Showing posts with label Birmingham. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Birmingham. Show all posts
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Monday, June 09, 2008
To the Midlands!
Such is the cyclical nature of my life and this blog that we’ve reached that time of year again for my annual jaunt to Birmingham. We are not staying the window-less hotel this time, but will be sampling another of Birmingham’s finest budget hotels.
I'm trying to muster some enthusiasm for it by calling it a jaunt, but a traipse would be more accurate. My schedule will be thus:
Train - Hotel - Food - Bed - Venue - Train
Back not soon enough.
I'm trying to muster some enthusiasm for it by calling it a jaunt, but a traipse would be more accurate. My schedule will be thus:
Train - Hotel - Food - Bed - Venue - Train
Back not soon enough.
Friday, June 08, 2007
All Mod Cons
I'm off to Birmingham with work next week. I had to go there the same time last year too.
The only difference this year will be our hotel. We really struggled to find a suitable hotel i.e. one that fitted our miniscule budget, was available on the necessary night and wasn't the same one we stayed in last year. Pretty much our only option was the NiteNite hotel. The name already annoyed me - then I read the description of its amenities in their rooms which are all referred to as a Cityroom:
"Created to emulate the feel of a cabin aboard a luxury yacht, each fully air-conditioned Cityroom utilises high-quality cherry wood, leather finishes and features the very latest technology, including a 42" plasma screen, multi-channel entertainment, wireless Internet access and high-tech bathroom with power shower."
Not bad for £50 you might think, but then reading further the 'Fact Sheet' it lets slip:
"There is no window in the room; however, the 42" plasma screen will show a picture of the outside."
And here is a rather bendy picture of the window-less room and if I'm not mistaken, on the screen is a picture of downtown Birmingham.
The only difference this year will be our hotel. We really struggled to find a suitable hotel i.e. one that fitted our miniscule budget, was available on the necessary night and wasn't the same one we stayed in last year. Pretty much our only option was the NiteNite hotel. The name already annoyed me - then I read the description of its amenities in their rooms which are all referred to as a Cityroom:
"Created to emulate the feel of a cabin aboard a luxury yacht, each fully air-conditioned Cityroom utilises high-quality cherry wood, leather finishes and features the very latest technology, including a 42" plasma screen, multi-channel entertainment, wireless Internet access and high-tech bathroom with power shower."
Not bad for £50 you might think, but then reading further the 'Fact Sheet' it lets slip:
"There is no window in the room; however, the 42" plasma screen will show a picture of the outside."
And here is a rather bendy picture of the window-less room and if I'm not mistaken, on the screen is a picture of downtown Birmingham.
I'm not sure how they've managed to build a whole building without windows or why they would want to - is glazing really that expensive? Perhaps the hotel runs up the centre of another building?
I don't know, but I'll know on Tuesday.
At least its just for one NIGHT.
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