If you haven’t read this book by Sir Compton Mackenzie you should do so immediately. It’s an intriguing insight into the hardships of the Second World War and more particularly a Scottish island that is deprived of whisky since most of it was shipped off to the USA in exchange for assistance. When a ship carrying thousands of bottles is shipwrecked off the shores of this remote island you can only imagine the chaos that breaks loose. Makes for excellent reading and I am sure the movie will be fabulous as well! Most of you are by now wondering why Acentic is providing book reviews rather than movie reviews, but this great book sprang to mind as we implemented a tailored Grant’s Whisky User Interface in one of our hotels the other day. With the annual Grant’s whisky workshop being held in the property the wish was to provide a unique guest experience to its attendees. Acentic therefore devised a unique Grant’s Whisky User Interface for implementation during the workshop -every attendee experienced an elegant Grant’s whisky branded interface. Just an example of how flexible the Acentic Panorama HD platform is and how smart hoteliers make use of it to enhance their conference offering. I must also add a special thank you on behalf of one of our graphic designers and myself to the Columbus hotel in Monaco and Grant’s whisky for having put aside two bottles to assist our inspiration for future blogs and Graphical User Interfaces. As they would say in Scotland: Slainte. Here's tae ye.

The Movie: Directed by Alexander Mackendrick, released in 1949