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  • Wednesday, 4 June, 2025
    FT Globetrotter
    London’s most luxurious new hotels

    The hottest five-star addresses in the capital

    External shot of the upper levels of Park Hyatt London River Thames, a glass high-rise hotel with the river and cityscape behind it
  • Wednesday, 4 June, 2025
    FT GlobetrotterLondon’s most luxurious new hotels
    Goodbye, Vogue; hello, Mandarin Oriental Mayfair

    Glamour is back on the smart London square that until recently was home to Condé Nast HQ

    An external shot of Mandarin Oriental Mayfair: a large modern building with a geometric facade looming over 18th-century architecture. A black taxi and pedestrians animate the scene, which is framed by green leaves.
  • Wednesday, 4 June, 2025
    FT GlobetrotterLondon’s most luxurious new hotels
    Sleeper hit: Park Hyatt London River Thames

    As well as the US embassy, a luxury shopping complex and a new branch of the Northern line, Nine Elms is now home to the Hyatt’s flagship London outpost

    Detail of a suite at the Park Hyatt London River Thames, with a king-size bed, orange headboard and floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the river
  • Wednesday, 4 June, 2025
    FT GlobetrotterLondon’s most luxurious new hotels
    ‘Like stepping into Gwyneth Paltrow’s Montecito mansion’: London’s 1 Hotel Mayfair

    Southern California dreaming in an ultra-stylish and sustainability-focused counterpoint to the capital’s historic big-hitters

    The Skyline One Suite in 1 Hotel Mayfair, featuring a plush, light-coloured sectional sofa, a textured round coffee table, an abstract 3D artwork on the wall and a large window offering a view of a historic central London building
  • Thursday, 15 May, 2025
    FT GlobetrotterSport and the city: where to run, cycle, swim — and more — in London
    Laps of luxury: London’s best (and longest) hotel pools

    Whether you want to power along or be pampered, here’s where to get in the swim

    The pool at Park Hyatt London River Thames
  • Wednesday, 4 December, 2024
    FT GlobetrotterFT Globetrotter’s global etiquette guide
    The dos and don’ts at top London hotels

    The man at the helm of The Goring, the UK capital’s last family-run high-end stay, shares a surprisingly relaxed protocol . . . 

  • Tuesday, 25 April, 2023
    FT Globetrotter: the City of London’s hottest hotel openings

    The beating business heart of the UK capital has never been buzzier. We review the latest places to stay in and around the Square Mile

  • Tuesday, 25 April, 2023
    FT Globetrotter: the City of London’s hottest hotel openings
    Best of both worlds: One Hundred Shoreditch, London E1

    A hop from the City is a smart new minimalist space in one of the capital’s buzziest neighbourhoods

    Pink-cushioned seating surrounded by a wooden wall and two floor-to-ceiling windows looking out over the City of London at One Hundred Shoreditch
  • Tuesday, 25 April, 2023
    FT Globetrotter: the City of London’s hottest hotel openings
    A rare find: Lost Property hotel, St Paul’s

    The new kid on one of the most glorious blocks in the world manages to be sleekly moderne while fitting right in

  • Tuesday, 25 April, 2023
    FT Globetrotter: the City of London’s hottest hotel openings
    Sun Street Hotel: a cosy upscale getaway in London, EC2

    A five-star bolt-hole on the border of the City that’s packed with personality

    A metal-shaded bedside lamp on a table beside a bed, standing in front of a wood-panelled and brown floral papered wall in a guest room in Sun Street Hotel
  • Tuesday, 25 April, 2023
    FT Globetrotter: the City of London’s hottest hotel openings
    The lap of international luxury: Pan Pacific London

    The Singapore-based high-end hotel group’s UK debut offers a reassuringly soothing City stay

    The pool at Pan Pacific London
  • Thursday, 15 December, 2022
    FT GlobetrotterLondon’s most luxurious new hotels
    Battersea Power Station gets its first hotel

    Launched earlier this week, the art’otel gives guests sweeping views over London’s newly redeveloped cathedral of industry

    The roofdeck of the Battersea Powerstation which has four chimneys and an infinity pool
  • Monday, 21 November, 2022
    FT GlobetrotterGreener getaways
    The Fox at Oddington in Gloucestershire — a chichi country pub with rooms

    The latest outpost of the Bamford empire marries style and sustainability to great effect

    A bedroom in The Fox at Oddington
  • Tuesday, 18 October, 2022
    FT GlobetrotterTips from the top
    My London, by Clarendon Fine Art founder/CEO Helen Swaby

    The woman at the helm of the world-leading gallery group shares her favourite restaurants, spas and gardens in the capital

  • Tuesday, 20 September, 2022
    FT Globetrotter
    Five London hotels with eco ambitions

    Smart sustainable stays in the UK capital

    Greenery hanging from the roof of The Nest bar, with a view over London, at the Treehouse Hotel
  • Tuesday, 31 May, 2022
    FT GlobetrotterGreener getaways
    The Loch & The Tyne in Old Windsor — a country inn with five-star food

    Super-chef Adam Handling perfectly marries sustainability and luxury at his first venture outside London

    Deer grazing beneath trees in Windsor Great Park
  • Monday, 21 February, 2022
    FT GlobetrotterLondon’s most luxurious new hotels
    Pride and property: a very literary stay in central London

    A truth universally acknowledged: the Marylebone townhouse of Jane Austen’s brother Henry — restored to its Regency glamour and discreetly cushioned with 21st-century comforts — makes for an exquisite getaway

  • Monday, 31 January, 2022
    FT Globetrotter
    Pillow talk: the best ‘sleep programmes’ in London’s top hotels

    How one long-suffering insomniac’s quest for shut-eye led to pillow menus, temperature-controlled mattresses and a night inside an Antony Gormley sculpture

  • Monday, 15 November, 2021
    Travel
    Beaverbrook Town House and the story of Sloane Street

    A glamorous new hotel is part of a bid to reanimate one of London’s best-known thoroughfares

    The Drury Lane suite
  • Sunday, 26 September, 2021
    Travelista
    Four new hotels for a great city break

    Check in to LA, London, Paris and Boston

    The Newbury, Boston
  • Tuesday, 14 September, 2021
    FT Globetrotter
    Wilde at heart: a sybaritic 24-hour staycation in Mayfair, London

    The opening of an Oscar Wilde-inspired hotel prompted an FT writer to indulge in a (brief) home-city holiday — in the aesthete’s mecca that is the capital’s most elegant district

  • Tuesday, 1 June, 2021
    FT Globetrotter
    London’s loveliest small hotels: FT readers’ top tips

    We asked you for your favourite boutique places to stay in the UK capital. Your picks offer great British design, excellent service and perfect locations

  • Monday, 31 May, 2021
    FT Globetrotter
    Tales of the riverbank: a London staycation offers different perspectives of the Thames

    A city break in a historic houseboat on the water and a stay in a luxurious eyrie in the sky showcase the best of Tower Bridge and its environs

  • Monday, 24 May, 2021
    FT Globetrotter
    Tips from the top

    Cultural leaders share insider guides to their cities

  • Wednesday, 16 December, 2020
    HTSI
    The man behind the most spectacular makeover in Claridge’s history

    The landmark Mayfair hotel has dug 33m beneath Brook Street to create the most glamorous basement extension in the world, and added a rooftop supersuite for good measure. Paddy McKillen, who is in charge of the development, explains how they did it

    McKillen at the entrance to Claridge’s, which he says “is as important to London as Buckingham Palace”
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