Originally posted by stevendq
Glad you said that. Ive walked out of the West Peir before, its utterly horrendous and makes most travel inns look like luxury. I then wrote to complain about it to Hilton and they said "we are aware of the condition of the hotel and are reviewing it". In announcement they made not so long ago they said that it was going to be sold off, thankfully! 
Didn't the West Pier used to be the Bedford? I remember that being built in the early sixties and it was quite the place to go when it opened. Shame if it's gone to rack and ruin.
There are numerous reports of gold comps on the FT BA board today. As LROM says, quite how the Metropole or any other Hilton is going to satisfy room upgrade expectations when Gold status is becoming so widespread, remains to be seen.
Luke