Power trips

Hosting big business or government gatherings generates huge publicity for hotels, but with the privilege comes considerable potential for calamity

This year’s G7 summit, which took place in late August at the Hôtel du Palais Biarritz, brought with it not only the heads of state of the world’s largest economies but also havoc for the rich in what is regarded by the French as the mecca of bling on the Atlantic coast. The French newspaper Liberation described the hotel as a “gold bunker” for world leaders to hide away, confer and indulge. The inconvenience to the wealthy tourists who normally enjoy this haven of style and surf was considerable. Even the beach was closed. Government summits have always created mayhem wherever they go, from the Dorado Beach Resort in Puerto Rico in 1976 to Gleneagles in 2005. Ever since the birth of Christ at an overbooked inn, momentous occasions seem predirected…

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Business Traveller Asia-Pacific Edition (Digital) - 1 Issue, November 2019

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