Autobiography Books
by Neil Kirby
Celebrity Hotel
by Neil Kirby
The Langham Hotel Owner’s Remarkable Story
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From washing dishes in the basement of the Grosvenor House Hotel at just 15½ to owning a multi-million-pound hotel on Royal Parade, Celebrity Hotel tells the extraordinary true story of Langham owner Neil Kirby. Now in his 59th year in hospitality, this award-winning hotelier charts an inspirational journey from a South London council estate to working alongside royalty, Hollywood legends and global icons. Gritty, uplifting and deeply motivating, this behind-the-scenes autobiography proves that with ambition, resilience and hard work, even the boldest dreams can come true.
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Do Not Disturb
by Neil Kirby
How two council estate kids went on to buy their own hotel
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In this sequel to his successful autobiography 'Celbrity Hotel' Neil tells of the trials and tribulations of purchasing and running the 80 bedroom Langham Hotel on Eastbourne's seafront, aided and abetted by his long suffering wife Wendy
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Neil Kirby
Langham Hotel Proprieter
Curriculum Vitae
1952 Born in West Kirby, Wirral
1964 Newspaper delivery boy – West Norwood Council Estate
1967 Dorchester Hotel Park Lane – Laundry boy
1967 Grosvenor House Park Lane – Washer up
1967 Grosvenor House Park Lane – Laundry boy
1968 Grosvenor House Park Lane – Valet
1980 Grosvenor House Park Lane – Back of House Manager
1982 Grosvenor House Park Lane – Projects Manager
1984 Grosvenor House Park Lane – Sales & Marketing Executive
1986 Grosvenor House Park Lane – Apartments Manager
1990 Grosvenor House Park Lane – Deputy General Manager
1993 Grosvenor House Park Lane – General Manager
1994 Berystede Hotel Ascot – General Manager
1997 Pennyhill Park Bagshot – General Manager
2000 Royal Horseguards Hotel London – General Manager
2001 South Lodge Hotel Lower Beeding – General Manager
2005 Langham Hotel Eastbourne - Owner
At Grovesnor House
