The story is set in a future time when huge megacorporations have gained enough influence to control the economies of entire countries. Their wealth and competitive advantage stem from the human capital of their employees and the intellectual property they produce. Corporations jealously guard their most valuable employees and go to great expense to keep them safe and happily productive. There is little point in traditional corporate espionage, as new technologies are developed so quickly that stolen secrets soon become obsolete. Instead, the field has now evolved to the point of enticing valuable employees to switch their loyalty from one company to another and arranging for their escape ― a highly dangerous endeavor, given the tight security in place around such individuals. Two male free-lance agents, Fox and the unnamed narrator, have been hired by the Japanese firm Hosaka to bring genetic researcher Hiroshi Yomiuri over from Maas Biolabs GmbH, a German rival. They bring in a third associate, a woman named Sandii, to seduce Hiroshi and persuade him to defect. The narrator begins a relationship with Sandii as the three arrange for Hiroshi's move to a secret laboratory in Marrakech, purchased by the narrator with Hosaka funds. On the night before the transfer is to take place, the narrator spends time with Sandii and finds an unlabeled computer disk in her purse, but disregards it. Fox, Sandii, and the narrator orchestrate Hiroshi's disappearance from a street in Vienna and spirit him away to the Marrakech lab. Hosaka pays the three and erases all evidence of having done business with them; the two men fly to Japan and part ways with Sandii. The company sends its top researchers to the lab to meet with Hiroshi, only for everyone there to die or suffer permanent brain damage in a sudden outbreak of disease. Hosaka wipes out the bank accounts of Fox and the narrator, cuts off their business connections, and sends assassins to kill them, blaming them for the deaths. The two men flee, realizing that Sandii had secretly defected to Maas and reprogrammed Hiroshi's equipment to release the virus. Fox falls to his death after being pushed off a mezzanine railing, while the narrator goes into hiding at the titular New Rose Hotel, a run-down...
Read morePremier Inn is usually great this this one was OK.
So first room was above the kitchens to the restaurant and the AC fan was bolted to our room and vibrated through the room you could feel and hear it loud in bed.
So we went to reception they moved us to a room down the far end of the corridor 127 the room was the corner room it stunk of dampness and wasn't the best of rooms bed was worn. the lack of AC in the room was an issue as the room was hot 18°c-20°c all night and no way to cool it down as it was at a truck stop the traffic noise was bad through the night.
Most of the staff were lovely and helpful and I didn't complain about the smell of the second room because a couldn't be bothered moving again so just stuck with it.
We extended our stay twice, while we were there due to extend contract, we were told to call down if we needed anything when we did no one answered, we got a call back after 3 attempts throughout the morning.
Only to be told come to the desk or book online. We went to the desk and they wanted more than the online price advised it was cheaper online and was told I would need to book online to get it, so booked it only had the option of the new rooms but wasn't changed to the new room so cost more and didn't get the better room.
All in all this premier inn was OK its very busy but a think we were put in bad rooms because they were...
Read moreVery easy to get to just off the main drag. Pros.. Staff very friendly and helpful (apart from see cons) Great location for sightseeing. Clean and tidy. Close to a couple of restaurant choices. Plenty of parking (but don't stay over allotted time or you will get a ticket) . Cons. Room was so hot we could only sleep above covers with two fans, our friends room was a good 5 degrees cooler, we were in room 10, they were opposite in room 11. Arrived at 14:50, were told we could not book-in until 15:00 (even though booking in takes 10 minutes) we went outside for five minutes to wait then three groups of people walked straight past us and started booking in! We had to then wait another 25 minutes while they were booked in as we were now at the back of a queue, the woman seemed oblivious to what she had just done. The place is a tad dated, carpets look old and paintwork tatty (was clean though) . Tips. If you are in room 10 or probably along that row, take a spare fan or two if the weather is hot. If you get there slightly before 15:00 wait by the reception, don't move away from your place. Have fun whilst in the area as it's a beautiful part of...
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