Oh dear, oh dear. We are off to this hotel tonight and I enquired as to the offerings in the Exec Lounge and received a copy of the new letter given to elites/guests paying extra for an Exec Lounge Access room. I cannot believe that what was once a brilliant lounge now only does food evenings Mon-Thurs, used to be all week, though breakfast was always in the restaurant Sat and Sun. They used to do bistro style dinners and Mr HP could enjoy a beer and a plate of food when we arrived on a Friday. Apparently still doing wine and beer all week, though I am wondering if they just forgot to add Mon-Thurs on that line!

It is really galling when they don't include even Sun or Fri, at least then you can arrange a weekend when one night you will get something.

Lastly, they still charge an extra £25 a night for an Exec room, which is no different (in some cases tiny) to the other rooms, if you are lucky you will get a bathrobe, but for £25 you could buy one!!! If I weren't a Plat I would be really annoyed at paying out £25 to maybe get a can of drink, a coffee and if I am lucky a biscuit, especially as they are pretty rigid about restocking, as in once a day, so if you arrive at the wrong time you can forget it, just coffee from a rubbish machine.

Sad times, indeed....