What the f**k is going on with the Jump?

Excuse my blatant use of profanity but this is subject close to my heart.
For those who didnít know the Hotel de la Croisette and the Jump bar was sold last year to a French company. When I initially heard the news I thought that one of my favourite watering holes was going to turn into just another faceless French bar. Luckily the new management had the foresight to hire Jimbo to continue running the bar.
Unfortunately this was their first and only good idea. Since then they have managed to annoy the pants off most of the staff working in the hotel and the bar. To such an extent they have shot themselves in the foot and none of the english staff will be returning next year. Basically this means than next year the bar will be a wholly French affair. You will get no banter from the staff, you will probably not wake up wearing their pink panties in the morning and you will probably not get seasonnnaire prices.
Which brings us to another question. Why the f**k have they closed the hotel in the middle of one of the busiest period of the season? To go on holiday! Obviously their style of ìpiss everyone offî management is very stressful and (unlike every other hotelier) they need a long break before starting their summer business. Forget the fact that we are in a recession and that the estimated 50,000 Ä loss of business for the last week might come in handy. More importantly it means that there will now be one less ìEnglish freindlyî bar in 1850. The good news for those who are already missing Jimbo is that you can find him behind the bar at the small Refuge restaurant right next to TJís.
So what will Jimbo be doing in Courchevel next season? Refuge? Oxygen? Les Caves? (only joking) watch this space.