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Hotel Map
Check out this fabulous interactive map of London to see the area around the CBI Conference Centre and also to see the hotels nearby with rooms available tonight including prices (it's very clever).
Click here to visit the Hotel Map website.
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Eagle Bar Diner
3-5 Rathbone Place, Fitzrovia, London W1T 1HJ
Bookings: 020 7637 1418, www.eaglebardiner.co.uk
By day a buzzy All-American diner, by night a cool cocktail bar, Eagle Bar Diner does the simple things well – the booths are comfortable, the drinks are well priced, and the staff are friendly and attentive.
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Hakkasan
8 Hanway Place, London W1T 1HF
Reservations: 020 7927 7000, www.hakkasan.com
Just round the corner from Centre Point, Hakkasan is widely noted as London’s choicest eastern bar-restaurant. The beautifully crafted and atmospheric space does the superb oriental cuisine justice, and the bar’s range of eastern-inspired cocktails add the perfect finish. Be warned – as a rule, tables have a two-hour seating limit.
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The British Museum
Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG
Information: 020 7323 8181, www.thebritishmuseum.org
The British Museum is devoted to the cultural history of the entire world, including artefacts from Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe and the Pacific. Highlights include the Reading Room – a former haunt of Karl Marx – the Norman Foster-designed Great Court, and the mummies on display in the Ancient Egypt collection.
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Shopping on Oxford Street
Stretching a mile and a half long from Centrepoint to Marble Arch, Oxford Street is reportedly Europe’s busiest (and one of the best) shopping streets. A visit to Selfridges is a must as well as popping in to St Christopher’s Place for a refreshing cuppa half way down opposite Bond Street.