Very true about the hotel business, great read
|
I have read all the Babylon books and I feel this is the best one. This book is based on 24 hour period as a duty Manager. It shows what the hotel staff do get up to, the guests and the things that go on behind close doors.
I have worked in a hotel before and it really does show exactly what REALLY goes on. Excellent read.
|
|
Tame
|
|
Because I'm in the same industry I was I admit curious. I'd already read Air Babylon and think it was a stroke of genious. Hilarious and worrying all rolled into one! Hotel Babylon was however, I have to admit a bit of a disappointment. Without a shadow of a doubt, the general public behave so diabolically in this environment I really expected a story that would far exceed the behaviour of the general public in the air! I think it was noteable that the author is 'guided' by a person in the industry who was simply recalling 'bits and pieces' off the 'top of their head' - had the author had the inside experience (and therefore made a few notes over a period of time), I can't help but feel certain the book would have contained a far more in depth story of the inside truth of the hotel business - from both aspects - visitors and staff behaviour. I enjoyed it - it was 'easy reading' and it was certainly easy to identify with certain parts of it, but I know most of us in the trade could tell a story or two (and the rest) to blow this story well out of the water!
|
|
|
One of the best books of recent times
|
|
This book is so good i didnt want to put it down. The stories are witty and very well written by this super author. The book forms the basis for the BBC series which is equally good. Gives you a real insight into the workings of the hotel industry and has plenty of tips for the traveller
|
|
|
the series is way better
|
|
Books tend to be better than movies based on them, this one is an exception though. The books lacks reasonable suspense and colourfullness of characters that series offers. OK, it's not meant to be War and Peace, but still...
|
|
|
Hilarious
|
|
I love all the Babylon series but this one is definately my favourite, far surpassing my expectations. True accounts of what goes on in the hotel trade put together to form a day in the life of a receptionist at one of London's top hotels. I read this book in a day and could not put it down. It is hilarious but at the same time I had to keep reminding myself that it wasn't fiction. I was astonished at the way people behave when staying at hotels and the things that go on.
|
|
United States | 
United Kingdom | 
Canada