Lastminute.com - Top Secret Hotels REVEALED (London ONLY)

Blueivy

I have searched the Internet for these hotels.. I really need to know fast ))

Thanks for fast respond!

About Hotel Located near lovely Hyde Park
Located near leafy Hyde Park, this modern 4-star hotel is ideally located for staying in central London. Features include free wifi in public areas, room service and a restaurant and bar. Get on a boat tour, starting at nearby Little Venice.

About 4-star Hotel near Leafy Regent’s Park
This 4-star hotel in the heart of the city is just a short walk from Regent’s Park and the buzz of Oxford Street’s shops and the West End. The hotel has a restaurant, bar and 24-hour reception. While smart en-suite rooms come with air conditioning, satellite TV and tea and coffee making facilities.

About Fantastic Georgian Gem in Bloomsbury
This beautiful hotel offers fantastic guest rooms, designed with all the facilities to ensure you a relaxing and pleasant stay in London. Perfectly located with easy access to the city's main attractions.

About Beautiful Georgian hotel in Bloomsbury
This hotel is the ideal place to stay for business and leisure trips due to its central location close to all the famous attractions that this cosmopolitan city has to offer. All the rooms are equipped with a private bathroom and television.

GaryAC22

Is there an easier way of filtering the un-revealed 5*s

Awesome thread by the way!!

GaryAC22

5-star luxury hotel in may fair

This elegant luxury hotel is situated in one of central London’s most fashionable and desirable districts, two traits that are reflected in the venue. Contemporary surroundings and first-class service can be expected as you enjoy the fine dining restaurant, bar, spa, and gym. Both rooms and suites are available, each including high-speed wi-fi, a flatscreen TV and iPod docking station. It’s no surprise this sophisticated venue is a TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence winner.

Hotel Amenities
24 hour security
Air Conditioning
Banqueting facilities *
Casino
City tours*
Currency Exchange
Dry cleaning*
Elevator/Lift
Express check-out
Free newspaper
Laundry*
Limousine Service*
Luggage room
Night Porter
Porter
Reception (24 hours)
Spa treatments*
Theatre reservations*
Valet laundry*
Valet parking*
Well-being massage*
Wellness area*
Wi Fi
Cyber corners with free Internet 24 hrs
24 hour concierge
iPOD and iPhone adapter
Gay Friendly

Barpeeler

bethany.woolley wrote: »

Hello,

Not sure if this has already been revealed but could someone help with this?

About Elegant hotel in fashionable Kensington
This modern, 4-star hotel is located in vibrant Kensington and just minutes away from shopping centres, famous museums and parks, and well connected via public transport. Sip a signature cocktail in the contemporary bar or enjoy the wide selection of British dishes at the restaurant. The air conditioned rooms include satellite TV and large workspaces.

Booked this today and can confirm it is:

The Hilton London Olympia
380 Kensington high St
W14 8NL

darius1000

Hi, someone pls do help me with the description below!

Phenomenal Discounts for the West End
This four-star hotel boasts a West End location right on Oxford Street close to the famous Park Lane and features restaurants, three bars and a complimentary gym. Sleek modern design and all the latest technology including complimentary superfast wifi.

dab1009dab

Could somebody please help reveal this hotel, tried to look but can't find it-
This four-star hotel boasts a West End location right on Oxford Street close to the famous Park Lane and features restaurants, three bars and a complimentary gym. Sleek modern design and all the latest technology including complimentary superfast wifi.

sarahsut1

Can anyone shed any light on which hotel this refers to, seems quite cheap for Kensington!

Thanks in advance

markomarkovic

Hello all,

I posted a while ago about I method I found to easily unmask the hotels. I'm not sure it's the wisest thing to post it here in the open, but in any case I got a lot of messages about it so it's easier to put it here then reply to everyone. If Lastminute update there system c'est la vie, I'll find another way.... In any case, though sometimes the discounts are actually great (I saw like a 150 pound a night difference between the secret method and booking), many of them are really small discounts, or even more expensive. I think it's really underhanded of Lastminute to do this, but whatever...

