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To cover all bases you're probably best aiming to stay somewhere around the Tower of London area (Tower Hill). That has fast links direct to Excel (the WTM venue) using the Docklands Light Railway. You can hop on the Underground into the city using either the District or Circle lines - both about 15 minutes to Embankment, which is your best starting place for a tour of the main sights. Of course you'll also be close to the Tower of London, Tower Bridge, HMS Belfast, and the Monument, if you stay there. I'm sure everyone will have their own favourites, but that would be my suggestion. If you haven't been before, and you want a bit of guidance, feel free to e-mail me and I'll happily give you a brief guideline itinerary so you see as much as possible of the sights in a short time! (trevor@kudosmedia.org). And maybe I'll bump into you at WTM.
As for London, I just sent a friend and his two daughters to the Premier in the old County Hall building. They loved it. It's next to the London Eye, across from Parliament and close to tube stations and taxis. He's the second person I've sent there. The other was a solo female academic and she took found it good value and convenient.