On the other end of the line, an assistant hotel manager is watching the text roll.

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The assistant manager of the hotel turned to his head sommelier, who took another sip and nodded that it was, indeed, a bad bottle.

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At the time, he said, the best restaurant in town was at the Hyatt Hotel, where he had worked as an assistant manager and sommelier (Mr. Stitt oversees the wine programs at all of his restaurants).

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Back in Singapore she landed a sales job at the Mandarin Hotel and worked her way up to become assistant general manager.

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Johnston also told fans at the city's Flamingo Hotel that securing manager Walter Smith's future, along with assistant Ally McCoist and first-team coach Kenny McDowall, for another year offered the club continuity.

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