35 years ago I spent my honeymoon at the hotel.
Deb won the airline tickets at the annual Cunard company picnic, and Debs boss got her the hotel stay free from the GM.
The NY office staff had arranged for a VIP guest basket to be put in the room for our arrival.
When we got there we yhad been upgraded to one of the chalets on the hill. Porter in a golf cart takes us up there and tells us to just call the FD when we wanted to go anywhere. He meant it. He told us off when he caught us walking to the beach!
The following day, Deb was sunbathing and I was having a beer at the swim up pool, when Judith Chalmers comes into the bar and asks if she can ask me a few questions. She was taping an episode of that tv travel programme she did. Very nice klady BTW.
She talked to me for about 20 minutes and Deb for 10, we didn't let on we were Cunard staff. There was this guy in a suit on the "dry side" of the bar who was watching and listening very closely.
Anyway, i wanted to settle up at the bar about an hour later and the bartender tells me that it has all been taken care of........by the "suit" at the bar. He had listened to my chat with Chalmers and decided to say thank you. Turns out he was the GM. Later on he introduced himself to us.
Everything after that was free. EVERYTHING!!! meals as well.
Even without that it was a lovely, well looked after hotel. GM didn't last too long after that I"m told. We did take him out to dinner to a local dive we knew and he had a blast. Sorry, neither Deb nor I can remember his name!
