Hotel in Detail:
The Express has 104 well-appointed rooms, a main meeting room for up to 30 delegates and 4 smaller syndicate rooms.The guest rooms come equipped with a full range of modern amenities that include en-suite facilities with a power shower, cable TV with pay movies, coffee and tea maker, WIFI internet connection, direct dial phones with a modem point and voicemail, hairdryer, double glazed windows, individually controlled air-conditioning, hanging closet and work desk with lamp.
There is a daily maid service. Room configurations include singles, doubles and twins. All rooms are non-smoking. Six room have been adapted for accessibility.
The hotel has an onsite restaurant and a licensed bar with a lounge area.
The restaurant is located on the ground floor and as usual with this chain is named the Great Room. Here breakfast, lunch and dinner is served (dinner Monday through Friday from 18.00 till 22.00). The menu is varied with Indian Continental and European cuisine and there's a daily chefs special. Breakfast is a buffet where the choice includes fresh baked croissants, assorted Danish pastries, variety of cereals, freshly squeezed orange juice, yoghurts and fruit compotes and unlimited tea and coffee.
The fully licensed bar serves a range of drinks as well as coffee's and features a large screen plasma TV.
Other facilities include Safety boxes available at the 24 hour manned reception, Food and drinks vending machine, Dry-cleaning and laundry, fax, photocopying and internet facilities and access to computer and printing. The Holiday Inn Express Park Royal public spaces have WIFI internet access and also have the benefit of air-conditioning.
Business travellers are catered for with 2 meeting rooms that an handle up to 60 guests theatre style and benefit from the use of natural daylight and air-conditioning. Facilities on offer include blackout facilities, Dataport, stationery, TV and video recorder, Overhead projector, teleconferencing facilities, Flipchart, fax and copying facilities.
Hotel Vicinity:
Nearest: Tube Station: North Acton 88 yards (80 metres), Railway Station: Acton Main Line 0.6 miles (1 km), Motorway: M4 Junction 1 2.5 miles (4 km).The Express Park Royal is located just off the A40 Dual Carriageway (Western Avenue) which gives direct access to Heathrow Airport (10 miles) via the A312. On the edge of West London which means you can be in central London in around 15 minutes via the A40 dual carriageway. A good location for easy access into and out of London. The nearest tube station is just 2 minutes walk from the hotel. The ride into central London can be travelled in 15 minutes. Nearest attractions include Gunnersbury Park and museum (1.9 miles), Ealing Film Studios (2 miles), Hogarths House (2.4 miles), Wembley Stadium and Conference centre (2.5 miles), Chiswick House (2.7 miles) and Kew Gardens (2.8 miles).
Bedroom Numbers: 104 / 4 floors
Check-in: 14.00 (2 pm)
Check-out: 11.00 am
This hotel has averaged a score of 4.2 out of 5 by 5096 past guests
Booking. com (average customer rating 4.2 out of 5 from 3883 reviews)
>>>Tripadvisor (ranked 468 of 1162 for hotels in London and rated 4.1 out of 5 from 1213 reviews)
Parking:
Private parking is possible on site (reservation is not possible) and costs £20 per day.Internet:
WiFi is available in the rooms and is free of charge.Pets:
Pets are not allowed.More hotels from this chain
If your first option for an alternative is again the Holiday Inn Express chain take a look at these closest alternatives:
Holiday Inn Express Hammersmith: is 2.4 miles (3.9 km) away, has a guest satisfaction score of 80% and rates start from about £98.
Holiday Inn Express Ealing: is 3.0 miles (4.8 km) from here, earns a customer rating of 90%.
Holiday Inn Express Earl's Court: 3.6 miles (5.7 km), rated at 81% and with rates from around £84.
Holiday Inn Express Swiss Cottage: 3.8 miles (6.1 km), rated at 82%.
Compared to other London hotels: This hotel has been rated 84% by past guests. The London average is 80% and the average for 3 star hotels is 72%. Therefore this hotel is well above average for its sector (star rating) and for London as a whole. Holiday Inn Express Hotels across the chain average 79% so this hotel is one of the better rated Holiday Inn Express hotels.
Milesfaster ranking: 353rd from 853 London hotels, 4th of 30 Holiday Inn Express Hotels, and 70th of 315 three star rated hotels.
Another to Consider:
Also close by and a similar hotel (1.4 miles, 2.2 km) would be the 3 star Premier Inn Hanger Lane,
whose lowest rates start at about £57 and which has a 90% guest satisfaction rating.
Looking for lower base rates? Then another option might be the Travelodge Wembley High Road. 2.5 miles
away (4.0 km), has scored 80%
from former guests and whose lowest rates start at about £41. Fancy something highly rated by its guests? We think the 4 Star Chesterfield Mayfair Hotel could be a good choice, and some 4.9 miles (7.9 km) from this hotel. The Chesterfield Mayfair Hotel has an extremely high guest rating of 96%, one of the best rated London hotels.
Local hotels analysed:
The 51 nearest hotels around this area (Victoria Road, W3 postcode) which we have have on our website extend out to a 3.1 miles (4.9 km) radius. The numbers by star rating are 1 five star hotel (rated 88%), 24 four star hotels (average rating 78%), 23 three star hotels (average rating 78%) and 2 two star hotels (average rating 67%). Coming out as the top rated hotel are Travelodge Park Royal (3 star), the Premier Inn Hanger Lane (3 star), the Premier Inn Ealing (3 star) and the Holiday Inn Express Ealing (3 star) (all 4 are joint top with 90%).Base Rates: We compare area starting room rates by using base rates. Bear in mind we use the published base rates which do not reflect short term offers and deals. They do however give a decent relative comparison.
Of the 50 closest hotels analysed we have base rate data for 44 of them. Looking at all hotels in the area the average base rate is £89 per night. They range from a low of £36 at Travelodge Kew Bridge (3 Star, 80%) up to £258 at The Portobello Hotel (4 Star, 83%) and The Laslett (5 Star, 88%). Rates break down to the following for each star rating: Five Star average: £258, Four Star average: £92, Three Star average: £59 and Two Star average: £50.
Summary:
We rank hotels based on their guest rating but balanced for their influencing factors. We have ranked Holiday Inn Express Park Royal 19th (joint) of 50 nearby hotels and 8th (joint) for the 23 three star hotels in the area. Our ranking for sheer lowest base rates is 17th of 44 (14th of 20 three star hotels.). We calculate an overall ranking combining the rates and rating scores. This hotel ranks 11th of 44 for pure value for money (Travelodge Park Royal was top).