Single in a hotel
Read Advaita Kala’s ‘Almost Single’ chic lit over the weekend. It is well written and can be called a page turner in the loosest sense of the word. Despite that you come away with an unfulfilled feeling from the book, an incomplete experience, so to say. First of all, the author needs to understand that pseudonym writing on any industry is a no-no. You get caught in many ways. The way author has described the workings of a guest relation officer in a hotel industry leaves much to be desired. She has rolled in jobs of receptionist, concierge, banquets, lobby manager and cash desk into an all-in-one guest relations executive (GRE) profile depending on her convenience. A GRE does not handle lobby activities in a five star hotel, a lobby manager does. Neither does she handle wedding preparations, however important the guest is. No self respecting banquet manager would let a GRE step on his toes! Neither does she exchange money, even if it is for a prominent Pakistani cri...