Sliding down the star scale In May this year the company for whom I work threw its big annual management shindig in the Dutch coastal town of Noordwijk aan Zee - a delightful little town with pristine beaches and the kind of place that rarely sees foreigners because the Dutch have kept it secret for a long time to avoid having to share it. The influx of a large number of colleagues from all over the world was a little too much for the five-star 'Huis ter Duin Hotel' to cope. Our company had booked up all the available rooms in that hotel but there weren't enough for everyone to stay on the ...
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