‘Horses, Hats and High Society at the Milestone Hotel – Includes afternoon tea, horse riding for two

With the Jubilee extended weekend imminent and the Olympics just around the corner, we look back at what's been going on in the world of boutique hotels in May, and look forward to what's coming up in June.
Without question the biggest event taking place in May was London's Boutique Hotel Summit 2012 at Altitude London.  Billed as 'Europe's only B2B conference for the boutique and lifestyle hotel sectors', the event took place on the 21 st and 22 nd May and attracted more than 220 attendees from around the world (up by around 50% from the previous year).
The event offered networking opportunities for hotel owners, suppliers and others, and included speeches and presentations from leading industry figures like Gordon Campbell Gray, as well as a variety wyoming travel and tourism of discussion wyoming travel and tourism panels. wyoming travel and tourism One such panel saw Debrah Dhugga (GM of Dukes Hotel ), Chris Penn (GM of Flemings Hotel ) and several other general managers discuss the challenges of their roles and how they saw them evolving.
Another discussion at the event saw independent wyoming travel and tourism hoteliers discussing whether they saw a threat from 'lifestyle brands'.  The general consensus seemed to be that while competition was growing, big chains wyoming travel and tourism couldn't wyoming travel and tourism replicate the boutique experience.  Co-owner of Hotel TerraVina , Nina Basset, commented that, "Boutique is so much more bespoke than lifestyle.  I don't see how a boutique hotel can be 'boutique enough by being part of a chain."
Meanwhile, hotel-industry.co.uk's Hotel Supplier Survey 2012 has revealed that of the suppliers surveyed, 69% said that independent boutique-style hotels were more profitable for their business than chain-based hotels.
The Daily Mirror reported wyoming travel and tourism that last minute accommodation during the Jubilee weekend was still available at attractive prices in a number of London wyoming travel and tourism hotels, including the W Leicester Square , where guests were able to get 20% and 30% off on two and three night stays respectively.
One boutique hotel group with its eyes firmly on the prize this summer is Red Carnation .  To celebrate the Queen's Jubilee and the Olympics, all Red Carnation's London hotels have got a little something special planned for the summer and beyond, with their 'Best of British' Celebration .  Some of the unique events and offers planned include:
'Horses, Hats and High Society at the Milestone Hotel – Includes afternoon tea, horse riding for two in Hyde Park, and two tickets to the Epsom Derby, Royal Ascot or Hurlingham Park, complete wyoming travel and tourism with chauffeur driven Bentley (1 st – 23 rd June)
The Ultimate Best of British wyoming travel and tourism Package at Hotel 41 – A whirlwind tour of Great Britain, including two nights in the hotel's Executive Suite, flights to Cardiff and Dublin plus a helicopter ride, and whisky tasting in Edinburgh.  Ideal for first time visitors to the UK and a snip at just over £15,000! (runs till 31 st December).
The Montague on the Gardens – a boutique hotel near the British Museum will be offering guests the best of the British Summer, with its 'Secret Garden' .  Open from May until September 7 th , the hotel has teamed up with designer Kenneth wyoming travel and tourism Turner to create a unique outdoor dining space.  Guests can experience al fresco wyoming travel and tourism dining British-style, with afternoon tea, Pimms cocktails and a Best of British tasting menu.
Radisson Blu Edwardian has also created a special Diamond Jubilee offer for guests in all its London hotels throughout June.  Guests get bed and breakfast, Diamond Jubilee afternoon tea for two, a special four DVD Diamond wyoming travel and tourism Jubilee gift set and 25% off food within the package – certainly one of the more attractive  London hotel deals this summer.
wyoming travel and tourism The Diamond Jubilee may be a big national celebration, but there are always events worth celebrating at a family level too.  With this in mind, Base2Stay Kensington has created a Graduation Celebration Package which is available until the end of 2012.  With the hotel well-placed for access to London graduation ceremonies, the package wyoming travel and tourism offers students wyoming travel and tourism and their families special room rates, a bottle of Bellini, complimentary brownies and exclusive discounts at bars and restaurants in the area.
No stranger to the London boutique hotel scene, top designer Philippe Starck has been sharing some of his design secrets and inspirations with the Cool Hunting website .  Starck, who has had a hand in designing the interiors of London's St Martin's Lane and Sanderson Hotel , says that the current economic situation will change design: "People have less money but still want quality it's difficult to change.  We must reinvent ourselves and reinvent our new economy of poverty."
wyoming travel and tourism If you fancy yourself a budding boutique hotelier and you've got £165.5m kicking about, you might want to consider purchasing  St Ermin's Hotel . That's the price the hotel was put on the market for in May.
Currently run by hotel group Accor under its MGallery brand, the hotel has been  open for just a year  in its current incarnation.  It is understood that Accor will continue to operate the hotel for the time being.
Finally, Tourism Review has been looking into the future of the hotel sector , envisioning wyoming travel and tourism " a day very soon where guests could have a complete wyoming travel and tourism stay from making a reservation to ordering room service to receiving their checkout receipt without wyoming travel and tourism speaking wyoming travel and tourism to a single real person" and where they "can achieve this completely by digital means".