London Calling: Come For the Consulting, Stay For the Steeplechase

Worried about getting that hotel room near London during the Olympic Games? While it still won’t be easy (or inexpensive) to find a room in London during this summer’s Olympics, at least it won’t be impossible.

Joe Kornik | February 12, 2012

Worried about getting that hotel room near London during the Olympic Games? While it still won't be easy (or inexpensive) to find a room in London during this summer's Olympics, at least it won't be impossible.

That's because the The London Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games has returned about 20 percent of reserved room inventory to London hotels, and the rooms are now available to the public.

The news is surely welcome to business travelers, especially since London's room availability is always challenging in the summer months. The Olympics, of course, will make that much worse, say the region's hospitality executives.

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