Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby (2017)

7.9 (10 votes)

6 Seasons

March 27, 2017

English

Documentary Reality

Synopsis

Giles Coren and Monica Galetti travel the globe visiting some of the world's most incredible hotels. They go beyond the lobby to see the areas that the public never see and roll up their sleeves to work alongside staff.

Creator

Dunk Barnes

Network

BBC Two

Episodes

Marina Bay Sands, Singapore

Mar 27, 2017

60 min

Giles and Monica join the 9,500 staff working at one of the world's largest hotels. As well as viewing some of the facilities on offer they go behind the scenes to see the parts of the hotel guests never see.

Mashpi Lodge, Ecuador

Apr 3, 2017

60 min

Giles and Monica visit Mashpi Lodge in the Ecuadorian rainforest which features a gondola cable car to transport guests through the forest canopy. The pair learn how eco-tourism is saving endangered species.

Giraffe Manor, Kenya

Apr 10, 2017

60 min

Giles and Monica discover a unique hotel in Kenya where giraffe, guests and staff all co-exist. They then visit the Sasaab Lodge a 6-acre plot set within 82,000 acres of land owned by the Samburu tribe who receive a fee for each guest.

Royal Mansour, Morocco

Apr 17, 2017

60 min

Giles and Monica visit and go to work in the luxury hotel in Marrakesh, which was built by royal decree to showcase the region. Monica learns how to pleat the curtains while Giles dons the uniform of a butler.

Fogo Island Inn, Canada

Apr 24, 2017

60 min

Giles and Monica visit the hotel sited off the northeast coast of Newfoundland. Housekeepers Cynthia and Lori rope Giles into a boat race while Monica learns the secret of growing the perfect potato.

Icehotel, Sweden

May 8, 2017

60 min

Giles and Monica's final stop-off takes them 120 miles north of the Arctic Circle into Swedish Lapland. Giles joins the artists who craft the rooms from huge blocks of ice while Monica meets the hotel's 82-year-old reindeer-meat supplier.