Mr S, Senior Manager, and his assistant, Miss BoBo.

One thing you learn from the hotel business is that people like to watch.

Even in the Penthouse Suite, which boasts panoramic views of our fair metropolis, guests prefer the glow-machines on the furniture and in their pockets.

Based on the popularity of a TV series about life in an office in the UK and then the USA, we the Managerial Staff decided our turn had come to grab some spotlight.

Please allow us to introduce ourselves…

Magda V., Director, Hotel Kranepool Liège

When the latest round of security cameras was installed, I requested that one be aimed at the Kranepool Liège’s revolving door. From my cubicle, I monitor who enters and who leaves. The show never fails to leave me short of breath. The variety. The variety! Life, I’ve learned, is a variety show.

There haven’t been too many criminal or violent incidents here, but you never know. My job isn’t really a desk job. I roam the hotel constantly, and make heavy use of the Fitness Room, which is usually reserved for guests. Once I caught an old guy who thought he could sleep one off behind the garbage Dumpster out in back of the hotel. He learned to think differently, let me tell you.

Cooking shows on TV were my career inspiration. Although my job isn’t hands-on, not even with rubber gloves, I get samples of whatever they’re serving at the Kranepool Bar & Grille sent to my desk pretty much whenever I want. That’s power.

The part of my job I like best is when I go undercover and stay at other hospitality establishments to see what they’re doing and how they do it. I pretend to be a guest, even though I sort of am one, in those cases, and talk to the other, real guests about how they like where they’re staying and why they’re staying there. Some of the stories they tell are highly surprising, to say the least.

Some of my colleagues claim to be offended by the art I display in my cubicle. Fortunately, us managers can choose what we want to look at while talking on the phone or tapping on the computer. I mean, who doesn’t love adorable soft furry kittens? They’re not the kind of people I’d want to work with.

I have no reservations about telling you that I have no reservations. Not today. Just kidding. Booked solid. I kid you not.

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L’Ufficio

Dott. Ing. Valdomiro Y., Senior Manager, Hotel Kranepool Liegi, e il suo assistente DoDo.

Lavorando nel settore alberghiero si impara che alla gente piace guardare.

Persino nella Penthouse Suite, che vanta ampi panorami della metropoli, i graditi ospiti preferiscono i gingilli luccicanti sui mobili e nelle loro tasche.

Visto l’enorme successo di una serie televisiva che tratta della vita d’ufficio nel Regno Unito e negli Stati Uniti, noi la Gestione abbiamo deciso di presentarci.

“La casta esecutiva può permettersi di bere un aperitivo alle dieci del mattino.”

Uta E., vicepresidentessa, Hotel Kranepool Liegi

“Dal mio ufficio ammiro lo skyline di Chicago. Almeno credo che sia Chicago. Non ci sono mai stata. Il mio ufficio a pianterreno è sprovvisto di finestre. Ho comprato il poster a una libreria qui nel centro di Liegi, che di skyline non ha nemmeno la più minima traccia.”