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There is no official registry of hotel rooms in London, but the estimated the number of hotel rooms in Greater London in 2000 was put at 101,269. According to figures produced in support of London's 2012 Olympic bid, there were more than 70,000 three to five star hotel rooms within 10 kilometres of Central London in 2003. Interestingly the main growth was a huge rise in the number of rooms within the City of London, while Kensington and Chelsea actually had a small fall. This is comparing figures since 1981. The main concentration of luxury hotels is in the West End, especially in Mayfair. London's five star hotels are quite small on average by international standards. The largest has only 459 rooms and nine of them have fifty or less. The range is very wide, including:

Traditional purpose built grand hotels such as the Ritz, the Savoy and the Dorchester.
Recent conversions of grand late 19th and early 20th century office buildings into hotels such as One Aldwych and the Renaissance Chancery Court.
Townhouse hotels such as 13 Half Moon Street.
Modern chain hotels such as the Four Seasons London and the London Hilton on Park Lane.
Modern boutique designer hotels such as the St Martins Lane Hotel.