 "The Evening Standard (London, England)")
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SHABBINESS IS HITTING LONDON TOURIST TRADE.
From:
The Evening Standard (London, England)
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January 31, 2002| Author:
Benham, Mark
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Byline: MARK BENHAM
KEN LIVINGSTONE has attacked London's "shabby" hotels and downat-heel shopping thoroughfares for holding back the vital tourist trade.
Oxford Street and Regent Street were lambasted by the Mayor for their "appalling" appearance and described as being no longer worthy of their world-wide reputation. Inadequate and poor value-for-money medium-range hotels are also hampering the tourism industry's recovery after a terrible 2001, he warned the...
