Whenever I hear the word ‘executive’ used as an adjective, I can’t help but think of two characters created by the brilliant Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie.

“Busy senior executives” Gordon and Stuart made their first appearance in this sketch, from the pilot episode of A Bit Of Fry And Laurie. They dine in the executive breakfast lounge and use executive trouser presses and order executive room service because they’re executive businessmen. Or as Stu/Hugh puts it in a later sketch, ‘Gordon And Stuart Eat Greek’: “What am I, a peasant or a busy executive?”.

And the reason I mention it? Well, I’m typing this on an executive computer while sipping on a bottle of executive water in the environs of the hotel’s ’Executive Lounge’. M, the hotel manager - who is an absolute sweetheart and can’t do enough for me - learned of my Macbook plight and said I could use this place on the 15th floor because the atmosphere is much nicer and, well, more executive than the ‘business centre’ on the ground floor, which is clearly meant for peasants.

It has an executive view:

And executive furniture:

And pipes executive music through the executive sound system (mainly ‘I Believe I Can Fly’ on saxophone). There’s also executive tea and coffee (various sorts), executive cookies (at least two jars), executive papers (the Wall Street Journal and the International Herald Tribune) and executive fruit (mangoes). It’s all very fabulous. And executive. Thank you, M.

But now I must away to the pool, to sunbathe and swim and write an executive setlist for tonight. Ta-ta!

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