Remember June 1st?!

I know it is a while back now, but the events of June 1st are still very close to our hearts at the london hotel experts, and we’re still reeling from all the great feedback & interaction we had from our lovely hotel partners back on the day.

For the Big London Hotels Run day, today our friends at Travelocity our letting our American cousins in on the info by publishing a report of our London Run day, yeeeehhaaaa (they may say).

And for the Amsterdam Hotels Cycle day, we’ve just received the video… enjoy bicycle, biiiiicycle, biiiiiiicycle….

The Big London Hotels Run – The Video

Ahhhh we did it! We really did! For the full report go to this link

and for the video…..

If you cannot view the below, click here for the youtube link…

Whilst you are reading this!

I knew this day would come quicker than we’d imagined. I remember when we sat down and planned what we were going to do, thinking that it was literally a million years away, and here it is.

Whilst you are reading this myself, and the legendary Dan Evans are running 40 miles, passing over 300 London Hotels, all in one day. We’ve raised over £3400 for NSPCC, we have over 20 hoteliers joining us on the run, over 10 lastminue.com staff joining us also – including some of the most senior guys at lastminute.com.

Myself & Dan currently are in a bizarre mix of both excitement and sheer sheer terror, yet, whatever happens today, we’ll have fun, we are the first people/nutters to ever do this kind of event, and we are mighty proud, and the fact that we’ve raised a great amount for charity in the mix, well, it’s all good – maybe, just maybe, it will be an annual event!

So, if you’re reading this on June 1st, please give us a cheer n’ a wave (itinerary below), and if you’re one of the many that have already supported/sponsored/ shown the love, huge huge huge thanks. This is the kind of thing that reminds us all that sometimes we can make a difference, we can do more than just sit at our desks each day, life is short people, let’s do everything we can to make it a great one. Ok! that’s it from me. The next time you hear from me will be with the full report blow by blow on how June 1st actually played out. Peace.

All London needs is love, love, love

Tip of the day: listen to the beatles ‘all you need is love’ first thing in the morning, or maybe on the stroll to the station, you cannot help but be a smidge inspired at day break by this entirely positive missive, look trust me ok, what do you mean I haven’t slept a lot recently? Now look here…

So, there I was strolling to work this morning, the fab four sending out the vibes, the sun shining, a water main burst with kids playing in it (no, wait), anyway, I was feeling the love alright. I was thinking about certain hotel/hoteliers and how over the last few years some great moments, and heck hellfire I am gonna say it, I’ve made some great hotel friends along the way (you know who you are), and it just makes this job allll the better, loving you guys (some truly have a special place in my heart (ok stop now) !!

So, as we’ve got this mega-ultra-run coming up this Tuesday (oh dear lord) and with various hoteliers getting involved, sponsoring us hhhugggeee, supporting us on the day, the word of the day is definitely “overwhelming-ness” (yes, it is a word). Aside from the 300+ hotels we shall be passing, the little summary-ette of events is as follows….

7.30am
 Start 40 mile run at lastminute.com offices 39 Victoria Street
 
8.20am
 Barry from Grange Hotels joins the run at Grange St Pauls
 
8.55am
 10 staff from the Andaz Liverpool St join the run for a few miles thru the city rush hour
 
9am
 Julian (GM from Threadneedles) joins the run
 
9.55am
 Rad Ed Bloomsbury St STOP to eat bananas/snack provided by the hotel
 
10.30am
 Rad Ed Hampshire (Leicester Square) STOP for POWER BREAK provided by the hotel
 
11am
 10 lastminute.com runners (including our Vice President) join the run at Hol Inn Mayfair
 
11.10am
 Hilton Park Lane provides outdoor massage in front of the hotel & water for the runners
 
11.20am
 Grosvenor House provides ice cream for all & meet Rebecca from NSPCC
 
11.35am
 Rad Ed Berkshire (meet Patricia) end of Mini-Mayfair-Marathon for 10 lastminute.com runners
 
12.05pm
 Joseph from Dorset Square joins the run
 
12.15pm
 Agnes & Simone from Rad Blu Portman Square join the run
 
12.55pm
 26 mile mark at the BW Paddington Court
 
2.20pm
 Stop at Marriott Kensington for POWER BREAK and chocolate strawberries
 
4.10pm
 Mini reception greeting at Rubens
 
5ish!
 Finish at lastminute.com office, 39 Victoria St

For the FULL ITINERARY click here
 
Wow! If/when we survive, naturally, you’ll be reading/viewing our post-run report.
So, that’s allll to be said on the run up (ahem) to our run. We’ve raised well over £3000, we’ve got the participation & support of our closest London hotel partners, we’ve auctioned off a money could not buy package, we’ve trained hard, Team Amsterdam are doing a similar event, we’ve spent a lot of time organising (spare a thought for Saskia & Gemma who will be filming/photo-ing the day) and there’s a lot of love here people.

We’ll see you on June 1st
Peace & love, love, lovvvveeeeee