Today, the hotel has officially started to accept room reservations from the opening date which is the 6^th May

But as of this morning, you can only book as follows

• Direct with the hotel at its own website online
• Direct by telephone on 020 7234 8000
• Via a travel agent

We searched on our recommended comparison site and also Expedia.com, Hotels.com and HRS.com and the hotel did not feature on any of them.

It may be a deliberate policy of the hotel to not offer bookings via online companies.

Online rates are £450 Superior Room with south-facing rooms. NB South Facing is not exciting!

£500 gets you a Deluxe Room and £550 a Premier Room

Travel agents earn 10% commission so you may wish to contact your agent to handle the booking.

They also have access to packages which include breakfast costing £20 and tickets to the “View from the Shard” floor, for another £20

All bookings include Complimentary Wi-Fi Broadband Internet access and VAT

The Shangri-La website allowed a reservation to be made with no credit card required to hold the booking.