London
Friday, 29 June 2007 04:03 am
I’m in London for meetings with a large consumer electronics company. I just finished my day long meetings and am back in my hotel.
For some reason all hotels in the neighborhood were full and I’m staying in one of the worst places… With hotels, it’s all about location. And well this hotel is just in the middle of nowhere - I’m literally right next to runway 09L of Heathrow Airport as you can see from below link to Google maps:
I’m in the building just north of the start of the runway.
Unsurprisingly, there’s NOTHING outside this hotel except a really sad McDonalds drive in and a gas stop.
This made me realize how much I enjoy traveling and staying over in cities in Asia, and dislike the same in Europe. In Asia businesses still are in the middle of the city, hence you’d stay in a hotel that’s always central. And the hotel service levels are at a different standard. I’m paying 140 pounds sterling per night for a 3 star hotel with a coffin size room with a tiny bed and shit bathroom (I can’t actually stand-up straight under the shower?).
Last week I stayed in Singapore in a 5 star hotel right next to Clark Quay for 70% of what I’m paying here. And the service was 200% better.
Back to Asia!