'I've never actually stayed in a hotel in London,' my friend Alice said to me as we opened the door to our suite at the Conrad London St James Hotel, which recently marked its two year anniversary. Attending a school reunion dinner at the historic East India Club in Mayfair that night, we were ideally situated at the Conrad. We'd barely been in the room for long when a slip arrived under our door informing us that drinks and canapés were going to start in 15 minutes at 5:30pm. All of the suites at the Conrad come with access to the 'executive lounge', located on the first floor of the...