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Showing posts with label Hotel Inspector. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hotel Inspector. Show all posts

Tuesday, 8 November 2011

The Young Apprentice-Hannah doesn't make the cut



Hannah was the third person to be fired on the Young Apprentice last night.

Lord Sugar told Hannah PM of team Atomic that it was ‘with regret’ that he was firing her, but because she brought the wrong people with her to the boardroom.

The team, now made up of boys and girls, were summoned to the boardroom after loosing to Connectic by £12 profit, in a flower arranging and selling task.

It was despite Atomic winning two out of three contracts organised by Lord Sugar for Daniel Gavin salon and the launch of the musical Ghost. And team Connectic having to discount the flowers for the corporate client contract they won, after delivering a less than sufficient bouquet.

Atomic’s fatal error, said Suagr, was that they sold their flowers too cheaply on their stall, just doubling their cost price, with a three tier pricing system of £3, £3 and £10, whereas Connectic tripled their cost price.

PM Hannah chose to take back with her to the boardroom Zara and Harry M. Zara because she failed to win the hotel contract as she went against Hannah when she said to quote £165. Zara quoted £300. Harry, Hannah said, wasn’t a team player, a complaint made last week too.

However, Alan Sugar said he didn’t know what Zara was doing in the boardroom and sent her back to the house.

‘It’s a toss up between Harry and Hannah’, he said.

‘Harry, on reflection hate to say it but being a salesman has saved you.’

Next week the team’s must pick two products to sell to the over 50s market.

Wednesday, 29 December 2010

Guilty TV pleasures

Tabatha's Salon Takeover

An American reality series which sees top hairdresser and salon owner Tabatha Coffey help failing salons, basically Hotel Inspector meets Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares. Of course things don't always run smoothly, what with ignorant staff, messy and un-hygienic salons, and often owners who have no idea about the hairdressing industry. But in the end, as always, the unprofitable salon becomes a success after a week's guidance.

A highlight of season 1 is Tabatha's takeover of Candolyn's Salon in LA. Her mission to attract customers and business to a failing salon/junk shop owned by a clueless, slightly manic depressive owner, one feat of a task. Even Tabatha reaches breaking point when she finds a bag of month-old cherries in one of the salon cupboards being consumed by maggots. However once the salon is given a new lick of paint and the '99 cents' store removed, it actually becomes a profitable business with a salon owner who appears to be a bit more sane than before, who would have guessed?