The Gateway Hotel,Vishakapatnam.

Our hotel is situated on the busy Beach Road in Visakhapatnam. Santosh Kumar Panigrahi is one of the staff members who helps keep things running here. The address is quite well known in the city because we are right along the coastline. The sea is just across the road, and you can hear the waves crashing when it’s quiet at night. The daily routine involves a lot of moving around the different floors to make sure everything is in its place. We have a lot of people coming in from different parts of the country, and the lobby is always full of suitcases and people asking for directions to the local sights. It’s a lot of work to keep the sand from the beach out of the carpets, as guests are always coming back from their walks. The building has been a part of the Beach Road skyline for a long time. We have a mix of staff, some who have been here for decades and others who are just starting out. The kitchen stays busy from early morning until late at night. We don’t really use fancy words to describe what we do; we just focus on making sure the rooms are ready and the food is hot for whoever arrives. Visakhapatnam is a humid place, so we are always checking the cooling systems and making sure the water is running. It’s a big building with lots of corners to look after, and our days are usually spent on our feet moving from one task to the next.