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The May Fair's Screening Room Gets 3D Capability

Where: Stratton Street, London, United Kingdom, W1A 2AN

Staying at one of the most luxe hotels in London? Particularly the May Fair? Don't forget to pack your sexy blue and red paper glasses next to your Chanel sunnies: the May Fair has become the first hotel in the UK to offer "a 3D private viewing experience." Ohhh yes: the theatre now has 3D capabilities.

Boasting London's largest private screening room, the May Fair theatre now has the technology to show 3D films to the luxe clientele they're shooting (heh) for. It's a THX-certified theatre with 201 Ferrari leather-trimmed seats, its own bar and reception area, and an ARS (audio response system) console built into each seat.

The hotel is using RealD as its 3D-goodness provider, and (little did we know) 3D is sort of a hot thing right now (and not just a 1983 phenom): Monsters vs. Aliens, Journey to the Center of the Earth and the Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour were all recently released in 3D. Thank goodness Miley's in 3D, by the way. Thank goodness.

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The UK's Best Mojito Is At the May Fair (And Here's the Recipe)

Where: Stratton Street, London, United Kingdom, W1A 2AN

We've kicked off our Summer Cocktails series with not one but two new recipes! Enjoy and @reply us when you're wasted!

At a competition in Cuba recently (yes, we're not sure where Cuba comes into play here), the May Fair in London's mixologist Marios Elias presented the May Fair's signature mojito — and it was recognized as the best mojito in the UK. Again, we dunno why they had to go all the way to Cuba to determine that, but a good cocktail is a good cocktail, we suppose.

The May Fair has released a tutorial detailing the steps to making this famed libation here (actually, this supposedly has instructions that guide you through adding everything except one "secret ingredient").

Oh, and also: here is the recipe. Hell, it's almost July. It's officially mojito season, no?

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Indulge Mom (And Yourself) at The May Fair London's Spa

Where: Stratton Street, London, United Kingdom, W1A 2AN

If your mom is as special as ours, we've got a suggestion for a way to spoil her on Mother's Day. Pop over to one of London's poshest hotels, the May Fair, and sign yourself and your mum up for a decadent Moroccan Steam Cleansing Ritual.

While at first you might think of steam cleansing as something you want to do to the carpet, once you hear what the May Fair's spa staff have in store for you, you'll think otherwise. After cleansing your skin with a crushed olive and eucalyptus oil mix, you head into a private steam chamber to apply a selection of products (including a scrub and mineral clay), chosen to match your individual needs: relaxing, healing or energizing, for example.

The nicest part about this spa treatment is that it's a whole lot cheaper if two of you do it. At £60 ($90) for one and £90 ($130) for two, this Mother's Day gift easily does triple-duty: a nice gift for mom, an opportunity for some quality mother-daughter bonding time — and a chance to sneak in some relaxing spa goodness of your own.

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London's May Fair Hotel Goes Pink

Where: Stratton Street, London, United Kingdom, W1A 2AN

Confession: some of us over here at HotelChatter love pink. And some of us love it so much that we choose to surround ourselves with it at home, despite its Cher Horowitz-esque, Limited Too-ish qualities. We've always fantasized about decorating our bedrooms exactly like the Schiaparelli Suite at the posh May Fair Hotel in London.

And now we have an excuse to try out our fantasy digs for reals without feeling badly about the splurge (around $4,665 per night).

In honor of Global Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the hotel will be donating 20% of of all revenues from stays in the hot pink suite during the month of October to Breast Cancer Care, a U.K. charity that provides emotional support and information to anyone affected by breast cancer. Just make sure you use reference code "PINK" when you book.

Reservations for the suite -- and all 1492 square feet of its pink glory -- can be made by calling (888) 201-1718.

Take lots of pictures for us. Sigh.

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TV Set Hotel :: Secret Diary of a Call Girl Filmed at the May Fair in London

Where: Stratton Street, London, United Kingdom, W1A 2AN

Since the U.S. premiere of the British hit Secret Diary of a Call Girl airs tonight, we decided to check out one of the sexy hotels used as a meetup spot for high-class hooker Belle and her upscale clients on the show.

Shots of "rooms, the lobby, the main bar and the lift/corridor" of London's historic five-star May Fair Hotel are featured on the first season of SDCG and we can understand why. The decor is lavish and the atmosphere screams decadence -- and, dare we say, the name is just a touch scandalous: May Fair sounds an awful lot like Mayflower, the site of the Spitzer high-class hooker scandal. Coincidence?

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Like London's May Fair Hotel? Stay A Year!

Where: Stratton Street, London, United Kingdom, W1A 2AN

One of London's fanciest spots, the May Fair Hotel, is still proud of its $140 million renovations a couple of years ago, and it's still getting a regular quota of celebrities passing through the doors. And now it's got a fancy gimmick going with its "Suite Year" deal.

It's more than just an exclusive deal: it's an offer to live in their Amarillo Suite for a whole year. You'll get the use of the 1,600 square foot of rooms for exactly 365 days, including some nice amenities like giant Bang & Olufsen plasma televisions, multi-disc CD players, complimentary wireless broadband and European and American plug sockets. And you get your own personal butler throw in.

Of course, it'll cost you. $585,000 for the year, to be precise. But don't balk at that figure, because it's really a bargain. Calculating from the usual per night rate for the suite, it'd cost you nearly $2 million to live here for a year. May Fair publicity recommends doing a bit of a time share deal with your mates if you're short of cash. We're very curious to find out if anyone takes them up on the deal.

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Kate Moss Pretends She's from Manchester at the New May Fair Hotel

Where: Stratton Street, London, United Kingdom, W1A 2AN

If you're into celeb sightings, don't let them fool you like Kate Moss tried to do. At the re-launch of the newly renovated May Fair Hotel in London Kate put on a Manchester accent pretending to be a lookalike to avoid attention:

The Croydon-born supermodel tried to trick guests, but when she was approached she insisted she was a Mancunian lookalike.

"People genuinely thought she was someone from Manchester who happened to look like Kate Moss," The Sun quoted a partygoer, as saying.

Nice try Kate but you wouldn't fool us. Londoner accent or Manchester, there just aren't many people that look like you. Besides this was the Mayfair, they only deal with the real celebs.

Related Stories:
· Kate's accent from Moss-ide [The Sun UK]
· The May Fair London Gets a New Look [HotelChatter]
· The May Fair Hotel Reviews [TripAdvisor]