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NEW: Hotels Index

With the credit crunch putting that Easter break in St Moritz on hold this year, Spear’s WMS offers the definitive guide to taking a chic holiday at home. We select London’s top 25 hotels, from the uber-trendy to the ultra-grand.

1. Sanderson

2. The Rookery

3. The Lanesborough

4. The Athenaeum

5. The Dorchester

6. The Connaught

7. St Martin's Lane

8. The Ritz

9. The Haymarket

10. The Stafford

11. Durley House

12. The Halkin

13. The Berkeley

14. The Goring

15. Blakes

16. Claridge's

17. Brown's

18. St James's Hotel

19. One Aldwych

20. Dukes

21. No. 11

22. The Baglioni

23. The Langham

24. The Hoxton

25. The Metropolitan

The Spear's Team
WCa William Cash
VC Venetia Clarke
WCo Wendy Coumantaros
LO Leonora Oldfield
OP O'ar Pali
JS Josh Spero
SWr Sophie Walker
EW Emma Wigan
SWo Stephanie Wollenberg

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