I stayed at the 4 star Pestana Chelsea Bridge Hotel for 2 nights in June 2010 on a complimentary basis arranged by lastminute.com.  The hotel opened recently and is located a few hundred metres from the Battersea side of Chelsea Bridge, opposite Battersea Park.  It takes around 20 minutes to walk to the hotel from [...]

I stayed at the 5 star Langham Hotel for one night in June 2010, on a complimentary basis arranged by the hotel recommendation engine site Gekko.  The hotel is located a 10 minute walk from Oxford Circus and a 15 minute walk from Regents Park.  The Langham was the first grand hotel to be built [...]

I stayed at the Umi Hotel London for 2 nights in June 2010, on a complimentary basis arranged by Gekko, the hotel recommendation engine which helps you find your ideal hotel.  The hotel is located in Bayswater in an attractive square opposite a garden.  It takes around 10 minutes to walk to the hotel from [...]

I stayed at the Busta House Hotel on the Shetland Islands for 2 nights in May 2010 during my McKinlay Kidd Shetland flydrive press trip.  The hotel is located on the west coast of the main island, close to Brae, overlooking Busta Voe (a narrow sea inlet). The hotel dates from the late 16th century [...]

I stayed at the Northern Lights Spa Guest House on the island of Bressay in the Shetland Islands for 2 nights in May 2010 during my McKinlay Kidd Shetland flydrive press trip.  Bressay is just across the water from Lerwick, the main city of the Shetland Islands, reached by a regular ferry service. I arrived [...]

All along western Norway you find quite a few old, old treasures, the old wooden hotels. Many of then are originally from a period long forgotten (or almost forgotten?) when British and other European travellers came to Norway to climb in the mountains, to hike in the nature.  These travellers were used to a certain [...]

I stayed for at the Travelodge Dundee Central for one night in May 2010. I paid £12 for the room, booking in the January sale. The building was originally a jute mill, so the rooms are different to standard purpose built Travelodge rooms. There’s a good sized free car park at the rear. I requested [...]

I stayed for three nights at the 4 star Radisson Blu Waterfront Jersey (Channel Islands) on a complimentary basis during my Nottingham/Jersey bmibaby sponsored trip in May 2010.  The hotel is on the St Helier waterfront at Elizabeth Marina and has a large car park which is free of charge for guests. It only takes [...]

I stayed for 2 nights at the 4 star Crowne Plaza Nottingham in May 2010 on a complimentary basis during my bmibaby.com sponsored Nottingham/Jersey trip.  The hotel is in a very central location, a couple of minutes walk from Old Market Square. Crowne Plaza Nottingham exterior I was allocated a club room on the 8th [...]

I stayed for 2 nights at the 4 star Hilton Leeds City in April 2010 on a complimentary basis. The hotel is close to the rail station, it takes less than five minutes to walk from the station to the hotel.  It also takes less than five minutes to walk to the canal basin at [...]