Subj: Beijing hotel
workers already 'fed up' with Obama entourage in 3400-square-foot,
$8,350-per-night suite inconveniencing 'pretty much everyone' -- and the first
lady's mother is 'barking at the staff' | Mail Online
Beijing hotel workers already 'fed up' with Obama entourage in
3400-square-foot, $8,350-per-night suite inconveniencing 'pretty much everyone'
– and the first lady's mother is 'barking at the staff'
- Michelle Obama, her daughters and her mother Marian
Robinson are staying in a sumptuous presidential suite at a Beijing Westin
hotel
- Mrs. Robinson has been 'barking at the staff since she
arrived,' a hotel staffer said, adding that 'we can't wait for this to be
over'
- Secret Service agents are monopolizing elevators and
booting high-paying guests from their rooms to occupy a block of space
near the first lady
- Both front and back doors of the hotel are blocked off,
with Chinese and U.S. security agents screening everyone who enters
- Ordinary Chinese describe Mrs. Obama and her family as
kind and gracious, but hotel staff are 'fed up'
Michelle Obama and three of her family members are staying in a $8,350-per-night Beijing presidential suite, but despite a 24-hour butler and other perks that come with the lodging, her entourage has inconvenienced 'pretty much everyone' and made the hotel staff 'fed up,' a well-placed hotel staffer has told MailOnline.
The sumptuous pad at the Westin Beijing Chaoyang hotel – its website calls the room 'an oasis of comfort – is a 3,400-square-foot masterpiece including a private steam room, 'corner sofas with silk pillows,' and in-room dining for six.
But the Obamas' stay has already affected staff and guests at the hotel, with the Westin front-desk veteran alleging that Mrs. Obama's mother Marian Robinson has been 'barking at the staff since she arrived.'
The Secret Service's monopoly on the hotel's highest floors has meant the Westin had to boot guests with previous reservations out of their executive-level rooms.
Secret Service agents are also monopolizing hotel elevators long before the Obamas need them, added the staffer, who identified himself as a member of the concierge staff and spoke English during a phone call on Friday.
'Many of them are Asian, too, or Americans who are Asian, so you know our guests don't understand.'
'We can't wait for this to be over, to tell you the truth,' he said in a sudden hush. 'We entertain many important people here, but this has been, I think, very different.'
A spokesperson for Mrs. Obama declined to comment.
The Westin Beijing
Chaoyang's 'oasis' presidential suite isn't the only part of the hotel that the
Obama's have monopolized: Their Secret Service contingent has allegedly bumped
some high-paying guests from their rooms
A U.S. Secret
Service spokesperson promised answers to MailOnline's questions but didn't
provide any in time for publication. The agency generally does not speak
publicly about security arrangements for the officials it protects.A spokesman for Starwood Hotels, which owns the Westin chain, referred questions to Secret Service.
Ordinary Chinese who have met the American first lady have described her in media reports as approachable and friendly, and the hotel staffer agreed.
'The first lady is gracious, and the girls are lovely,' he said.
The Westin employee and another colleague said Sasha and Malia Obama have been on their best behavior because Mrs. Robinson has kept them on a short leash.
They emphasized that they have had a disappointing experience with the protection detail that accompanies Mrs. Obama everywhere.
Wealthy hotel guests bumped from their reserved rooms into other less-luxurious accommodations have inundated the front desk with complaints.
As a condition of the first lady staying at the Westin, the Secret Service blocked off all the rooms near the presidential suite..
The Washington Times reported Thursday that an entourage of about 70 people is accompanying the guests of honor to China at taxpayer expense.
Delightful: Ordinary
Chinese have described Mrs. Obama as a wonderful visitor, but her mother (at C)
is allegedly causing hotel staff headaches
The White House
has taken pains to frame Mrs. Obama's trip as a cultural journey rather than a
political one, but taxpayers are paying through the nose for it nonetheless.China News Service described the first lady on Friday as 'Mrs Diplomatic,' and the Xinhua news agency dubbed the trip 'an unprecedented and historical moment in the chapter of China–U.S. relations.'
The trip won't come cheap.
Judicial
Watch, a watchdog group in Washington, D.C., reports that it cost more than $11
million for President and Mrs. Obama to travel to Africa for Nelson Mandela's
memorial service in December.
The
first couple were in Africa for less than 13 hours.
The
Obamas' 2013 visit to Africa, a longer affair, reportedly cost Americans more
than $100 million.
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2 comments:
I believe her family to be low class to no class IMHO. Ken T.
I have many black friends and they are as good as they get. They are patriotic Americans, some served in our military, and all are hard working, unless retired. To a person, they all refer to the first family as "A bunch of niggers." This trip to China is absolute bullshit. it'll probably exceed $100 million by the time it's done. And at the same time we have homeless veterans on the streets and others fighting to get medical care they were promised. And where is our Commander in Chief? Why, that son of a bitch is on his own trip, running up more expenses for the taxpayers. It's time to impeach Obama, and every member of Congress that sits on their ass and let's him get away with destroying our country. I'd be willing to bet these pictures of the Chinese fawning over Michelle & Co. are staged, or else the Chinese are just gritting their teeth to be nice to this group of heathens.
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