London wins Two top travel awards

London has been awarded Favourite UK City for the third year running in the Conde Nast Traveller Readers Travel Awards. London also won City of the Year at the Food and Travel Magazine Awards 2013. These awards follow on from the announcement recently by Ipsos MORI that London has been voted one of the world’s favourite cities in the largest ever global survey conducted of its kind.

A total of 18,000 people were surveyed across 24 countries and London was voted top city in Europe and the second best city in the world after New York. It follows the news that record numbers of tourists have visited the capital this year with numbers up 4 per cent and spend up 11 per cent. Julie Chappell, Director of Consumer Marketing and Digital Channels at London & Partners said: “We are delighted London has won these prestigious awards and is continuing to attract more visitors who consider this city the best in the world to visit.

London has so much to offer travellers from our rich cultural heritage to world class museums and restaurants and unrivalled shopping experiences. London & Partners is working hard to capitalise on the Olympic legacy and we’re seeing a real buzz in the capital that includes an increase in visitor numbers, increased hotel occupancy, more visitors to tourist attractions and a major resurgence in the London food and dining and scene. There’s no doubt London is the place to be.” This month alone 20 new restaurants are opening in London including Gordon Ramsay’s new restaurant Union Street Café, backed by David Beckham, Angela Hartnett’s Merchant’s Tavern in Shoreditch and Richard Caring’s Grillshack in Soho.

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