Posthouse Hotels in general

As you may know, Posthouse in 2001 were taken over by Six Continents Hotels(formerly Bass)and most have changed to Holiday Inn with a few into Crowne Plaza. Unfortunately, a few couldn't and have been sold to other groups. I went a few months after the aquisition and it was still a Posthouse(April 2002). It is now the Kensington Close Hotel which was what it was known as before it was a Posthouse in 1996. Anyway, the hotel was in the Posthouse porfolio style, you know, the contemporary style with leather chairs. This is the Holiday Inn portfolio now and I think will stay as it shows most of the room pictures in this style. Well, want to find out more... ...

When my parents told me they would be coming to London for a visit, I went on the web in search for a reasonably-priced hotel in central London. I found an offer on lastminute.com for a double room in the Posthouse Bloomsbury for £50/night. It was impressively rated 4 stars and was only a short stroll from Russell Square. Ideal, I thought. It was only until after they checked in that I went to see the hotel first in. Location was good- literally only 3 minutes or so from the tube station. The hotel lobby was marble floored and very cool. The air conditioning was pumped in and there were lots of people sitting on leather chairs in the lobby. Good sign, I ...

My luck with hotels is rather limited, to say the least. I have stayed in a considerable number of hotels over recent years, as my current role involves quite a bit of travelling around. This week’s location was London, so I was rather spoilt for choice – except I wasn’t, because it’s the middle of Summer and I only phoned up two days before I was due to go. In the end I opted for the hotel which was part of a multiple chain, and a booking into the Posthouse Premier in Bloomsbury was quickly confirmed. Upon arrival I was rather concerned to find that the hotel was situated directly opposite a low level block of council flats – the ...