London

The It’s a London Thing Issue

Across continents, climates and cultures, three threads bind the stories in this issue: the relentless pursuit of progress,...

Flux & motion
London, United Kingdom

From street smarts to working wardrobe to refined relaxation, London’s always ready to put you through your paces....

The BoTree
London, United Kingdom

Wake up, London’s West End, there’s a peppy, party-minded new property in town. Serving giddy but grown-up glamour,...

Batty Langley’s
London, United Kingdom

The third in Hazlitt’s Hotels bijou portfolio of London heritage townhouse hotels, the discreet East End beauty that...

The Dorchester
London, United Kingdom

The Dorchester is many things: a grand dame of London’s hotel scene; a showcase of gilded glitz and...

Corinthia London
London, United Kingdom

In the heaving heart of London, it is an exceptional thing indeed to find a hotel that is...

WTM London 2024’s DEAI Summit:
From talk to tangible change in travel

WTM London 2024’s landmark DEAI Summit brought leading voices together to outline practical steps for a more inclusive travel industry, emphasising community engagement, accessibility, and authentic representation.

ME London
London, United Kingdom

The stunning ME London hotel successfully fuses avant-garde architecture and design with an equally contemporary – some would even...

L’oscar London
London, United Kingdom

A boutique bolthole with heaps of charm, L’oscar London has quickly risen to rank among the city’s most...

Pride in London 2024:
A proud week with OutThere

With LGBTQIA+ Pride being more important than ever, the Experientialist will join the revelry of Pride in London 2024. Here's how we'll be spending Pride week this year.

Wilde style
London, United Kingdom

London’s irrepressible bohemian spirit is once again asserting itself across a raft of raffishly flamboyant, recently opened hotels....

The Peninsula London:
First impressions

The Experientialist® joins the fanfare of opening day at London's newest luxury opening on Hyde Park Corner, The Peninsula London.

Shangri-La Hotel at the Shard
London, United Kingdom

We usually advise visitors to London to head for a suitably high vantage point to get their bearings....

Chateau Denmark
London, United Kingdom

There’s a luxury London hotel, hell-bent on hedonism… tucked away and almost hidden in plain sight in Soho,...

The Hari
London, United Kingdom

If you thought you had Belgravia all figured out, well, think again. The area, not rarely reduced to...

The Standard
London, United Kingdom

Within moments of checking into The Standard, London, we were in the open-air bathroom of our ‘King’s Terrace’...

Sea Containers
London, United Kingdom

Walking into the hull-inspired lobby at London’s Sea Containers, we couldn’t quite believe it’s been some seven years...

Brown’s Hotel:
A nut-cracking Christmas

If any one London hotel would know how to put on a spectacular show for the festive season,...

Henry’s Townhouse
London, United Kingdom

It’s rare to be able to take over an entire, historic London townhouse for a holiday in the...

Home House
London, United Kingdom

Home House has been a stalwart of the London members club scene for years, but look closer into...

The Lanesborough
London, United Kingdom

No place on earth has a higher density of five-star hotels than the British capital – and yet,...

The Mayfair Townhouse
London, United Kingdom

Half Moon Street, in Mayfair, London rose in notoriety (and high society) when Oscar Wilde set his “trivial...

Brown’s Hotel, a Rocco Forte Hotel
London, United Kingdom

It’s not unusual for London’s hospitality scene to play up its heritage, but as the oldest hotel in...

AIRE Ancient Baths London:
Golden grotto

If there’s one thing we know about the British capital, it’s that there’s no lack of luxurious spas....

The art of afternoon tea:
Cultural infusion

A while back, the Experientialist showcased a number of rather innovative and eyecatching London high-teas designed to woo...

Sholto Smith:
The London rebound

As London reawakens, we catch up with Sholto Smith, General Manager of the Great Scotland Yard Hotel, part...

Afternoon tea:
Brewing innovation

As luxury hotels in the UK gear up to reopen – and the future of international inbound travel...

Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park, London
London, United Kingdom

Like a phoenix rising from the flames (Londoners will know that we mean this quite literally, as the...

London hotel openings:
A touch of the Wilde

If there’s a resolve that has been proven time and time again, it is that you can’t contain...

The Goring
London, United Kingdom

Got banned from Buckingham Palace for being naughty? Check into the perfectly regal five-star Belgravia hotel right behind...

Treehouse London
London, United Kingdom

The Treehouse London is a contemporary hotel set among iconic, old buildings at the very heart of central...

Helmut Newton at Zebra One Gallery:
100 years in the making

In the world of fashion and portrait photography, Helmut Newton was a superstar. But beyond that, he was...

The Chesterfield Mayfair x Royal Philharmonic Orchestra:
Supper with strings

The Chesterfield Mayfair and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra collaborate on a beautiful supperclub event, to launch a series of...

The Chesterfield Mayfair
London, United Kingdom

The old-worldly, high-society club-like Chesterfield Mayfair hotel by Red Carnation Hotels is a time-travelling tardis, occupying three historical...

Sofitel London St James
London, United Kingdom

Following an imaginative and flamboyant 2019 renovation courtesy of Pierre-Yves Rochon, the Sofitel London St James invites guests...

The Biltmore Mayfair
London, United Kingdom

London’s Grosvenor Square, once a high-brow, American enclave, returns into British hands with the US embassy’s move. Fronting...

The Langham, London
London, United Kingdom

The Langham London is a landmark of Central London sophistication, set in a resplendent, old heritage building just...

Staycation at Shangri-La London:
Blue sky thinking

We had a sneak preview of some of the things Shangri-La London at the Shard is doing to...

The Cadogan, A Belmond Hotel
London, United Kingdom

Oscar Wilde once said, “I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.” Well, he’d...

The NoMad London:
The curtain rises

We’ve got some show-stopping news for fans of the British capital: London’s West End is preparing to welcome...

Zebra One Gallery:
A celebration of David Hockney

This time next week it’ll be David Hockney’s 83rd birthday, so how better to celebrate it than checking...

The Arts Club London:
A little perspective

Yes, everyone has got a podcast these days, but we are particularly hooked on The Art’s Club, London’s...

COMO Metropolitan
London, United Kingdom

You may or may not be old enough to remember the phenomenon that was Britpop – we were!...

onefinestay:
The stay after tomorrow

Maybe it’s due to the increasing popularity of staycations, or perhaps we just couldn’t bear the idea of...

The Academy London:
Just our cup of tea

Tea – and the culture of drinking it with bite-size morsels – is something Britain and China share....

ME London:
Wellness week

Feel like you need to detox after the holiday season? If like us, you’re based in London, we’ve...

The Londoner:
Iceberg ahead

Planning a trip to London to immerse yourself in the city’s underground theatre scene in 2021? You’re in...

Greg Lecoeur x Shangri-La :
Underwater love

It’ll come as no surprise that on a grey London day like today, the latest announcement by Shangri-La...

Hotel School:
The 101 of hospitality

We’re always on the look-out for ways to give back. That’s why, when we heard that Hotel School...

Rosewood London
London, United Kingdom

You don’t get much more central than the Holborn neighbourhood of London, a bustling district within easy reach of...