Montblanc Boutique

Our shop is inside the Leela Galleria at the Leela Palace Hotel on Airport Road. It’s a bit different from a regular street-side store because everything is a lot quieter in here. You don't get the same honking and dust that you find in other parts of the city. Most of the people we see are either staying at the hotel or coming in for business meetings. We spend a lot of time making sure everything is perfectly in place. Since it’s a hotel environment, things need to look decent at all times. We arrive in the morning, walk through the main lobby, and open up the boutique. The hallways of the Galleria are usually quite still, which gives us plenty of time to organize the stock or just sit and wait for someone to walk in. It’s a slow pace, but that’s just how it is on Airport Road. When the planes take off, you can sometimes hear a faint rumble, but mostly it's just the hum of the air conditioning. We don't do much in the way of advertising. People just find us while they’re walking to the hotel restaurant or heading back to their rooms after a long day. It’s a steady way to spend our time. We’ve got the regular routine of checking the inventory and keeping the glass clean. It’s not a very exciting story, but it’s where we are every day. It’s just a small shop in a very big hotel.