This is the book that you might think of taking along as part of your holiday reading, whilst relaxing on a sun-soaked tropical beach. If so, you may be in for a shock. A young couple manage to acquire a dilapidated resort hotel on an island in the Indian Ocean and through hard work turn it into a hotspot for the rich and famous. But their journey is fraught with difficulties and surprises, straining their relationship to its limits. You will not believe the things that happened at Vanilla...

The international hotelier, Peter Venison, shares some of his exciting experiences over fifty years and three continents. From revolutions, coups d'etat, air high-jackings, the fall of apartheid, the charisma of Nelson Mandela, the machinations of Wall Street, to the glamorous world of show business, fashion, and professional sport. Venison describes real events that read like a novel. This is his journey from London's youngest luxury hotel manager, into and out of the shadow of the late S...

If you found an unsigned lottery ticket, what would you do if it turned out to be worth millions? Hand it in or claim the prize? Follow the twisting path of Maggie and Greg when faced with this dilemma. Who are the winners and who are the real losers? What is the price of honesty and does winning bring happiness? Can you do more good in the world if you are rich or poor? Find out in this intriguing tale of an ordinary family.

Peter Venison's best-selling book 100 Tips for Hoteliers offered advice on how to manage. In this follow-up publication, Venison looks at the hotel business from the guest's point of view and suggests that his is the only way to analyse success or failure in the hospitality industry. He explains that guest satisfaction is not the opposite of guest dissatisfaction: it is so much more. Venison draws on his extensive world travel to over 100 countries, to cite myriad examples of how not to pl...