London is the Party Capital

London firms are splashing out £100million on staff parties over just two nights as the capital celebrates the biggest party season of the year.

Hotels, restaurants, clubs and bars will be full to capacity tonight as around one million workers down tools to celebrate ahead of the Christmas break.

Analysts today revealed that London companies had sanctioned between £80million and £100million on two massive party nights, last night and tonight.

The figure is down slightly on last year, when £120million was spent over the Thursday and Friday nights before Christmas, with the fall blamed on the credit crunch.

Companies have swapped huge company bashes for smaller departmental events, as well as sharing venues with other firms to cut costs. Many firms are moving their annual bash to January to secure a better deal

Source: Mail Online

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An Unsusual stay!

In reference to an earlier blog I mentioned that I was given an unusual Christmas gift, a night in the Lowengraben Jail Hotel in Lucerne, Switzerland (Jail Hotel).  In fact it is the only jail hotel in Switzerland!

Below are a few pictures from our stay, not the most luxurious of hotels but quirky none the less!

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Room at the inn?

In a warm hearted gesture (or a cunning publicity ploy!) leading hoteliers Travelodge are offering up free rooms over the Christmas period to any married couples named Mary and Joseph.

Festive couples can spend a night in any Travelodge hotel from Christmas Eve to January 5th 2008, providing, couples are married and have identity to prove so.

All that is left to be seen is if Travelodge have enough spare rooms to cope with the extra business, and if not? There is always the old failsafe… the stable!

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