Holiday Inn Kensington Forum

Introduction: Both the leisure traveller and business traveller will find the Holiday Inn Kensington Forum well located. The hotel is actually on the busy A4 dual carriageway which is the main commuter route into and out of London, and connects directly with the M4 motorway and Heathrow Airport. Situated in an area that makes the start of central London. To the West is Earls Court Exhibition centre (0.6 miles) and an area popular with budget and tourist class hotels. West London's other major exhibition centre at Olympia is just 1 mile from here to the North West. To the East are upmarket areas such as Kensington, Knightsbridge, Chelsea and Belgravia. Half a mile to the North is the wide open park areas of Kensington gardens and Hyde Park. You could easily spend a whole day in these parks which are full of things to do and see, such as the Princess Diana memorial fountain and boating on the Lake Serpentine on good weather days. Excellent upmarket shopping is to be found along Kensington High Street (0.5 miles) and the Kings Road Chelsea (0.8 miles) with the world famous Harrods department store 1 mile away in Knightsbridge. Other nearby attractions include the Natural History Museum (0.4 miles), Science Museum (0.5 miles), Royal Albert Hall (0.6 miles), Linley Sambourne House (0.6 miles), Kensington Palace (0.6 miles), Albert memorial (0.7 miles) and Leighton house museum (0.9 miles). Buckingham Palace, official residence of the British monarchy, is less than 2 miles from this location.
Hotel:
The Holiday Inn Kensington Forum is a large, modern 4 star hotel in a prime location and is the largest Holiday Inn branded hotel in the world.. The hotel has 906 rooms on 27 floors, 73 of which are executive, and many with incredible views over London. The hotel can claim to have one of the largest lobby's of any hotel in London as well as being the largest Holiday Inn in the world. The hotel lifts are guest-key operated giving an added level of internal security. The top (27th) floor has an alcove giving some fantastic views over London.
Each of the bedrooms have a private bathroom, Individually Controlled Air Conditioning, Remote control cable TV with pay movies, Direct dial telephone with Voicemail, Dataport , Sony PlayStation, Mini fridge, Tea and coffee making facilities, opening double glazed windows, iron and ironing board, Separate Hanging Closet, Trouser Press, Work Desk with Lamp, WorldLink - Power and Phone/Internet Connector  and hairdryer. Bedrooms have a pillow menu. Each room has a dialup modem connection and many of the rooms also have high speed internet access. You can also link to the High speed internet access via the business centre or the WIFI in the lobby area (charges apply). Room configurations include doubles, twins, executive rooms and king sized beds. There are 8 accessible bedrooms, one of which has a Ceiling Track Hoist. Room service is provided 24 hours daily which includes a children's menu.
Dining:
There are three restaurant / bars.
The Consortia, contemporary and modern in style with a fresh feel and look is located in the Lobby area on the ground floor. In the upper area of the restaurant an international menu and modern European cuisine is served, just the place for a three-course dinner. Breakfast weekdays 07.00 till 10.30. Weekends Closed for Breakfast. Lunch and Dinner 11.00 till 22:30.
In the lounge and the lower section of the restaurant, a smaller menu is served, including sandwiches and English tea. Breakfast weekdays 7 till 10:30. Weekends 08.00 till 22:30.
The Cromwell Tavern Bar and Restaurant on the ground floor is a popular meeting place and serves a wide range of real ales, draught beers, wines and cocktails in a Victorian pub atmosphere with Live sports events on screen. The bar is open Monday to Saturday 11am to 11pm and Sunday 12pm to 10:30pm and until 2 am for hotel guests. The restaurant is open for dinner only between 18.00 and 21.30.
The Forum Room with its 250 seat capacity is located on the first floor and serves breakfast. A choice of Continental, full English and Japanese breakfast is offered.  Open weekdays 06.00 till 10.00, weekends and Bank Holidays 06.30 till 10:30.
More:
Onsite the Holiday Inn Kensington hotel has has its own high tech 24hr gym which is free to guests. Here facilities include self driven cycle machines, Stairclimbers, treadmills, rower and resistance machines.
The hotel offers ten purpose-built conference and banqueting rooms, with 60 to 300 square metres of air-conditioned, flexible meeting space. All rooms feature air-conditioning, high speed internet access and natural daylight with the largest room accommodating up to 300 guests reception style. Supplied facilities include Flip Chart and Markers, LCD Projector, Lectern, Modem, lines, Overhead Projector and VCR. There is an unlimited supply of starbucks coffee.
WIFI internet connectivity is available in the hotel lobby area and there is also a dedicated business centre with computers and internet access as well as fax and printing services.
Hotel services include a Cash Machine onsite, a Concierge available, Dry Cleaning Pickup and Laundry, Florist, Currency Exchange, Gift Shop, vending machines and shoe shine. The front reception desk provides safety deposit box facilities.
All public areas of the hotel are fully air-conditioned.

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Please note: There are were hotels containing the name Holiday Inn Kensington and both  on the Cromwell Road prior to April 2009. If you are looking for a different hotel you thought was called the Holiday Inn Kensington then the hotel you want is the: Crowne Plaza Kensington
Parking: 76 spaces onsite. charges apply.
Room Numbers: 906 / 27 floors
Check-in: 14.00 (2 pm)
Check-out: 12.00 noon

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Comment:
Originally called the London Penta Hotel and first opened in 1973.
The Holiday Inn Kensington Forum has was completely refurbished in 2003 at a cost of £26 million pound.
Comment: In January 2010 the Holiday Inn Kensington piloted a human bed warming service.
In January 2007 the hotel was among the first businesses in London to take ownership of office recycling boxes (designed to be used inside rather than outside) to help lead the way in recycling and waste management.