"This was our first visit since a three year hiatus caused by Covid and we were nervous that the wonderful Intercontinental of old might not be quite the same. We need not have worried it was like coming home, we had a warm welcome a smooth and charming check in and a lovely room with a great view over Hyde Park. Our favourite place in the hotel is the club lounge on the seventh floor and we were initially disappointed that with the single exception of Luis all our old friends from previous days had moved on. Luis is exceptional, always a smile on his face and he even remembered our breakfast preferences after the three year break, outstanding. The new team headed by Jayne soon dispelled our initial disappointment at not seeing old friends. Apart from Jayne herself a big thank you to Raphaële, Anna, Sasha, Nicole and everyone who made such a fuss of us and contributed to a lovely weekend. I must also pay tribute to the Intercontinental HR department will clearly have an exceptional selection ,recruitment and training program to achieve such a consistently high level of service."