Ten top reasons why your guests should stay in a luxury apartment in London

Wednesday, 19 Nov, 2008 0

With Cheval Luxury Serviced Apartments, The Mole’s home in London for World Travel Market last week, offering a wide range of stunning apartment properties in great locations around London, recent research they conducted illustrates some very interesting and different reasons for visiting the UK capital city.

When some people think of holidaying in London they think of shopping, theatres and sightseeing and over the past year, but Cheval property Phoenix House [pictured right] has monitored the main motives for guest stays with over 1,400 of its guests. 

The reasons for stays include everything from recovering from plastic surgery to having a baby to students studying from overseas to high profile celebrities wishing to stay incognito, with the average stay at Phoenix House 15.6 nights.

The following chart outlines the “Top 10” reasons why guests stay at Phoenix House: 

32%     Business travel

22%     Leisure general

16%     Re-location from overseas

7%       House refurbishment – Guests moving out of their homes while they are            refurbished

7%       Students from abroad studying in London and parents   visiting during half term (especially from Hong Kong and Singapore)

7%       High-profile celebrities staying “incognito”

3%       Fashion and antique buying trips

3%       London events/exhibitions (Chelsea Flower Show, London Fashion Week)

2%       Having babies in London’s private hospitals

1%       Plastic surgery/hospital visits and recovery 

For visitors from Australia and New Zealand, Cheval Porpeties also offer the opportunity to have a base in London for their W European travels, avoiding the need to pack and repack every time they leave on a trip.

Phoenix House is part of the Cheval Group, London’s market leader in luxury serviced apartments, owning and operating six properties with 286 apartments across London.  

For further information, please visit www.chevalgroup.com and contact Cheval’s Australian representative Sarah Whitty on [email protected]

A Report by The Mole on location in London at World Travel Market



 

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