February 18, 2010
The Next Gordon Ramsay? Daniel Boulud Is Coming to London
Hey Daniel Boulud, have you never heard of Gordon Ramsay? Or of over-reaching yourself? Not content with dominating most of North America, he’s going to be crossing over the pond and gracing London with his presence in the Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park. Bar Boulud London will basically be a...
November 09, 2009
Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park Tickles Your Olfactories With Jo Malone Tea
When temperatures finally drop and tourist head into London's Hyde Park water bottle-free, where is the best place to cuddle up with a cup of tea and revel in the sweet end of summer? If you say the window seat of your hotel suite, you'd be correct, but we'd...
August 26, 2009
Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park Offers 'Best of the British' But Look at Those Rooms
Of course, Posh Spice or Robert Pattinson could have told you this already, but apparently it’s fash to be British right now. Or at least, that’s what Mandarin Oriental are hoping, as they’ve just launched the suitably jingoistically titled Best of British package for their London property on Hyde...
August 06, 2009
The HotelChatter Diva Tracker: Mariah, Beyonce and Madge
Mariah arrives at the Dorchester. If you were a pop-star diva a la Madonna and could, ostensibly, spend nights in any hotel in the whole entire world, where would you go? The Seasons? The Ritz? We'd guess old-school, Sean-Penn-era Madge would probably hit up The Standard NYC with all...
June 12, 2009
G20 Taking Care of Business at London's Mandarin Oriental
April's Fools Day may be long over, but memories of the dinner that "Naked Chef" Jamie Oliver cooked for the G20 leaders in London that night will remain forever...or at least until it's all digested. After a filling meal that focused on fresh and "British" ingredients, Nicholas Sarkozy and...
April 03, 2009
Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park's Sunny New Al Fresco Dining Spot
For some reason, the Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park's brand new open-air fine dining spot, The Park Terrace, makes sweet, sunny Lily Allen songs pop into our heads. The restaurant - described as an "English country garden" sort of setting - allows diners to overlook Hyde Park and, in the...
July 21, 2008
Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park: What You Get For Your Money
Earlier this week, we scoped out some "cheap" rates for the Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park Hotel in London. Although a rate of $477 was the cheapest we could find, that's still a deal for a Mandarin Oriental (ie. MO NYC has a $900+ rate.)So what's this Mandarin Oriental like and...
February 22, 2008
Finding the 'Cheapest' Rates for Mandarin Oriental in London
We're fantasizing about heading to London over Easter and so we've been scoping out some hotel rates here and there.And out of all our research we are kinda obsessed with staying at the Mandarin Oriental in Hyde Park. This is for two main reasons. One: We've always wanted to stay...
February 20, 2008
Mandarin Oriental's English Holiday Gift: Rooms For Under $500 a Night
London's Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park must be in a very giving Holiday mood or else they are desperate for some Americans to visit, despite how bad the dollar is doing in Europe. We happen to think it's the latter. The hotel has a few deals going on to celebrate...
November 27, 2007
Mary McCartney to Photograph Select Mandarin Oriental Guests
A HotelChatter ExclusiveThe Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park in London has just announced a pretty spectacular luxury package for their guests. The Mary McCartney Portrait Experience gives two guests the chance to be photographed by Mary McCartney (above, and yes, daughter of Paul) in a private photo shoot. McCartney's professional portrait...
August 29, 2007
Bed Bugs Stick It To Celeb Lawyer at Mandarin Oriental
When you thought only crappy roadside motels and budget inns were prone to bed bugs comes this report that a Manhattan couple visting the Mandarin Oriental in London was allegedly attacked by bed bugs during their recent stay. Sidney Bluming, a prominent New York celebrity lawyer, and his wife, Cynthia,...
January 16, 2007
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