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Hotel Secrets : A Cautionary Tale of Hope and Hospitality / Harry Pope.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pope, Harry, 1929- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hotel management--Great Britain.
- Hotel management.
- Hospitality industry--Great Britain.
- Hospitality industry.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (85 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- London, England : AG Books, [2019]
- Summary:
- Harry was happily running a risk-free seaside Bed & Breakfast when a good friend approached him. "How do you fancy joining forces on a much larger hotel?" he was asked.So what would YOU do?The two friends and their wives bought a beautiful 28-bedroom hotel by the English seaside... but not all was as it seemed. Their new partner was a Californian businessman who gave the appearance of being wealthy and successful - a large house close to the Pacific Ocean and always travelling first class. But was there substance behind the show?Harry had invested all his savings - he'd gone for broke... literally. But when the cracks starting appearing - in more senses than one - he wondered if he'd ever make it out of the experience with his life intact, let alone his money.Hotel Secrets takes you through the two years of ups and downs; the trials and tribulations of friends coming to terms with frailties of human nature whilst trying to keep afloat in a cut-throat business world. You'll get to s...
- Contents:
- Cover
- Front Matter
- Title Page
- Publisher Information
- Prologue
- Hotel Secrets
- Chapter One: How It Started
- Chapter Two: The Building
- Chapter Three: Planning and Staffing
- Chapter Four: The First Three Months
- Chapter Five: Suggestions
- Chapter Six: All About Experiences with Guests
- Chapter Seven: Plans
- Chapter Eight: Prospects
- Chapter Nine: Autumn, First Year
- Chapter Ten: January
- Chapter Eleven: What Happened Next
- Chapter Twelve: Interesting Guests
- Chapter Thirteen: More Bombshells
- Chapter Fourteen: Explanations
- Back Matter
- Acknowledgements
- Chauffeur Secrets
- Also from Harry Pope.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-78982-064-2
- 1-78982-063-4
- OCLC:
- 1110486486
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