Joanne and Ellie have just completed a week of work experience with us at hope street hotel and The London Carriage Works. Their final task was to write a blog all about their experiences, here it is!
Joanne and Ellie’s Blog.
hope street hotel. Wow. What an amazing week. From two young girls from The Blue Coat School to fully fledged workers!
This week we’ve experienced the history of the magnificent hope street, down to the soul of the hotel, the housekeeping department. First day of work, we arrived 20 minutes early to ensure we could get stuck in straight away, but ended up spending the first 30 minutes of the day sitting in the book room, due to Mary’s (creative director) late arrival. The first day consisted of a lot of exercise walking up and down hope street, retrieving very important information from local tourist attractions. After lunch Mary let us loose on certain hotel rooms, we were like two kids in a sweet shop. Although we got lost multiple times we found our way around, and took our first step into the room on the first floor *GASP*. We had never seen anything so perfect, from the crisp white Egyptian cotton sheets, the mood setting lights, to the gorgeous hair and body products in the bathroom (which are complimentaryJ).
Throughout the remainder of the week we typed up the minutes from a meeting, which was quite a challenge due to Sue Ainger’s (executive events manager) handwriting! We watched and learned how to strip and clean a room too perfection, and had a grand tour of the staff room, the offices and the nationally famous kitchen of The London Carriage Works. We were introduced to the brains behind the scenes, from receptionists and housekeepers, to Chef (Paul Askew), who not only were very friendly and treated us like VIP’s but also treated us like colleagues. Even the scent of the hotel was divine and that immediate whiff as you walk through the glass doors makes you aware that you have just entered a very special place.
We could not have wished for a better place to do our work experience, we have both learnt and enjoyed the time we have spent at hope street hotel, and will miss it and the fantastic staff. We will be back to visit soon and to eat more croissants! Thank you!!