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"I am easily satisfied with the very best."
Winston Churchill

I have been fortunate that my work has taken me around much of the world and this has allowed me to stay in some of the best hotels

" I have been fortunate that my work has taken me around much of the world and this has allowed me to stay in some of the best hotels. A great hotel has character as well as luxury. It is the sum of all those who have worked there and stayed there - the worthy, the famous and even the downright notorious. For this reason it takes a while for a delightful new hotel to become great - and even then it often doesn't happen."

" Staying in hotels is not just to do with being looked after it is time out of everyday life. I write well in hotels because I am not responsible for anything about my environment. If a picture is hung in the wrong place it is not my job to put it right. At home I spend too much time moving the pictures around and not enough time at my desk."

In 2010 I decided to keep a record of my own Top 20 Great Hotels, excellent hotels of which I remain fond:

Beijing:
Raffles
Berlin:
The Adlon
Gstaad:
Gstaad Palace
Hong Kong:
The Peninsula
London:
The Dorchester
Llyswen:
Llangoed Hall
Marrakech:
La Mamounia
Monaco:
Hotel de Paris
Quebec:
Chateau Frontenac
Rome:
Hotel de Russie
St Petersburg, Florida:
The Vinoy
St Petersburg, Russia:
Hotel Grand Europe
Singapore:
Raffles
Udaipur:
Lake Palace
Venice:
Cipriani, Danieli and Gritti
Vevey:
Les Trois Couronnes
Vienna:
Hotel Imperial
Warsaw:
The Bristol