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      The Stars Will Soon Be Out In London
      By Forbes Travel Guide Editor Hayley Bosch

      April 24, 2013

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      On April 25, we’ll unveil our first-ever London Star Award winners. Celebrating 55 years of rating and recommending the best in travel, Forbes Travel Guide hits another milestone: its first Star-Rated European city. And the British capital has proved to be one of the most luxurious destinations our inspectors have ever visited—only Hong Kong surpasses its number of Five-Star hotels.

      Just as they have since our founding as Mobil Travel Guide in 1958, our professional anonymous inspectors evaluate more than 500 service and facility standards to come up with an objective score for each location. Only a handful of hotels and spas exceed the standards to earn the prestigious Five-Star award — the highest service accolade in the industry — while Four-Star winners provide excellent overall experiences.

      After more than 80 nights spent in hotels and 30-plus hours in the spa, our incognito inspectors came up with London’s inaugural class of Forbes Travel Guide Four- and Five-Star winners. Be sure to come back tomorrow to see the full list of Forbes Travel Guide’s first-ever London Star Award winners. In the meantime, here are a few other fun facts about our inspectors’ time across the pond…

      24 Traditional English Breakfasts Eaten

      28 Days An Umbrella Was Used

      38 Drinks Tested At The Bar

      42 Cups Of Tea Consumed

      79 Black Cab Rides Taken

       

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      by Forbes Travel Guide Editor Hayley Bosch 

      About Forbes Travel Guide Editor Hayley Bosch

      Majoring in French and Italian in college yielded some of the best food (in my own humble opinion) and vacations (everyone wants to travel with someone who’s fluent) that I could imagine. And as a Content Editor at Forbes Travel Guide, I’m able to focus on my passion for traveling and eating — with a refined palate, of course. I love to write about my adventures; it’s a way of telling my story. I seek out everything from marathons in cities I’ve never explored to restaurants off the beaten path. When I’m not eating my way through my world travels, I’m chatting with our Tastemakers to help tell their stories of travel, food and business.

      View all posts by Forbes Travel Guide Editor Hayley Bosch

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