Business travel guides
Guides for the hours around your meetings, from the arrivals hall to your first coffee with a client. From Heathrow Terminals 2 and 3, the Heathrow Express has you at Paddington in 15 minutes; the guide tells you when the Elizabeth line gets you closer to the meeting.
GuidesHeathrow Express or Elizabeth line: into London for meetings
Heathrow Express reaches Paddington in 15 minutes from Terminals 2 and 3; the Elizabeth line takes 28 minutes and runs on to Bond Street and Farringdon.
What are the guides for?
The lists tell you which hotel to book; the guides deal with the hours around the meetings. They answer the practical questions a working trip raises: which train gets you from the airport to your first appointment fastest, what changes from one terminal to another, how fares are charged at peak times, and which Accor hotels stand on each line.
Times, frequencies and rules come from the operators’ own pages, such as Heathrow Express and Transport for London, and each one carries the date it was checked. Where an operator or a hotel does not publish a figure, the guide says so. Hotels appear in a guide only where their own pages give a fact that answers its question, such as the walk to a station or a published journey to the airport. A guide does not rank hotels, and it does not replace the list for a city.
Which practical facts should you check before a business trip?
Five facts are worth checking before you book.
Compare the address of your first meeting with your arrival station or terminal, then find the line that joins them. Set the hotel’s check-in time against your landing: most hotels in the Paris list open rooms at 15:00, while Pullman Paris Centre - Bercy and ibis Paris Tour Eiffel Cambronne 15ème start at 14:00. Set the check-out time against your flight home: JO&JOE Paris Nation asks you to leave by 10:00 and Aparthotel Adagio Paris Centre Eiffel Tower by 11:00, where most others say 12:00.
Check breakfast if you start early. Few hotels publish the hours, but ibis London Heathrow Airport serves from 06:30 every day and JO&JOE Paris Nation from 07:00. Last, check the spa and gym hours against the end of your day: Spa Codage at Boutet Bastille Hotel Paris closes at 19:00, which leaves little time after a meeting that ends at 18:30.
How do the guides, lists and reviews work together?
Use them in order. A list narrows a city to a few hotels for one reason to travel, such as Best business hotels in Paris, and its comparison table filters them by spa, pool or meeting capacity. A review then checks one hotel in detail before you book: its rooms, its hours and its limits. A guide covers the journey on either side, from the airport train to the walk from the station.
The guides point to the hotels that answer their question. The Heathrow guide names Sofitel London Heathrow, joined to Terminal 5 by a covered walkway of about five minutes, and ibis London Heathrow Airport on the Bath Road, which relies on the paid Hotel Hoppa bus to reach the terminals. It also names the central hotels near each line’s stations, such as Novotel London Paddington, 150 m from Paddington. The facts in a guide and in a list come from the same official pages, with the date they were checked.
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between a guide and a list?
A list ranks Accor hotels in one city for one reason to travel, such as Best business hotels in Paris. A guide answers a practical question around the trip, such as the fastest train from Heathrow into London, and names hotels only where their own pages publish a fact on that question. Guides do not rank hotels.
Which guide helps with arriving at Heathrow?
Heathrow Express or Elizabeth line: into London for meetings. It compares Heathrow Express, non-stop to Paddington in 15 minutes from Terminals 2 and 3, with the Elizabeth line, 28 minutes to Paddington and on to Bond Street, Farringdon, Liverpool Street and Canary Wharf, and names the Accor hotels near each line.
Do the guides only name Accor hotels?
Yes. Every hotel named in a guide belongs to the Accor group, from Sofitel London Heathrow at Terminal 5 to ibis London Heathrow Airport on the Bath Road. A guide names a hotel only when its own pages publish a fact on the guide’s question, such as the walk to a station or the journey to a terminal.
Which hotels serve breakfast early enough for a morning flight?
ibis London Heathrow Airport starts breakfast at 06:30 every day, serving until 10:00 Monday to Friday and 11:00 at weekends. JO&JOE Paris Nation lays out its buffet from 07:00 to 10:30. Most other hotels in our lists do not publish breakfast hours, so ask at check-in the evening before.