Sorry ladies, it’s not just about you. — A big shout to all the abused, belittled and hurting men out there too afraid to speak up. Enough is enough. I have been brought to tears too many times when I hear of the stories of men — fathers — who have lost it all. Men who no longer…

Seriously, I’ve hit the proverbial wall! — I’ve been a follower of Medium since 2018, I read half a dozen articles every day and even ventured to write a few myself. I have 70+ followers and have made a lifetime total of 74 cents on Medium. Yay. And I have nothing new to write about, my mind’s…

What to do (and not to do) to ensure a trouble-free stay Hotels are magnets for thieves, the busier the better! And if it’s a city centre hotel, then the sky’s the limit for them. Finding reliable statistics on crimes committed in hotels is not easy. Many are reported to the hotel management and only occasionally reported to the police. Furthermore, hotels…

And why you should take it up too. — Photo by Giorgio Trovato on Unsplash Living in the Middle East has opened my eyes to bottom hygiene and I’ve come to realise how we in the West have been doing it wrong for so long. I am talking about how best to clean your bottom after you’ve been for…

The practice of gratitude. — 14th February 2020 was the last time I physically saw my wife. …

Or was it the other way around? It wasn’t until 20 years in the hotel business that I had my first client death, which is very odd as there are many deaths in these establishments and most seasoned hoteliers have seen quite a few. My father Charles used to tell the story of a client dying when…

A simple ‘hack’ to getting good service As a hotelier for 30 years, I know a thing or two about service, be it good or bad. You see, service is a two-way ‘thing’. I’ve seen it time and time again. Paying for good service is not enough, in a way you need to earn it. …

My take on what it’s really about. Do you agree? As a student many moons ago looking to make his first, big jump into the real world with a ‘real job’, I was at the then Hyatt Carlton Towers in London being interviewed for a junior management position. …

An account of real life rural Spain, as witnessed at my wife’s village in NW Spain. The whole village was invited to the barbecue. It was August, and with one day left for the fiesta the population had increased tenfold. Children were running around, darting in and out of the…