This week, Peter Greenberg Worldwide broadcasts from The Gleneagles Hotel in Auchterarder, Scotland. Located about an hour’s drive from Edinburgh, this historic hotel celebrated its 90th anniversary last year.
Joining us this week is Pauline Frommer, Editorial Director of Frommer’s, who shares how hotels are preventing theft with tracking devices. She also talks about a new Japanese hotel run completely with robots, and explains how we are inching closer to that model. Then, Editor-in-Chief of Jetsetter, Sean Murphy, details why cell phones are becoming the remote controls of our lives and how hotels utilize them.
The Gleneagles Hotel’s own Whisky Ambassador will explain the difficulty of creating a good whisky blend and why the ones done well are so popular. All of this and more on this week’s broadcast of Peter Greenberg Worldwide from The Gleneagles Hotel in Auchterarder, Scotland.
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Sean Murphy, Editor-in-chief of Jetsetter, talks about the most requested amenity in hotels: Wi-Fi. He dissects smartphones as room keys and how modern advances make it less necessary to talk to other human beings.
Andrew McCarthy, contributing author to Journeys Home, details the book which explores the stories of 25 people searching for their roots. He dives into his own heritage and shares the significance of finding his ancestry in Ireland.
Cameron Johnston, Whisky Ambassador for The Gleneagles Hotel, describes why whisky is about experiences, and the difficultly of making an exceptional whisky blend.
Steve Burdett, Falconry Instructor at The Gleneagles Hotel, talks about the history of falconry. He explains the different types of birds used in falconry and how they each have different purposes.
Lara Haggerty, Library Manager and Keeper of Books at The Innerpeffray Library, outlines the history of the library that’s been there since 1680. The founder even set up an independent trust that has run the library since its inception.
Leon Logothetis, author of The Kindness Diaries, recounts his journey of traveling around the world relying on the kindness of others. He traveled the circumference of the globe without any money by taking shelter, food, and support from strangers.
Andrew Fairlie, Executive Chef of the Andrew Fairlie restaurant in The Gleneagles Hotel, describes his background and how it has influenced his dishes in the only two Michelin-starred restaurant in Scotland. The Fairlie is still making haggis and meat pies, but now it’s using organic ingredients.
Pauline Frommer, Editorial director of Frommer’s, expounds the importance of having a conversation. She also covers how hotels are defending themselves against potential thieves…by using trackers in the towels!
Simon Spalding, author of Food at Sea: Shipboard Cuisine from Ancient to Modern Times, speaks about the exorbitant amounts of food they needed on cruise ships. He also shares why his favorite meal on a ship was in Poland.
By Darra Stone for PeterGreenberg.com
