Stafford London Now a Kempinski Hotel

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Feb 10, 2010 | 6:36 am

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Stafford London Now a Kempinski Hotel

This re-flagging follows on the purchase of the hotel by a Egyptian family last year:

http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/20...he_Standard_Up

http://www.realestatechannel.com/int...stein-1402.php

Feb 10, 2010 | 6:52 am

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This re-flagging follows on the purchase of the hotel by a Egyptian family last year:

http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/20...he_Standard_Up

http://www.realestatechannel.com/int...stein-1402.php

I expect Mr Harper will continue to rave about it, though. I never did get this hotel - truly awful food.

Feb 10, 2010 | 10:50 am

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I expect Mr Harper will continue to rave about it, though. I never did get this hotel - truly awful food.

+1: I also never really "got" this hotel- and to be consistently the best by Sr. Harper- well I wondered?

Feb 10, 2010 | 10:58 am

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Likewise ... the rooms in the main building are small and dated, and the place feels like a fire trap. (I did like the Mews).

Feb 10, 2010 | 11:18 am

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Likewise ... the rooms in the main building are small and dated, and the place feels like a fire trap. (I did like the Mews).

Yes, I liked the Mews, too, although I preferred the old style Mews to the new accommodation across the way, which was a bit too full of furniture. The main 'house' though was awful, apart from the extended American Bar.

I cannot imagine Kempinski running this place - it is a very weird choice. Hopefully they will encourage the new owners to spend a few zillions making it habitable.

It looks to me as though the El-Sharkawy family are the same people who own The Ritz-Carlton Sharm El Sheikh, which is a frightful resort. They used to have the family's travel agent desk in the lobby.......

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