Radisson SAS Portman Hotel

Advantages: Location, Location, Location
Disadvantages: Pricey-ish

...This weekend just gone me and the missus thought we'd go off on a short break in London. We chose the SAS Portman Hotel since its location was fab and the price fell within our budget of £300 for 2 nights. We had heard only good things about this one so we booked at Lastminute and paid £240 for a Superior room with breakka. Or breakfast, in English. If we had booked through the hotel's own website it would be nearer £300. Where is it, then? The hotel is located just off Oxford Street, opposite Marble Arch tube station. It has easy access by tube, since Marble Arch, Bond Street and Oxford Circus are within walking distance, and many buses stop nearby. Even night buses! I don't need to tell you how good Oxford Street is for shopping.... but I will. All the major chains are there, plus its home to some of the biggest department stores...

rickyshah 03.11.2004 · Read review
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Review of Radisson SAS Portman Hotel, London

Radisson SAS Co. Limerick Republic of Ireland

Advantages: Location to airport, landscaped gardens, quiet location
Disadvantages: Dirty rooms, very well used, small beds, expensive, remote

...OVERVIEW I just did a search on Ciao and noticed that there were no reviews for the Radisson SAS hotel in Co. Limerick in the Republic of Ireland and so I thought I would share my own personal experiences of the hotel in the hope that it will help others that are thinking of staying at the hotel, or at least help give a more informed opinion. When I booked to stay at the Radisson Co. Limerick in September 2007 it was advertised as a 4 star hotel on each of the websites that I looked at. I see that Ciao is now listing it as a 3 star hotel which has prompted me to write this. HOTEL BOOKING As with all international hotels the Radisson SAS chain offers a useful website that details each of the hotels in the chain, provides some pictures and virtual tours of various parts of the buildings. It?s possible to view room amenities...

bananamanuk 27.05.2007 · Read review
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Review of Radisson SAS Hotel & Spa, Limerick

SAS Radisson hotel in Beijing

Advantages: Nice rooms, squash courts,friendly and helpful staff
Disadvantages: Not the best location

...We stayed at the Radisson SAS Hotel Beijing for 6 nights on our travel to Beijing in March 2003. We stayed there from march 15th. The hotel itself doesn?t have a great location. It is located next to ring 3 on the northeast of Beijing. But this was not really a big issue because there were always taxis outside the hotel and it was easy to get into the center of town. It cost about 20-30 RMB to take the taxi into Tiananmen square. It is also possible to take the subway to get around. First you have to walk for about 15 minutes to get to Liufang station. From here you can get to the loop line and then switch to Line 1. The lobby of the hotel is standard. On the second floor you will find the breakfast restaurant but there is also another restaurant called ?the grill? if I?m not mistaken. We only tried out the breakfast place and it...

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Review of Radisson SAS Beijing, Beijing

Radisson SAS - Taba Egypt

Advantages: Beautiful setting, clean hotel
Disadvantages: Entertainment was poor

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daylehall 28.08.2006 · Read review
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Review of Radisson SAS Resort, Taba

The S.A.S Survival Guide

Advantages: Very Informative
Disadvantages: A bit bulky for the rucksack!!

...I have had this book for approximately 10 years.It cost £12.99 from Ottakers. It is roughly 10in. by 8in and weighs exactly 2lb!So,like I said above,not exactly ideal for carrying round in your rucksack.That said,there is a much smaller,abridged pocket version available for a fraction of the cost. Although a survival handbook,it is also invaluable for the weekend walker,camper,rambler etc.In fact anyone who likes the outdoor life and is away from "civilization" for any length of time. A Bit About The Author: John Wiseman served with the S.A.S for 26 years.He is now a Survival Instructor for the S.A.S and also appears on various survival programmes. The book itself is 288 pages long and divided into 11 sections. Section 1:ESSENTIALS. This section deals with what sort of kit to carry with you at all times.This survival kit...

yessuf 26.02.2004 · Read review
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Review of The SAS Survival Handbook - John Wiseman

