The Senate Hotel

Our place, The Senate Hotel, is on Providence Road in Ernakulam. If you know the 682001 area, you know it can get pretty crowded. We’ve been here for some time now, just managing the building and looking after the people who stay with us. It’s a lot of work keeping up with a hotel. There are always sheets to wash, bathrooms to scrub, and keys to keep track of at the front desk. We don’t have a big fancy lobby with waterfalls or anything like that. It’s just a desk, some chairs, and us. We see all kinds of people coming through here for work or just passing through the city. Some stay for a single night, some stay much longer. The street outside can be noisy with the traffic, especially during the morning rush, but that’s just part of being in this part of town. We try to keep things quiet inside so people can actually get some sleep. The staff here is small, just a few of us who have been working together for a while. We know which floorboards creak and which rooms get the best light in the morning. It’s not a corporate chain where everything is identical in every city. Every day is a bit different depending on who checks in. We just focus on the basic stuff like having clean rooms and working plumbing. It’s a practical way to run a business on Providence Road.