Some of you may not be aware, but in celebration of their 80th birthday, the Leading Hotels of the World created a great special offer to celebrate it - rooms for $19.28 per night, on-sale for just 80 minutes - LHW/1928.

Trouble is they used technology from 1928 to manage demand.  At 14:00 CET on 01 October the rooms went on sale but no-one could actually log in due to such high demand.  Despite knowing how many registrations they had, somehow they didn’t manage to manage demand.

This was a real shame, given the great idea and sensational offer.

I stayed there last week for the first time in six years, and while the decor may have changed - purple carpets from beige in the rooms, The Met Bar from dark to light and the lobby completely re-engineered - the atmosphere and style has remained intact.  An instant hotel legend from the day it’s doors opened - assisted no doubt by The Met Bar and Nobu, both of which are still hot-spots of the London scene - the friendliness of the staff, comfort of the beds, atmosphere of the bar and its sheer coolness make this a hotel worth coming back too.