Alan "Wavey" Davey, Controller of Radio 3, lives a varied life, revealed in the last nine months' of BBC travel and other expenses. He had to go to Liverpool "for a safety inspection of the 6Music Festival"; he bought dinner for a composer, at £75.93, to discuss a commission, and lunch for another, at £61.59, merely to discuss ideas; and he's travelled to Potsdam, Berlin, Paris, Dublin, Newcastle, Cardiff, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aldeburgh, Snape Maltings and Tokyo. Time for a lie-down, eh ?
You get a slightly better meal if you're discussing a contract with Graham Ellis, Controller Production, Radio & Music, who claimed £154.41 for hospitality to an external contact.
DG Lord Hall did Davos, and stayed in the Berghotel Schatzalp, the former sanatorium (featured in Thomas Mann's The Magic Mountain) served by its own funicular, which boasts five restaurants. £2,328.59 for five nights - starting a day after he announce his intention to stand down.
Patrick Holland, Controller BBC2, can't seem to make his mind up about Hollywood hotels. He stayed at the Beverley Hills Plaza in February 2019, but in May 2019, he booked The Avalon, then The Mosaic, then The Parc Suites, then The Montrose West, before settling (like Fiona Campbell) on The Petit Ermitage.
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