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That Hotel Teapot is Poison

Where: 44 Grovenor Square, London, United Kingdom, W1K 2HP

The Millenium Hotel Mayfair in London which has been dubbed the "Spy Poison Hotel" by the press, has found that a teapot showed "off the scale" readings of polonium 210, the radioactive isotope used to poison former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko back in November.

It turns out that the teapot was used for six weeks after the spy poisoning and thus may have poisoned hundreds of other hotel guests. Also, the man suspected to have poisioned Litvinenko, Andrei Lugovoi, stayed in the Millenium hotel and traces of polonium 210 were found in his hotel room.

But despite all this international spy poison mystery, the hotel is still open and rooms are at the going rate of 170 euros a night this week. And not only that, the hotel's managment has answered practically every review on their TripAdvisor page--good and bad--including the worries of one guest who stayed at the hotel at the time Litveninko died, about two weeks after his poisoning.

We are sorry that you had cause to be concerned by the media attenion surrounding the unfortunate passing of Mr Litvinenko but as you have seen the Millennium Mayfair is in full operation.

Aside from poisoning fears, guest reviews varied with complaints being mostly about tiny bathrooms, inconsistent service and some noise issues. On the plus side, guests like the location and the dining options. Just stay away from the tea time for a while.

Related Stories:
· The poisoned teaplot: Polonium reading from hotel 'off the scale' [Independent UK]
· More Bad News for 'Spy Poison' Hotel [HotelChatter]