VIDEO: What The Hotel's Mark Jenkins did next!
IT'S the end of an era at Torquay's Grosvenor Hotel in the last episode of Channel 4's hit reality show The Hotel.
In the eighth and final episode, manager Mark Jenkins needs a buyer for The Grosvenor before the summer ends, while the doors are still open and the staff still have their jobs.
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Mark Jenkins
In the meantime, he wants reservations manager Alison to step into his shoes and run the hotel. Alison is far from convinced but agrees to do it 'on a trial basis'.
Here's the video Mark released on YouTube immediately after the last episode finished.
Holiday Home FOR SALE in Brixham, South Devon £2500 OFF any Regal...
View detailsHoliday Home FOR SALE IN BRIXHAM WITH SEA VIEWS over looking St. Mary's Bay beach. Come and take a look today. ONE WEEK ONLY. Facilities on site. Pools, Ents, Club, Shop. Quiet park with stunning area
Terms: Not to be used in conjunction with any other offer or with a P/X on park. Come and take a look today and own your own part of South Devon. For allot less than you can imagine!! Letting permitted
Contact: 01803 220485
Valid until: Sunday, May 26 2013
Mark, meanwhile, is on the trail of local hotel magnate Keith Richardson of the Grand, who has shown an interest in The Grosvenor. With no other potential buyers coming forward, former salesman Mark needs to close this deal.
With a sale looking more likely, Mark prepares to leave, and the reality of an era at The Grosvenor coming to an end hits the staff. They decide to throw a last-minute leaving party for him: can they pull off this one last event in time?
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We asked our readers: "When #thehotel started you said it was great publicity for Torbay. Do you still think the same? Tweet @ThisisSDevon"
Andjustbeingme 8:15pm @ThisisSDevon brilliant publicity for the bay . Love all at #the hotel
sc4ffolder 8:10pm @ThisisSDevon Makes Torquay look like Fawty Towers and we all walk around doing the Hitler walk , Scripted and badly acted TV ! !
Shirley Maldini: I don't think so series one didn't bring custom to his hotel or he wouldn't have had to sell up
aprilroxi 8:34pm @ThisisSDevon yes I would love to have a stay there
Appiatse1996 8:35pm @ThisisSDevon you are one FANTASTIC place to visit
Towards the end of the episode, Keith Richardson and Mark Jenkins shake on the deal, and there are tears all round as the realisation dawns that nothing will ever be quite the same again.
"Forget the bad times," he says. "Just remember the good ones.
"It's going to be hard to let go.
"You shouldn't feel sorry for me. I did my best and I failed."
8 Comments
by Lee_Veale
Sunday, February 24 2013, 10:39AM
“It was really funny to watch Mark trying to battle to bring people and money into the Grosvenor Hotel. Mark seems a genuinly nice guy who just wanted to succeed in making the hotel work and mae sure people enjoyed there time there. I really believe that if he had the right people around him he could have made that hotel profitable. He should have sacked Christian a long time ago. I think it is really sad that Keith Richardson didn't give Mark the events managers job, I know it wouldn't have been the same....but Mark belonged at that Hotel. I really hope Mark has some honest decent friends who will help him with his next big adventure so he can succeed not only in making money, but also making people happy.”
by AveryGuitars
Thursday, February 21 2013, 5:53PM
“One of the funniest programmes on TV! Sometimes I thought that they were all actors, simply because such incidents are so unlikely to happen in reality. If they are actors, they deserve an Oscar each! If they are not, the person who thought up this show deserves one! I shall miss this programme terribly.”
by AveryGuitars
Thursday, February 21 2013, 5:46PM
“One of the funniest programmes on TV! Sometimes I thought that they were all actors, simply because such incidents are so unlikely to happen in reality. If they are actors, they deserve an Oscar each! If they are not, the person who thought up this show deserves one! I shall miss this programme terribly.”
by Bleach
Monday, February 18 2013, 4:07PM
“Bet he knows where the off switch is too.”
by Bleach
Monday, February 18 2013, 4:07PM
“@BayBorn:
"No no no no and no! We don't need this man on our screens any more"
Jeez, and they say Mark Jenkins is stupid. I bet he knows he's not obliged to watch a show.”
by spindleshanks
Monday, February 18 2013, 12:05PM
“Just feel very sorry for the guy who thankfully has a family offering support at what must be a difficult time. It's easy to be critical of someone whose business has failed, (especially as it was under a public magnifying glass at the time), but at least he had a go and as he rightly said on the programme last night, "Forget the bad times just remember the good times".”
by nicold
Monday, February 18 2013, 9:33AM
“God help any one connected to this man in business. Let's just hope they've seen the programme. He's a walking disaster...but do admit it's good entertainment in a strange way...”
by BayBorn
Sunday, February 17 2013, 9:38PM
“No no no no and no! We don't need this man on our screens any more. Thank goodness the last episode has come and gone, worst PR for the bay in years!”