Clearly some of their staff have had SAS training

Advantages: Good food, nice on the ground staff
Disadvantages: Cramped, smelly plane. Air hostesses with a foul temper. Late take off

...I recently had the dubious pleasure of flying from Copenhagen to Birmingham International with the SAS. I hate flying. There is not one thing about the experience that I enjoy. I do everything I can to avoid flying - I will spend hours on trains, smelly buses or vomit inducing ferries if it means I don't have to fly. Hwoever, when my boyfriend insisted that we get back to the UK for a football match and all my best arguments failed to convince him otherwise. I had concocted a piece of time-tabling genius that would have allowed us to get from Denmark to the UK by train - but the connection from Norway to Denmark didn't allow this (a word of advice - never trust the Swedish rail system - they are worse than ours re: reliability). So, I was presented with no escape. We bought our tickets with 20 minutes to go before take off on what...

fam6 24.08.2001 · Read review
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Review of Scandinavian Airlines - SAS

SAS v BA to ARN

Advantages: Real-life advantages if frequent flyer
Disadvantages: Tight seat pitch in all classes

...This year I have started flying SAS twice a month between Heathrow and Stockholm Arlanda (ARN in airline parlance). I sent 4 years doing the same with BA but changed allegence due to the SAS frequent flyer arrangement being better for me. Basically even though I fly economy I can still get and maintain the Gold card with SAS while I couldn't maintain that level with BA. I don't know if it is coincidence or not but since I have got my SAS Gold card,I have got upgraded from economy to economy flex (and once to business class) 3 times out of the last 10 flights with SAS while I only received 2 upgrades during 50-60 flights with BA. On the Stockholm flights SAS seems to have a smaller pitch between the rows of seats than BA so they feel more cramped (so try to get a seat in the emergency exit rows and benefit from a few more inches...

pilot61 29.06.2005 · Read review
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Review of Scandinavian Airlines - SAS

Radisson SAS Hotel Berlin. An oasis of calm in a bustling city.

Advantages: Stylish hotel in a superb location. Unique feature of huge aquarium in hotel atrium.
Disadvantages: One bed rather than two pushed together would have been nice!

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Review of Radisson SAS Hotel Berlin, Berlin

SAS - Amsterdam - A great place to stay

Advantages: Right in city centre, Great building, Friendly Staff
Disadvantages: No natural ventilation to most rooms, Not for you if you don't like Red Light District

...My partner and I stayed in the Radisson SAS in October 2002. It was my second visit to Holland, and his first. My first stay was in a place called Purmerend, about 15 minutes by car from Amsterdam. I knew I wanted to stay in the centre. I went through a number of hotel websites and found this. It was a snip (about £250 each for the week) for a five star hotel! We arrived there. It looks like a whole row of old traditional Dutch houses from the outside, but inside is magnificent. The ceiling of the reception must be 5 storeys high, with a big glass roof. Overlooking it are the majority of rooms (balconies). There is also a landscaped balcony garden inside, which is beautiful. The rooms were very well equipped, with an iron, hairdrier, cable TV. There was loads of hanging and shelf space in the built in wardrobe...

tallington 04.03.2004 · Read review
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Review of Radisson SAS Hotel, Amsterdam

Treasure Hunting With The SAS

Advantages: A decent story with excellent characters
Disadvantages: A little slow for 20 or so pages

...In 1976 whilst serving in Beirut an SAS team are asked to plan a bank robbery on the Imperial Bank Of Beirut as a training exercise. It was simply meant to be a training exercise at the time but when the new Major rubbishes Kilbride's idea. So when he and his team are sent in to do some recognisance on the bank he decides to prove the Major wrong and prove that his plan was a good one, stealing a large amount of gold in the process and hiding it in the Lebanon. Now in the present day it is time for Kilbride and his team to return and retrieve their gold, but a terrorist organisation is keen to regain their money and will do whatever it takes to stop Kilbride's team. I'd never come across author Damien Lewis before but after a chance encounter with this book in Sainsbury's I decided to give him ago. He has taken the rumours of what...

Andy.mack 02.11.2009 · Read review
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