Travel: A Room of Her Own

In London a hotel responds to women's complaints

Wander into the Reeves private hotel, a tidy Victorian row house overlooking Shepherd's Bush Green, and you can easily imagine yourself in any of central * London's small, discreet hotels. The woman at the front desk will offer a cordial greeting as you check in, tell you about the facilities and invite you to have tea or a drink at the bar. Unless, of course, you are a man. In that case, you will be urged, very graciously, to leave.

The Reeves is the first and only one of its kind in Britain -- a hotel designed exclusively for women. Though...

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