Hotel Cipriani,
Venezia, Venice,
Italy
I leave word I am not to be disturbed here, if Sandy and John plan on bolting us on, or Harvey hopes to put the Last National on his plutonium Amex card, or anyone else wants one more bank for a full house, they can leave their names with reception at Moorgate and form an orderly line when I get back.
A guy needs to brainstorm in peace, I pick up a paperback management guide at the airport and this is what it says, true brainstormers distance themselves from their corporate culture, to pull ideas off the wall in an environment that is stimulating but stress free, and if this turns out to be a truly expensive hotel a long way away from the office, then at least they can charge the paperback guide to expenses, along with everything else.
Suddenly our market is hit by a tidal wave of mergers, and I figure I must have a strategy for it, before I discover it has one for me, this is what happens to Frank and the boys round at Mellon, the New Yorkers bid for them without even asking nicely, and for all I know Frank never gets round to having his contract extended, no wonder they reach for their lawyers.