Something strange occurs to people as soon as they check in to a luxury hotel. Otherwise well mannered, decent folk cast their scruples aside as they spin through the revolving doors. Normal rules of behaviour no longer seem to apply. Everything you read in "Hotel Babylon" is true. Only the names have been changed to protect the guilty. All the anecdotes, the characters, the highs, the lows, the drugs, the scams, the misery and the debauchery are exactly as experienced by Anonymous - someone who has spent his entire career working in some of the most luxurious hotels in London. However, for legal reasons, the stories now take place in the fictional Hotel Babylon. More than a decade is compressed into twenty-four hours. Everything else is as it should be. The rich spend obscene amounts of money, the hotel makes obscene amounts of money and the chambermaids still fight the bellboys over a two-pound coin...
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" 'Informative, disgusting and utterly fascinating' - Closer. 'Reading Hotel Babylon is like mainlining Popbitch' - Metro"
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A journey through the entrails of the luxury hotel business
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
By Theo
Format:Hardcover
Having just finished working in an hotel, at front of house, after nearly 3 years, I was idly curious about this book.
Not idle for long, it kept me going till 3.30 the second night. I was almost in real time with the main character as his fascinating but torturous day rolled by hour after hour into the small hours.
I had thought life in the smart country house hotel I worked at was pretty hectic and "eccentric' at times, with many unexpected moments. But this book made my time look like a spell in Beatrix Potter land. And I never got any of the pinkies mentioned!
I was surprised, shocked and very very amused by this book.
I am sure even people who have never lifted an exhausted or surprised finger in hotel work will find this a true eye opener.
I dont think I will ever pay £5.00 for a pot of tea again after this, or take for granted all that goes on behind the scenes again. And I thought I had had an idea. Wrong!
Hotel Babylon is real fast good read. I have passed it on to the staff who remain in my past hotel. I think they will love it too.
Not idle for long, it kept me going till 3.30 the second night. I was almost in real time with the main character as his fascinating but torturous day rolled by hour after hour into the small hours.
I had thought life in the smart country house hotel I worked at was pretty hectic and "eccentric' at times, with many unexpected moments. But this book made my time look like a spell in Beatrix Potter land. And I never got any of the pinkies mentioned!
I was surprised, shocked and very very amused by this book.
I am sure even people who have never lifted an exhausted or surprised finger in hotel work will find this a true eye opener.
I dont think I will ever pay £5.00 for a pot of tea again after this, or take for granted all that goes on behind the scenes again. And I thought I had had an idea. Wrong!
Hotel Babylon is real fast good read. I have passed it on to the staff who remain in my past hotel. I think they will love it too.
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Having worked in the hotel industry, this book is fantastic and a very accurate account of the hotel industry. Hotel Babylon is funny but also a relstic insight into the hotel industry as you have never seen before. Anyone that has worked in the industry can relate to the antics that go on in hotels, the private going ons, this features tales of the hotel industry just at a glance in London beleive me in does happen all over the world.
Strongly recommed reading this one, guarnatee once you start reading you will not be able to put it down!
23 of 24 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:Hardcover
What a great book! Hotel Bablyon tells the story of a fictional hotel over a 24 hour period. The catch being that the book is dominated by true stories from an insider at some of London's top hotels. A string of brilliant anecdotes ranging from big name celebrities and the Royal Family to seedy businessmen will keep you turning page after making this a hugely entertaining read. The picture that emerges is that the hotel industry is a bizarre microcosm of the real world. It is ruled by cash and fuelled by greed. It embraces sex, death and pretty much everything else. The more decadent and luxurious the hotel, the more extreme the experience.
A great book for anybody in the hotel industry or indeed anyone interested in celebrities.
A must read for this summer's holiday. Go out and buy this book now!
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Fun Insight
Good easy read
Love her books
Enjoyable and a quick read with great anecdotes about the industry, scared to stay in hotels now ha ha
Love her books
Enjoyable and a quick read with great anecdotes about the industry, scared to stay in hotels now ha ha
Published 1 month ago by SL English
2.0 out of 5 stars
If you haven't worked in Hotels this will be interesting
Not what i was expecting. Coming from the hotel industry i thought it would be interesting but not really. Nice for an easy read.
Published 3 months ago by Els
4.0 out of 5 stars
Not as funny as the others in the series
Gave me two days of laugh at the beach while on holidays, but it's not as funny as the other babylon books. recommend it though.
Published 4 months ago by Marta Teixeira
5.0 out of 5 stars
Hilarious and incredible
It is sometimes hard to believe but I love the "true story" part of it. It makes me look at the hotel industry differently
Published 5 months ago by Katia
4.0 out of 5 stars
Kept reading till the end
Babylon Hotel is a fast paced book, with its plot extending through 24 hours, featuring real stories from an actual hotel.
Published 14 months ago by Cryssa C.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great laugh!
Coming from Hospitality you'll have a great laugh... and for "outsiders" a great and fun insight into our world!
Published on 5 Oct 2010 by MALU
5.0 out of 5 stars
A crazy 24 hours in a posh London hotel!
This book was so much fun to read! I thought it was well written and just like the rest of the Babylon series, is an easy read with a few laugh out loud moments. Read more
Published on 28 Sep 2010 by GoldDragonFly
1.0 out of 5 stars
Robbed!
I found this book on a train seat and still feel that I've been robbed. The writing is so incredibly bad, the anecdotes so boring - I can't for the life of me see what anyone saw... Read more
Published on 8 May 2010 by A. Martin
5.0 out of 5 stars
So real, so true!
Having worked in the tourism industry for several years, let me tell you that this book is pure fun, although every single line is true. Read more
Published on 10 Mar 2010 by A. Elena
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great as usual
I must confess that I am a hotel Babylon addicted, but this last series is really amazing, probably because in each episode there is a story that involves one of the main... Read more
Published on 12 Dec 2009 by Adele
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