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Hotel Babylon - An Insider's Account.
Hotel Babylon could be a good read for anyone who wants a behind-the-scenes look into the hotel industry. The book reveals the secrets and scandals of the industry, from staff stealing to outrageous guest behavior, and even celebrity antics. It's a fascinating read that will make you see hotels in a whole new light.
"The hotel business is a licence to print money - not only for the
managers, owners and shareholders, but for the people who work there. From
chambermaids' tips to doormen taking two thousand pounds a week, to the
concierge taking backhanders, to the vegetable supplier's book keeping
double entry -everyone in the hotel trade is on the make. The hotel
business is a licence for guests to steal - anything from bathrobes, loo
seats (wooden and Victorian from the Savoy), pictures, fridges, ashtrays,
teaspoons - even refilling the vodka bottle in the minibar with water. The
hotel business is a licence for guests to behave badly - from rent boys and
girls by the hour, to 800pounds on the telephone porn bills, 24,000pound
room parties, office sex, drugs, dead sheep, splashing out on 5000pound
bottles of wine, guests falling through windows, naked guests, drunken
guests and guests who have to be sectioned. The hotel business is also a
licence for celebrity to reign supreme - from Michael Jackson's Evian bath
to Madonna's odd curtain fetish, Kate Moss and Johnnie Depp's parties,
Princess Dianna's taste for champagne, Pamela Anderson's sexual gymnastics,
The Wueen Mother's chips and Princ
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Hotel Babylon - An Insider's Account.
Hotel Babylon could be a good read for anyone who wants a behind-the-scenes look into the hotel industry. The book reveals the secrets and scandals of the industry, from staff stealing to outrageous guest behavior, and even celebrity antics. It's a fascinating read that will make you see hotels in a whole new light.
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