We love the Four Seasons (Terre Blanche) near Fayence in Provence. OK, it's shockingly expensive - especially in the current climate - but sometimes you just have to say; "hey, let's take senior management there on expenses." And that's what BT did - per the Telegraph.
"Just a month after announcing plans to double job cuts to 30,000 and plunging to its second-ever full-year loss, BT took 150 of its sales staff and their partners on a £1m trip to the south of France. The trip to the Four Seasons hotel in Provence came as Ian Livingston, the company's chief executive, apologised to shareholders for the company's "unacceptable" performance which saw the shares drop to an all-time low."
Maybe they could have just had the burgers - they only come in at 28 euros, but the service is impeccable, the views spectacular and the wild boar are kept off the golf course by the tall green metal fences. I am sure the senior executives would have been well rested and looked after - thereby helping them make good, strategic decisions about BT's future.
Plus, the mobile reception sucks round there, so few interruptions - or maybe the telco chiefs are scouting untapped markets?
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