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On tv tonight at 10:00, looks good, only £700 for a superior for 2 people, cheap as chips......... not.

RTR, we intend to stay there for a couple of days, after all like my mum used to say " they don't put pockets in shrouds."

A very good programme, did anyone else watch it?

I’m not sure whether I’ve seen it in the programme ‘The World’s Greatest Hotels’ (at least that was what the series was called, I think). It included The Balmoral in Edinburgh and, I think, Raffles in Singapore.

Well, Rollo, I am pretty sure that Raffles was included in the programme I saw.

We had coffee as well as drinks there before it had a makeover and when I saw it on telly after the makeover, I thought it was nicer in the 1980s and very different from the other hotels featured. It was the difference that made it special then.

Alas, I thought the makeover made it look more like the other hotels so I came to the conclusion that it will be the staff that make for greatness.

The staff members at Raffles were fantastic - even more so when they saw Dtr’s cabbage patch doll which seemed to fascinate them. We ended up with lots of treats, they went above and beyond …..

Gnddtr recently stayed in The Balmoral for a couple of nights for the rugby and she said it, too, was very nice. It’s a bit too much for our pensioner pockets now but you never know … one day …

What were the staff like, when you were at Raffles, Rollo?

I won't be going to Raffles Hotel but when I go The Ritz I will let you know what they are like there.

That'll be interesting, ZZzzz - especially after seeing the programme! :-D

So you’ve not been there for about 40 years but still consider yourself an authority on the current hotel.

I hope you reconsidered your theft and sent them a cheque in recompense.

So the last time you were there was in the '80's
quote RTR - "Last time I was there 1980s"
But the last time you were there was a few years ago?
Yet your 'assessment' was from the '80's.

Staff tend to be best assessed when you're awake.
One generally doesn't need them when asleep.

:-S :-S

Fancy admitting to nicking the towels....never felt the need to nick anything in my life boring aren't I!!

It is probably the only way he could get towels. :-D

I wonder what the statutes of limitations are in Singapore?

Rollo, all we have left from the towels, tea towels, bar mats, pens, and other stuff we got free without the need to purloin anything, I may have some swizzle sticks somewhere but as the kids loved them, I may not!

If only you’d been sweeter …

Oooh - look JoyLouise!

Quote from RTR:
"Once a hotel becomes the no.1 item on the menu rather than the guest it will struggle to be truly a great hotel. Such places tend to have a low profile and never appear on Channel 5."

https://.channel5.com/show/inside-the-worlds-greatest-hotels/

Raffles Hotel was on the programme.

It would have been easier for RTR to see what hotels were on the programme before sallying forth with an air that he knows it all, with opinon put across as 'fact' before declaring someone's wrong.
But then, I suppose, he couldn't have told his stories.

More like fairy tales Maggie :-D :-D

Why can't people just shut up when they know they are in the wrong, instead of digging themselves into a deeper hole?.

Probably because they can't believe they're ever wrong - and would write a thesis on why they're right, rather than admit they don't know what they're talking about :-D

Empty vessels make the most noise. :-D

My OH reckons one of the reasons some hotels have such high prices is because some unscrupulous people walk off with hotel property. Maybe the rest of us who don’t do that should get a discount.