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the ISSUE 16 CONCIERGEnewsletter IN LONDON ● WHERE LONDON ● LONDON PLANNER ● BRITAIN PLANNER ● WHERE LONDON MAP IN LONDON – ARABIC EDITION ● WHERE LONDON – RUSSIAN EDITION ● WHERETRAVELER.COM MORRIS GOLDEN KEYS CONCIERGE AWARDS 2009 1 THE WINNERS: CONCIERGE OF THE YEAR: LONDON MEMBER Winner: Toru Machida, London Marriott West India Quay Runners-up: Richard Price, Jumeirah Carlton Tower; Ben Malpass, The Cavendish Hotel Sponsored by Visit London and presented by 2 3 Concierges and MVP clients Martine Ainsworth-Wells, Marketing Director celebrated in great style at the Morris Golden Keys Concierge Awards 2009 CONCIERGE in October last year. Starwood Hotels OF THE YEAR: & Resorts’ stunningly beautiful Art OUT OF Deco Ballroom at The Park Lane TOWN Hotel provided the spectacular MEMBER backdrop to this prestigious event. Winner: Over 400 guests were treated to a Dean Maddison, Champagne reception and dined on Jesmond Dene a mouthwatering selection of tasting 4 House Hotel, dishes and canapés courtesy of Newcastle chefs from across Starwood Hotels & Runner-up: Resorts’ four London hotels. Ben Lake, The The menu featured highlights of Macdonald Randolph Hotel, Oxford seafood from One-O-One at The Sponsored by Global Refund and presented by Sheraton Park Tower, a Luxury Richard Brown, Sales Manager 1. The spectacular Ballroom. 2. Top chef, Pascal Proyart at work. Collection Hotel (Head Chef – 3. Canapés with a smile! 4. SWAY band in action. 5. William S. Morris III, Pascal Proyart); Italian from Citrus SERVICE THROUGH FRIENDSHIP AWARD Chairman & CEO, Morris Communications. 6. Igor Buercher, Asst. Executive at The Park Lane Hotel (Head Chef Winner: Manager, The Park Lane Hotel. 7. Gerard Daverat (H.C. Mandarin Oriental) – Andrew Bennett); British from Abdel Benfares, and Michael Jupiter (H.C. Royal Horseguards). the Sheraton Belgravia (Head Chef 8. Citrus restaurant’s delights. 9. The sponsors and winners. Thistle Marble – Daniel Berhanu) and Continental Arch 8 from Terrace at Le Meridien Piccadilly Sponsored by (Head Chef – Allister Bishop). The Albemarle of ambient, creative lighting and sound London and was devised by the talented team presented by 5 at Premier Audio Visual with floral Nick Chritchley, arrangements from Dora Kovacs Managing Flowers. The evening also featured Director a sparkling musical showcase from the highly celebrated band SWAY, LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD 6 7 courtesy of JSO Productions Ltd. Winner: Gerard Daverat, Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park Sponsored by John Lewis Oxford Street and presented by Steven Cooper, Promotions & Events Manager 9 Concierge NewsletterJAN1O.indd 3 29/01/2010 16:33 THEATRE & ENTERTAINMENT NEWS CNGO M I U P Watch out for Toby Stephens, ● London hosts ● Kim Cattrall famed for her part the highly accomplished the world premiere in the US TV show Sex and the City actor of stage and screen, of Andrew Lloyd and Matthew Macfayden (Spooks, (you might remember him Webber’s long- Little Dorrit) star in Noël Coward’s as the villain in the James awaited new show Private Lives at the Vaudeville. Bond movie Die Another Day) Love Never Dies Biting wit and comedy pervade who stars in The Real Thing the show about a divorced by Tom couple who find themselves Stoppard. honeymooning at the same hotel Deeply on 9 March. The musical with their new spouses. Runs from moving continues the story of 24 February. and ‘The Phantom’, who has Vaudeville Theatre, 404 The startlingly moved from his lair in Strand, WC2. Box office: 0844 412 4663 or visit funny, the Paris Opera house to www.vaudevilletheatre.com this haunt the fairgrounds of razor sharp drama brilliantly Coney Island, far across ● Last chance to see examines the complex the Atlantic. Set ten years Hairspray with Micky Dolenz nature of love, art and reality. after the mysterious (The Monkees) starring as Previews from 10 April. disappearance of ‘The Wilbur Turnblad and Brian The Old Vic, The Cut, SE1. Phantom’ from Paris, this Conley, reprising the Box office: 0870 060 6628 show is a rollercoaster ride role of Edna Turnblad. or visit of obsession and intrigue… The show closes on www.oldvictheatre.com in which memories can play very cruel tricks. Beg a ticket 28 March. Shaftesbury Theatre, if you can. Three cheers! Tickets have Shaftesbury Adelphi Theatre, The Strand, WC2. Box office: 08445 now gone on sale for The Avenue, WC2. 