It exploits a feed that the lastminute page pulls in from Tripadvisor - specifically, the number of reviews that that hotel has had on Tripadvisor (NB: ignore the rating itself: specifically, we are interested in the _number of reviews_). Every secret hotel is given a number of reviews, and with that number, we can link it to the real hotel on Tripadvisor.

Let's begin. We'll use London as our test city naturally. Open two tabs - one being the Lastminute page with the secret hotels, and set a date in the distant future to ensure that you'll get the max number of results. Click search and you'll be shown the familiar list of secret hotels.

...just click 'Top Secret hotels only' on the left to get only secret results.

The second tab needs to be the Tripadvisor site. Open tripadvisor.co.uk and search for hotels in London on the same dates.

...now, click the link next to the main title 'London Hotels' on tripadvisor that says 'map view'. A pop-up map will overlay itself on the page, with all the hotels in London.

...now we're ready to start. Let's go by rote through the list of secret hotels. Let's take the very first result:

Chic 5-star hotel, close to trendy Shoreditch

...click the result. We're interested in only two things: the star rating, and the number of tripadvisor reviews. In this case, it's a five star hotel, with 223 reviews.

...now, switch the Tripadvisor tab. Click the 'Filters' button, 'hotel class', and select 5 stars. This will only show 5 star hotels, so we don't get bogged down with loads of results. Click the 'List of Hotels' button at the top of the menu. Zoom into the rough area where you know the hotel is - in this case, Shoreditch. Somewhere, within these few results, is our hotel. You might be able to guess that you could find the hotel by hovering over each result (in the region that you know where it is) and matching. However, this won't do.

Simply press CTRL + F (on macs: Command + F) to search on the page. Let's search for the number of reviews: 223. No results! What do we do now? Well, the number may have changed, so we try one more: 224. Bingo, there's the hotel highlighted on the left in the dropdown:

M by Montcalm Shoreditch London Tech City
151-157 City Road | Shoreditch

...conveniently, I can click on the link to Booking to see the hotel, and I find out the price is just 14 pounds cheaper through Lastminute. Barely worth it...

...I hope you see the logic now. The set up takes 2 minutes, and the results take seconds. You need to be creative sometimes, as reviews get deleted/added before Lastminute has a chance to update, but mostly it's very straight forward.

NB: sometimes (v rarely), and for a reason I do not know, Lastminute does _not_ port the number of reviews through. Out of the 33 current secret hotels, only 2 do not have numbers. Very hard to find these... though I may find a way.

NBB: when searching for 4-digit reviews, be sure to include the comma ie 1,379

NBBB: if you have trouble finding the hotel, move the map around a bit in the area. Sometime you need to refresh the results for your hotel to come through.

As a leaving gift, here are some reveals.

Boutique Hotel in Leicester Square
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Dorset Square Hotel
39-40 Dorset Square |


Affordable 3-star hotel near Brick Lane
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City Hotel
12-20 Osborn St, London E1


Boutique 4-star hotel near Hyde Park
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Arbor Hyde Park Hotel
36-37 Lancaster Gate, Lond


Stunning Design Hotel minutes from the London Eye
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H10 London Waterloo
284 to 302 Waterloo Road, L



Boutique hotel close to London’s top attractions
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Crowne Plaza London Kensington
100 Cromwell Road | Kensin


...any questions/comments/suggestions, I'm here to help.


Marko

Torino23

Can anyone help with the below hotel?

Modern 4-star hotel near Fulham Broadway Station
- This modern 4-star hotel sits in the trendy West End, a short walk from Fulham Broadway Tube Station and close to Chelsea Football Club. The hotel has three restaurants, a sports bar and lounge, 24-hour room service, and free wifi throughout. Each modern room features a satellite TV, tea and coffee making facilities, and an en-suite marble bathroom.

Torino23

Also this one?

Fantastic Rates in Stylish Kensington
- This 4-star hotel sits in the heart of Kensington, a short walk from Gloucester Road tube station. Exclusive Knightsbridge, Harrods and The Royal Albert Hall are all reachable on foot. The en-suite rooms come with air conditioning, LCD TV and tea and coffee making facilities. Guests can make free use of the on-site fitness centre and enjoy a buffet breakfast and an a la carte dinner menu at the restaurant.