Recent contributions from d1rector
Forum posts
Bypassing hotel front desks: Finally
09/02/12 | Forum post in reply to WANTITFAST
What astonishes me is why there is any demand at all for service industry outlets that offer - essentially - no service: the absence of human interaction to serve and assist. Why does anyone want to stay in such dismal circumstances??!
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The new BA Gatwick check-in area
02/02/12 | Forum post in reply to NewBAexec
It's obvious that in terms of ambience and feel, Gatwick is very lower class and second best to LHR T5. But BA pulled out from Gatwick years ago, and it has never recovered for the premium traveller, apart from convenience, if relevant to a given...
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Yotel eyes global expansion
16/06/11 | Comment
What a pity that these impersonal, minimalist, over-voguey, God-awful pod hotels proliferate. The last thing I want to do in a high pressure business environment is live in a plastic hive like some submariner - and a 15 Euro price (or whatever)...
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Gatwick Express to be downgraded to commuter service?
07/01/10 | Comment
Dear Jim Bannerman1 - of course it's a problem if the Gatwick Express is downgraded to commuter stock. UK commuter trains are dire. Overseas visitors do not have Oyster cards (nor do I, a UK resident!). I have long been an advocate of the "walk...
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