As a busy CEO of wealth and taste, I occasionally need to take a few days to unwind and forget about the mobile convergence industry and my company’s place at its forefront. So maybe four or five times a year, I fly Executive Class to Sydney.

I love Australia. It’s a country built by self-made men, much like myself; men who work hard and play hard. As I always say: if you work less hard than me, I’ll crush you; and if you play less hard than me, I’ll crush you. It’s a catchy saying and my staff, who are in awe of my business achievements, admire me for it.

When I visit Sydney for a weekend or a long weekend, I always stay in the Hilton. They have wi-fi and a sensory spa and those are the things you need after flying halfway round the world. You don’t even need to leave the hotel.

Barbados is a fabulous little place, full of colour. I stayed at the Hilton Barbados, which is just amazing.

By all accounts the rest of the island’s a bit shabby, although I didn’t go and see it myself. Didn’t need to. The Hilton in Barbados offers everything you could ever want.

It offers the truest Barbados experience imaginable. I spent most of my time in the Executive Lounge and if there’s a better way of spending your time, I don’t know about it. I didn’t think about how I’m the CEO of a fast-growing mobile convergence company once.

Trevi Fountain is a 25m high scene incorporating a fountain. It was begun by Bernini in 1629, but is largely the work of Nicola Salvi. It was finished in 1762 by Giuseppe Pannini. It’s all arches and columns and gods and symbolism. If it isn’t the most spectacular fountain in the world, I don’t know what is.

Trip Advisor reviewer, kizzibee, says:

“It’s just a fountain really.”

Kizzibee tells us that it’s not worth spending more than 15 minutes at it.

That’s a maximum of 15 minutes. How many fountains are there in the world that incorporate over a hundred years’ work? How many fountains have had three different architects?

Is there any fountain anywhere in the world that’s worth looking at for longer than it takes to have a shit?

A Trip Advisor member from Minnesota has spared us all a horrendous in-room experience at the Shangri La Hotel in Sydney. They’ve shared their bad experience with the world so that everyone else is safe.

If I go on holiday to Sydney, I won’t be staying in the Shangri La, that’s for certain.

“There were not rats in my room, but there were Asian Beatles.”

Just how offputting would it be to roll over in the middle of the night in your five star hotel room and catch sight of Jeetan Lennon or Ringo Singh?