Monthly Archives for November 2011
Ladies: Dry Hands, Dry Hair?
This week, a friend asked “Will there be hairdryers in the ladies’?” “No. Why?”. Apparently, ladies like to dry their hair after walking the fells and before lunch.These fancy new hand-dryers are ‘hair-unfriendly’, hence this new demand. Now I may … Continue reading
The Hotel 64 Years Ago.
I had the great pleasure of meeting with a lady this week who stayed at the hotel many times between 1947 and 1974. Mrs Rogers has kindly summarised her memories from those visits and included some nice pictures. Mrs Rogers … Continue reading
Play School Windows – Time For A Story?
All we need is a round window and we will have the full set.* *If you, unlike me, are not in the first flush of youth (35-45) this post may not make a lot of sense. Explanations can be provided … Continue reading
World Travel Market 2011
Had an enjoyable day at the the World Travel Market last week at Excel. I attended two interesting ‘travel technology’ seminars by Tnooz and Vsourz.
A day in the life of a small team who are opening a new hotel.
Today we dried our hands whilst testing out the latest bathroom hand dryers. Today we got very excited when we stood together in the new Sauna and Steam rooms for the first time. Today we met a wonderful lady from … Continue reading
Up on the roof
I ventured up onto the roof today to get some pictures of progress up there. My colleague Tim actually snapped these – the combination of height, wind and ladders got the better of me.
