The Butler Publishing Group: 5 books

My London is the first in a series of travel guides written by people who actually live and work in the cities they are writing about. This first guide features insight from five very different Londoners. They each have their own take on what makes London tick. From family days out to luxurious shopping trips, afternoon teas to wild, late night parties, our writers cover it all.

As an independent hotel or guest house owner, you’ve got a challenge. You’ve got to make yourself stand out when there are dozens of chain hotels competing for your guest’s attention. As the travel economy grows ever tighter, this process only becomes more and more vital.

There are not many really useful business tools that can lay claim to being 100% free. Twitter does, however, and while the opportunities it presents aren't really obvious at first glance, they're still manifold. Business users are learning new ways to turn Twitter to their advantage each and every...

With the world economy hitting a record low, more and more consumers are tightening their belts and cooking at home, or when they do go out, they look for bargain prices. Many people realize that a night at a restaurant is a pure luxury. Knowing this, the savvy restaurateur is going to have to employ every trick up his sleeve to entice people to keep coming through his doors.

Daniel Defoe visited the city of Glasgow in the 18th Century, and later, in his book 'A Tour Thro' the Whole Island of Great Britain,' he described it as 'the cleanest and beautifulest, and best built city in Britain, London excepted.' In modern times, a few days in this vibrant, cosmopolitan, European city, will prove that Defoe's words are still both valid and accurate.