A hotel for the super rich and famous

A few years ago I used to stay on business very regularly ( maybe 16-20) weeks a year in a hotel many of you would have heard of. On one visit a TV company was making one of these programmes- about 6 episodes I think. They were very keen for me to participate but as I didn’t come up on the down train I obviously refused. I knew what with cutting and editing that there would be little if no accuracy in the final programmes. I could be totally misrepresented as could even worse my company. A few months later I watched the series - to call it a travesty is mild. What you see in the final versions has all happened but in what context and what order and in reaction to what is the big unknown

Maryeliza, totally agree, having been filmed over many hours (dear friend was participating in a televised challenge) what is aired is so out of context, more on editing room floor than on tv.

GG I had thought about asking if anyone else had experience of really close knowledge of something in real life and then its representation in the media. I have read newspaper coverage of situations I have been involved in sometimes over weeks and never ceased to be amazed at their coverage. Basically like TV it’s not about informing in a balanced way but in sensationalising which often meant missing the main point entirely. Context which is so often everything was for wimps clearly.

Maryeliza, the media in general are only interested in headlines and sensational sound bites.
Have close friends who are in the “public eye” and what is written about them is often so distorted and more than not just wrong. Fortunately they are very grounded as are their immediate family and small group of close friends.
It is one of the reasons I try extremely hard not to critique public figures on here (I know that I have done so on a few occasions), but if I do I try to be fair and non-judgemental.

I sampled the Anassa hotel in Cyprus ( Polis ) in 2009 with friends for afternoon tea-----fabulous ! Recommendable while staying at the resort.

I was sure I had already answered you Annie but....there is no family member, distant or otherwise who would ever die and leave me money so it’s nothing I would ever need to trouble my conscience with .

If I win the lottery gillybob I’ll send you some ?
I always say ‘money makes NICE people nicer’. (Because they just would be!). And the reverse is probably true ... as in ‘money makes nasty people nastier’ - again because they can be like that (thinking Sir Philip Green here & others).

I think the first thought of many people on winning the lottery would be to give much of it away.

Does anyone live in Boston or Skegness? Or visited there?
Have you lost your lottery ticket for 2nd November Euro Millions?

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-46218876

I think urmstongran has it about right. I don't agree with the view that people who inherrit are in any was different and certainly not superior to people that have earned or won their money. Philip Green (new money) does not appear to be very moral, Jacob Reece Mogg (old money) has recently shown himself to be disloyal and untrustworthy. J K Rowling (new money) seems pretty decent. Princess Anne (old money) also seems pretty decent.

and if anyone follows my link and has won the £76m then I wouldn't mind afternoon tea at that hotel, just for the experience
Thank you

I agree urmstonegran.
I love hotels. I always have. Mind you I've never stayed anywhere like the Corinthia. I enjoy watching programmes about them too. They're ideal people watching opportunities. Of course the editing is very important to remember. We're really only seeing a carefully manicured end product. The programme about the Corinthia is like one big advert for the place.
I loved the series about Liberties too. Wonder if it's by the same production company.

Jane10 I love Liberty’s, reminds me of my paternal Grandfather, he used to take me to Carnaby Street and we would wander round Liberty’s and the Galt toy shop. When I was slightly older 10/11 I was allowed to go and wander on my own, he worked in Carnaby Street (couldn’t imagine letting my GC our in their own in Soho now)

I loved the program about Liberty’s

Grandmna70s, yes, you would wonder if the staff hate the guests wouldn't you, but they don't seem to. There was the young concierge who looked so smart in his suit and was proud of his job and ambitious to climb the ladder.
I was very impressed by the chambermaid who had once had a lot of money and possessions herself, but had lost it all and did not seem bitter at all -so dignified!
When I was young I worked in a 5 start hotel for a couple of years. It's a strange relationship - without having anywhere near the money yourself to stay in a fancy hotel, you become inured to the riches and lifestyle of the guests and begin to regard it as normal.

My DS works in hospitality and takes pride in doing his job to the best of his ability. It really matters to him that things are done in the right way. I suspect that many of the staff we saw in that programme felt the same way. Given how detail driven the manager is I suspect that if any staff member didn't feel the same way they'd be out!

I love the hotel manager with his clean cut look and everso slightly camp manner. Loved the look on his face when sampling the new sandwich containing peas!!! lol