I guess you can’t blame the organizers of the IPBA Conference for suing the Las Vegas Sand Corp’s Singapore casino resort. Management promised the conference organizers an ‘iconic venue’ as the first event to run at the new resort but I guess their concept of ‘first class’ was a little different to what mine (or the rest of the world’s) is. The list of complaints that went wrong included: Power going out during the speech by the chief justice of NSW, Australia, unfinished rooms, lost luggage, leaking ceilings and, the ones I found the most amusing, “some guests had to be sheltered with umbrellas at registration counters and others were locked in their rooms because of malfunctioning latchkeys.” Hmm. Could you blame the conference organizers from cancelling payment? The audacity is that the casino is actually suing the IPBA for not paying in full!
In honor of hotels and resorts that still need to get their act together, here are some real life signs seen posted:
“NOTICE – PUBLIC BAR: Our public bar is presently not open because it is closed.”
A sign in a Norwegian cocktail lounge: “Ladies are requested not to have children in the bar.”
In a Zurich Hotel: “Because of the impropriety of entertaining guests of the opposite sex in the bedroom, it is suggested that the lobby be used for this purpose.”
In an Acapulco hotel: “The manager has personally passed all the water served here.”
At the bottom of menu: “After the main course we suggest you sample the tart of the house.”
In a Japanese hotel: “You are invited to take advantage of the chambermaid.”
