ISBN 978-1-923843-52-3
PAPERBACK
No Reservation?
Reflections of a hotel manager
Living through history…
This is a memoir and a first-hand account on daily hotel life, hospitality work and the tension of living and working in politically charged places.
Personal experiences with a big historical context: cold war politics, oil interests, martial law, Khomeini’s rise, the Shah’s modernisation efforts, and how ordinary hotel operations were shaped by power and politics.
Eyewitness accounts of surveillance, bureaucracy, corruption and adapting to cultures in Iran, Singapore, Malaysia, Ethiopia and Pakistan. This book documents how hospitality intersected with postcolonial change, political instability, a moon landing and even a revolution in what is still a turbulent region.
An honest recollection of a career that intersected with many events of historical significance and a rich life lived with some amazing memories to share