Paris. Milan. Budapest. Prague. Isadore Sharp is on a whirlwind European tour to meet employees of Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts and tell them how the business is performing.

Although he says it is a "typical tour", such a schedule, involving multiple flights and hotels, would sound like a nightmare to most people. When you are chairman and chief executive of Four Seasons, though, you can at least be assured of a stay in a decent hotel.