Chartner. Visit London has launched at Confext 2009 the first ever London Accommodation Charter for the associations sector. It has been created by Visit London’s dedicated association team who have worked with 12 major hotel groups to create the charter terms.

The hotel groups represent over 39,598 bedrooms hotel rooms in London, which is approx. 39% of the overall bedrooms available in the capital. There is approx. 100,000 hotel bedrooms in London at the moment. The charter has been created to simplify the process of sourcing London hotel rooms for events that require 1,000 beds or more. Becky Graveney, Associations Sales Manager at Visit London comments: “This charter is incredibly important for supporting larger groups coming into the capital. Visit London has joined forces with London’s major hotel groups to show a united front, and have agreed a number of common standards for large city-wide accommodation requests. This reinforces the fact that London both wishes to attract larger congresses and make the room booking process easier for large groups.”

Commercial Director of Visit London David Hornby added: “The Accommodation Charter is just another proactive initiative which Visit London has created to support both the London hospitality sector and event planners considering London globally and locally. London’s growing hotel offer is incredibly important to the tourism fabric and the infrastructure of the capital especially with our future that includes the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and many more major events and congresses.”  The charter applies to accommodation blocks of 1,000 rooms on peak night across multi brands. The following London hotels have signed the charter, which can be viewed at www.visitlondon.com/associations