A look behind the scenes at one of London’s most celebrated hotels
osting more than 200,000 guests a year, the Hilton hotel on Park Lane is one of London’s landmarks. It was here in 1967 that the Beatles met their guru, the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. A decade later, two people lost their lives and many more were injured when the Hilton was rocked by an IRA bomb, and in 2012, the International Olympic Committee set up residence during the London Games. The first skyscraper hotel to be built in the capital, it will celebrate 60 eventful years this coming April.
Mullan has worked at the Hilton for almost 35 years, having helped to run hotels all across the world, including in Egypt, Barbados, Malta and Abu Dhabi. But he started in the hotel business completely by chance. “It was an accident, more than anything else,” Mullan says. “I had no idea what I wanted to do but I started working in food and beverage and then joined the company as a trainee manager. And I’ve thoroughly enjoyed it.
Natalila Brodiak has been working in events at the Hilton for more than a year, alongside her daugher-in-law, also called Natalila. Having moved to the UK from Ukraine in 2000, Brodiak still has family at home whom she supports, including her parents and her eldest son. On her uniform, she wears a Ukrainian flag pin. “I’m proud of my country, and I wear this pin to show support,” Brodiak says. “It’s very important to me.
“I don’t feel I could have had such amazing experiences anywhere else,” Firth says. “Moments in my career, such as meeting the Dalai Lama, hosting the Olympic committee and celebrating the diamond and platinum jubilee. I really do feel blessed to have shared in this.
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