Trust me, I'm a jaded hotel guest (four nights a week, every week from April to December this year and quite a few more in the preceding six months) but first time here was good and compared with the (nice but jaded) Holiday Inn I've been staying in it really is amazing.

b.t.w. I got it wrong about the third floor. It isn't the whole floor that is renovated.

Also, my corporate account manager at the hotel tells me that the new club rooms will be finished in October.