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NEWS: NEWS: New London Hilton hotel open, BA back to T3 – full list of planned flights & Malaysia’s Langkawi to reopen

  • 27/10/2021
  • Michele

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  • New London Hilton property open
  • British Airways to move back to Heathrow’s Terminal 3
  • Malaysia to reopen tourist island Langkawi

New London Hilton property open

Hilton last week opened its latest London hotel, Canopy by Hilton London City, the UK’s first Canopy by Hilton hotel.  It’s set within the multi-million-pound Minories development close to Aldgate station.

The hotel’s interior design reflects the area’s historic textile industry.  Inspired by the Huguenot silk weavers who settled in Spitalfields in the 17th century, the guest rooms and dining spaces feature floral patterns and woven fabrics reminiscent of the techniques employed by the Huguenots.  In celebration of Whitechapel’s contemporary arts scene, artwork created by neighbourhood artists adorns the public spaces throughout the hotel.

Local inspiration continues throughout the hotel’s dining outlets.  East End-inspired dishes made with local, sustainable ingredients are served at the hotel’s specialty restaurant Penny Squares, which takes its design inspiration from the quilting technique popular in the textile industry.  Meanwhile, Freedom Café, named after Freedom Press Publishing House in Whitechapel High Street, provides the perfect place to relax with a craft coffee or East End-inspired cocktail.  Guests can also enjoy daily tastings at Freedom Café, featuring appetisers and drinks from local distilleries, craft brewers, and wineries.

A must-visit, the hotel’s stunning rooftop terrace Florattica, due to open early next year, boasts views of St Paul’s Cathedral and the City of London, serving small plates and a selection of drinks against the city backdrop.

I will be visiting the hotel next month so I will write a full review then. Rates start at around £229 a night which is reasonable for the area. Prices are back to pre-pandemic in most areas of London, although near the city there are still a few bargains to be had. You can check prices and availability here.

 

British Airways to move back to Heathrow’s Terminal 3

Terminal 3 Heathrow
Terminal 3 Heathrow

British Airways has announced that they will resume services from Terminal 3 from 9 November in just over two weeks’

time. I’m guessing it’s not a coincidence that it’s the day after the US reopens. Qatar are also still situated in Terminal 5 which will use up room and with Terminal 4 being dedicated to red lost arrivals, I can’t see that changing imminently.

Sadly Terminal 3 is not the great place that it once was for a lounge crawl. The two best lounges are still shut – Qantas and Cathay Pacific. I would expect the Cathay Pacific one to reopen as Australia does, so hopefully by December or the new year. I doubt Cathay are likely to until Hong Kong opens up. The British Airways Galleries Club Lounge is open. If you have an Amex Platinum, there is also the brand new Centurion lounge to check out. 

Here are the routes that will move immediately:

  • Algiers
  • Barcelona
  • Bologna
  • Budapest
  • Gibraltar
  • Hanover
  • Krakow
  • Marseille
  • Prague
  • Pisa
  • Sofia (only for winter 21)
  • Seville only for winter 21)
  • Tirana
  • Vienna
  • Zagreb

Then in 2022 there will be more routes there for the summer timetable:

  • Bari
  • Billund
  • Faro (only some Faro flights – that’s going to confuse people!)
  • Lbjuliana
  • Naples
  • Porto
  • Pula

HT: To fly, to travel

 

Malaysia to reopen tourist island Langkawi

The Datai, Langkawi
The Datai, Langkawi

In more good news as the world returns to normal, Malaysia announced that Langkawi will be able to welcome international tourists from all countries again starting from 15 November 2021. This will be a pilot project similar to those run by Thailand and will last for 3 months.

Here’s what you need to know about visiting:

  • You must be fully vaccinated
  • Individuals who are below 18 years of age must be accompanied by fully vaccinated guardians. 
  • There’s no quarantine.
  • Only “high yield” visitors are allowed but I’m guessing that all TLFL’s readers qualify
  • Minimum stay is 3 days
  • PCR test at least 72 hours before departure is required
  • Those who are flying to Langkawi via transit at Kuala Lumpur will have to undergo Rapid Testing at the airport.
  • Everyone else will have to prebook a PCR test on day two. If your stay in Langkawi exceeds five days, you will need another PCR test on day five. Costs for tests are around £50-90.
  • You must have insurance with a minimum coverage of US$80,000 which I would hope that most people would have anyway if they have a worldwide policy. You’d barely get a stubbed toe looked at in the US for that!
  • The final hurdle is that you have to book with a specialist agent which you can find here. This for me would put me off with having to find an agency and communicate with one in Langkawi versus just booking online or using a trusted travel agent. 

Thanks to reader Scott for the information. 

 

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  1. Mark Wilkins says:
    28/10/2021 at 7:26 am

    How annoying! I have a March trip to Krakow. Not only do I prefer T5 but now my pre booked Heathrow Official short stay car park that was paid for ages ago will have to cancelled and rescheduled for T3, and at this moment in time over £40 more expensive!

    1. Michele says:
      28/10/2021 at 9:57 am

      Though you could always just hope on the Heathrow Express for free to get to T3?

  2. Richard Hague says:
    28/10/2021 at 9:02 am

    Hi Michelle

    Good to hear about more openings. What is your view/intel on the Hong Kong situation? We have flights in BA first for end Feb – plan was a few days there then onto Thailand. It doesnt appear to be possible to do it in transit as the BA flights gets in after the last Cathay has left to Phuket and they also wouldn’t book it on one ticket. The vibes i am getting is HK unlikely to open any time soon without a crazy quarantine period ao am considering cancelling and looking at somewhere else? What are your thoughts? Hang on for a little while or accept its going to be very unlikely?

    1. Michele says:
      28/10/2021 at 9:56 am

      I think that you are correct in that it doesn’t look great for Hong Kong. I’d leave it a little longer if you can given that the rest of the world is now opening up it could cause a change in strategy for HKG. I have a trip booked in May and I’m not very certain about that!

  3. Simon says:
    28/10/2021 at 2:37 pm

    Do you know what BA plans for Turin in late March? They were going to switch LHR to LGW but now nothing is on sale.

    1. Michele says:
      28/10/2021 at 11:02 pm

      Sorry that’s not one I have any intel on. There are a few routes that seem to have disappeared in the back and forth between the airports. Since the whole Gatwick start date is not finalised yet and there’s a lot of red tape to go through I’d expect it to be some time before we get the full picture of what’s going to happen on short haul next summer.

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