Powered with 70 percent of its normal needs for energy, the hotel became the only place within blocks able to serve hot food.

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"We are waiting, and hoping that things will get back to normal in a few months", says the hotel's receptionist, Jimena.

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In a statement on the hotel's Facebook site, Alistair Kennedy said the business would trade as normal.

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She told MPs that her team's research found that hotel prices in London during the course of the games were, on average, 315% higher than normal.

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