This morning I spent 2 hours getting past the huge traffic jam around the Antwerp Central Railway Station. This whole area is being rebuild, including roads, several buildings with huge amounts of money being spent on the high-speed train network, linking Antwerp with Paris, Amsterdam and London. The area is an absolute mess.
Basically this is a place to be avoided until September 2006.
Imagine my surprise when I stumbled upon these online ads for the 5* Astrid Plaza Hotel (at several very well respected travel sites - none of which mention the messy building work), although this expensive hotel is currently situated right in the midst of this messy building site.
[left: online ad, June 23 2006] [Right: the real "lawn" in front of the Astrid Park Plaza, June 23, 2006]
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Lol, is that so …?
Did you write to them?
[Comment from the author: "I presume the hotel prefers not to inform its potential customers that its front lawn temporarily looks "slightly different" ;-). Take a look at: http://www.parkplaza.com/antwerpbe : not a word about the messy work in front of the door, which has been going on for over 1 year. The misleading "beautiful front lawn" shot is visible all over many travel and hotel sites, this is one of several: http://www.hotelclub.net/hotel.reservations/Astrid_Park_Plaza_Hotel_Antwerp.htm"]
Comment by Di — June 23, 2006 @ 10:20 pm