The annual shopping trip down to London, either pre Christmas to get presents or post Christmas to enjoy the January Sales meant a visit to a local travel agent who would make a small commission from coach or rail company and a London hotel for telephoning and making a booking for the shopping party.
While that is still the way some traditionalists may still proceed, the internet has transformed business for not only the hotels and agents but also the individual. The Hotels all have their own interactive websites showing images of the rooms and facilities, providing details of prices and any special offers and allowing an individual to contact them and book the required number of rooms.
It may be leaving the agents out in the cold but online booking hotels are finding a boost to their business and prospective guests are enjoying the experience of their own research. Guests can go through the whole process themselves without problem.
Research can be done by location and price. Certainly if a visit to London is specifically for shopping some proximity to Mayfair and Kensington may be a priority. Outside rush hours, distance in London on the Underground is hassle free and swift.
The exercise for the PA to a businessman needing to fly from overseas for a meeting has been made equally simple. London is a major commercial player, not just in financial terms but in commodities, stocks, insurance and general business. As such an important commercial centre, many international companies have bases in London necessitating a regular influx of visitors.
The decision on location for the businessman is slightly different. The City and Canary Wharf are two areas where the PA may be looking for rooms and online booking hotels can satisfy requirements perfectly well. A businessman who spends his or her life travelling the World needs to have facilities in the hotel to ensure good communications with headquarters and 24 hour service in case of time zone issues and the need for video calls. This is now part and parcel of hotels in the Capital. The businessman also needs the time and space to relax; heavy schedules can be wearing and international jet setting is not all it is cracked up to be with constant travel, delays and sitting around airport lounges all part of the facts of life. Anything a hotel can do to make a stay more comfortable it will certainly do because business expense budgets are an important income stream for the hotels in London, and indeed any major city.
The sports fan whose team qualifies for a big game in London with only a few weeks' notice now has the challenge of finding a room considerably eased by hotel websites and universal internet access. If dad is not au fait with the internet, his offspring will be experts so they can do everything for dad so that he can relax and dream about the fixture and whether his team can carry off the silverware.
To find out more about online booking hotels please go to http://www.theshaftesbury.co.uk/
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