The Radisson Edwardian Show-round-athon

Sometimes when I am tired (and delirious) at home I knock on doors ‘hello…housekeeping’, old habits!

The athletic legend Danno & myself are taken on a handful of hotel show-rounds (maybe they should be called hotel-rounds? Would be easier).

Soooo soooo sooo it was with fantastic delight that last week Radisson Edwardian hotels took us on a show-round-athon YES! Six hotels in one big go go, and a slap up lunch at the end of it, wooohyes, it is days like this I am glad I didn’t become a fireman.

We started at the May Fair, we were wowed by the rooms, the suites, and the amazing decor throughout the hotel. We bowled over to Leicester Square for the Radisson Edwardian Hampshire, and the Radisson Edwadian Leicester Square. There was a big debate on which was the better of the two – the big traditional hotel in the phenomenal location (overlooking Leicester Square) with fab restaurant & cosy relaxing bar, or the petite & perfectly formed boutiquey (Radisson Edwardian) Leicester Square (my vote always on the petite & cutie!).

Then we had a great stroll through Seven Dials to the Mountbatten in a cracker of a little Covent Garden street. Over further to the Radisson Edwardian Kenilworth & the Radisson Edwardian Bloomsbury Street (that are literally next door to each other). The Bloomsbury Street is particularly fabulous and is an utter delight, it has recently had a major refurbishment and is easily a jewel in Radisson Edwardian’s fine crown. The lunch we had there after the show-round-athon, was a fantastic reward, the lamb I had was exceptional, I would happily have eaten that all over again right away (but that’s just me), I was stunned Danno didn’t have a steak (I thought that’s all he had).

So, a million cheers to Radisson Edwardian – that’s definitely the way we like to see our hotels – loads in one day! brilliant guys.

Literary Legends of Beautiful Bloomsbury

If you’re like me then just strolling down Bloomsbury makes you feel clever. The streets are literally immersed in literary gold, and as for the hotels, well they’re all claiming to have been the home of Charles Dickens’s dog for a day or two.

Howwwwwever, those clever bods at the Radisson Edwardian Bloomsbury Street are the real deal, not only was this hotel the former home to literary legends Virginia Woolf and E.M Forster, but each month they focus on a particular book, and faster than you can say e=mc2, they give the guests the book complimentary!

In April – The Knife of never letting go, written by Patrick Ness and published by Walkers Books, is their titan tome.

In May - The Surprising Life of Constance Spry, written by Sue Shepherd and published by Pan Macmillan, another riveting read.

In June – The Life & times of Martin Kleinman, an insight into Destination Management by M. Onkey