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Old May 15, 2024 | 12:41 pm
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Originally Posted by oxfordjames
The Stratford Upon Avon CP is currently closed after a major fire on the 29th April. Hopefully the hotel will reopen later this year.

Dramatic scenes in the night as Stratford’s Crowne Plaza is evacuated as fire breaks out (stratford-herald.com)
I found the wine was generic UK CP Tempranillo and a SB white. The beer tap was a shambles that nobody knew how to fix before Half way through service.

Food offer was better than most UK CP Club Lounges. But replenishment was slow without some regular guests contacting management on a busy night.

UK CP lounges seem to be filled with travelling engineers on Lounge Passes looking for food and alcohol whilst still claiming Per Diems. And of course the PD reclaim could not validly include alcohol for company tax reclaim.

Result - UK CP club lounges are unlikely to be remotely worthwhile paying for.

The worst UK CP lounge is surely Ealing. How they managed to find a red wine at 10.5 alcohol and call canapés an occasionally refilled bag of low grade crisps (potato chips) defies imagination
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