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Inside, the hotel's sleek reception and bar areas blend wood, metal, glass and stone. Its 85 bedrooms and suites are much larger than the London norm, and balance an original use of colour and pattern with calming fabrics and furniture. Sumptuous beds feature dramatic, oversized bedheads and ad...
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| Published in | Daily telegraph (London, England : 1969) |
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| Format | Newspaper Article |
| Language | English |
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London (UK)
Daily Telegraph
18.12.2004
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| Summary: | Inside, the hotel's sleek reception and bar areas blend wood, metal, glass and stone. Its 85 bedrooms and suites are much larger than the London norm, and balance an original use of colour and pattern with calming fabrics and furniture. Sumptuous beds feature dramatic, oversized bedheads and advanced but easy-to-use lighting. The combination of contemporary design and creature comfort will be familiar to anyone who has stayed at the Charlotte Street Hotel, the Covent Garden Hotel or any of the other properties in the Firmdale firmament, but here the chintz hardly gets a look in. |
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| ISSN: | 0307-1235 |