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Hotels visited include the vast meeting space of Novotel London West, located 5 minutes from Hammersmith Underground, the huge Ibis London Earls Court/Ilec Conference Centre with space for up to 1200 delegates, and the more chic Novotel Paddington.
Our tour continued to the recently refurbished & upgraded Pullman St. Pancras, with splendid views of London sights, to the Novotel Tower Bridge, with views over the Tower of London.
Going south of the river we headed to Novotel London City South, and the UK flagship Novotel London Blackfriars and poked our heads through the door of the flagship Ibis Blackfriars.
Our tour finished at the Sofitel St. James, which offered a beguiling mixture of French and traditional English styles in a former converted bank. Several of our agents also stopped by at the Mercure Windsor on the night prior to view this town-centre property.