790 090 or visit www.loveneverdies.com Fantasticks. This production Tel: 020 7379 ● You can now tap 5399 or visit www. your toes and sing-a- hairspraythemusical. long to one of London’s com award-winning musicals on a Sunday ● Exhilarating theatre company Filter, together with the afternoon! Jersey Lyric Hammersmith’s Artistic Director Sean Holmes, take Boys, the smash on Anton Chekhov’s Three Sisters in a fresh production hit show which has for 2010. Distilling Chekhov’s classic, this adaptation garnered numerous strips the text bare first played in New York nearly awards including and delves beneath fifty years ago and has since “Best Musical” at the surface to explore become the longest running the Laurence Olivier one family’s search show of any kind in the United Awards, is now raising for elusive happiness. States and across the world. the curtain every Runs until 20 Feb. Lyric Playing in over 2,000 cities Sunday at 3pm. Hurray! Hammersmith, King and towns in the States and Prince Edward Theatre, Old Compton Street, W1. Street, W6. Box office: internationally in 67 countries. Box office: 0844 482 5151 or visit 0871 221 1722 or visit The UK run kicks off from 21 www.jerseyboyslondon.com www.lyric.co.uk May. The Duchess Theatre, 3-5 Catherine Street, WC2. IT’S ALL CHAMPAGNE AND ROSES Box Office: 0844 412 4659 ON THE MERLIN ENTERTAINMENTS LONDON EYE or visit It’s not pie-in-the-sky stuff, you really can sweep your loved one off their feet with a specially tailored, romantic trip on www.thefantasticks.co.uk the London Eye. See below for a selection of treats: ● Red Rose Flight: Trips run all day on 6 and Adult tickets are £22.50 7 February, 13 and 14 (£45.00 per couple) and February and mid-week include a red rose plus two evenings 5.30pm-8pm. chocolates per couple. ● Valentines Cupid’s Children’s prices: £11.75 Capsule: (which includes a kids pack). A trip in your own capsule Availability: 14 February costs £330 and includes only from 6pm-10pm. a bottle of Pommery Brut ● Valentine’s Champagne Royal Champagne, a luxury Flight: box of Charbonnel et Tickets for adults cost Walker champagne truffles £35.00 (£70.00 per couple) and a red rose. (£350 with and include priority Rose Champagne upgrade). boarding, a red rose, From 6-14 February. The Merlin Entertainments chocolates and a glass For more information, London Eye celebrates its of Pommery Brut Royal please call your venue ticket 10th anniversary in March champagne. supplier. Concierge NewsletterJAN1O.indd 4 29/01/2010 16:34 SHOP P ING NEWS & SERVICES NEWS ● Selfridges’ Ultralounge, the London store’s permanent arts and ● Gatwick Express is the fastest and only non-stop train service between exhibition space launches its 2010 season with an exciting new show that central London and Gatwick Airport. Operating between London Victoria celebrates the beauty of the small: The Museum of Small Things (MOST). station and Gatwick Airport, this dedicated airport train service is renowned MOST is an exclusive collaboration between Selfridges, art powerhouse Pocko and designer Kit Grover. The exhibition will include new work by over 20 artists from Pocko’s international stable, alongside some of the most respected contemporary British artists (such as Grayson Perry), plus highly talented newcomers. Runs until 7 March (every day during store opening hours). Selfridges’ Ultralounge, Lower Ground Floor, Oxford Street, W1. Tel: 0800 123 4000, or visit www.selfridges.com for its speed and frequency. Departing every 15 minutes, with no traffic jams, taxi queues or stops to worry about, your guests can be in the centre of London (Victoria), or right inside Gatwick airport (South Terminal) in just 30 minutes. 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