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Article: Where on earth? Hilton London Paddington; JUST THE JOB.
- Article from:
- The Evening Standard (London, England)
- Article date:
- April 22, 2002
- Author:
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Byline: JEAN ELGIE
Where?
146 Praed Street, London W2 1EE.
Tel: 020 7850 0500. Fax: 020 7850 0600. Website: www.paddington.hilton.com
Why?
Our rail network may be in terminal decline, but terminii hotels rise phoenix-like from the ashes.
The latest is the Hilton at Paddington, formerly the Great Western Royal Hotel, which has been beautifully refurbished to combine the golden age of steam (art deco details abound) with the age of instant communication (phone/fax lines, laptop safes, painless airline check-in/re-ticketing and just 15 minutes to Heathrow via Heathrow Express). A fitting monument to the regeneration of ...