Bill Hersey’s Partyline August 4th, 2000
Konishiki is on the cover of its fifth anniversary magazine and is looking good. From time to time, when I’m standing in…
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Bill Hersey’s Partyline July 21, 2000
PEOPLE Thanks to Chi Chan Plessner, I was able to spend a couple of laid-back hours with one of Tokyo’s best liked…
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Bill Hersey’s Partyline July 7th, 2000
The big party to open the futuristic Sony Center in Berlin on June 14 was special and spectacular. As part of the…
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Bill Hersey’s Partyline June 30th, 2000
Friends gathered where the elite meet, the Tableaux restaurant in Daikanyama, to help Eddie Quinlan celebrate his birthday. Eddie’s been maitre d’…
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Bill Hersey’s Partyline June 9th, 2000
Always pleasantly surprised when I see those people out there so happy and willing to help each other. Elaine Stolz answered my…
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Bill Hersey’s Partyline May 2000
I got back to Tokyo on Apr. 26 in time for the concert by multi Grammy-winning Carlos Santana and his group. The…
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Bill Hersey’s Partyline May 12th, 2000
PEOPLE Richard W. Mueller, director of Northfield Mount Hermon, one of the world’s most prestigious prep schools, was in town recently with…
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Bill Hersey’s Partyline April 21st, 2000
PEOPLE Congratulations to Barry Spence and his wife Judith Curtis on the birth of their daughter Sophia Margaret Aiko Spence, at 7:21…
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Bill Hersey’s Partyline April 7th, 2000
PEOPLE My thanks to 20th Century Fox Japan General Manager Geoffrey Boissiere who made it possible for me to invite Thai Ambassador…
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Bill Hersey’s Partyline March 2000
A big bunch of birthdays the last month or so. Sony Chairman Norio Ohga celebrated his on Jan. 29, Chichan Plessner hers…
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Bill Hersey’s Partyline March 3rd, 2000
Sorry I couldn’t get to the press conference for noted director Tim Burton and his actress girlfriend (wife?) Lisa Mari. The loving…
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Bill Hersey’s Partyline February 2000
After two years in Japan, and 22 years with Club Med, Managing Director Japan Guiseppe Grimani has decided “to take a break.”…
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Bill Hersey’s Partyline January 2000
I got to know Harumi (Hopey) Yamamoto at the Lex where she would drop by from time to time. The “one of…
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Bill Hersey’s Partyline January 14th, 2000
Congratulations to Alitalia’s Romano Mazzucco, recently decorated by the Italian government. The award was presented by Italian Ambassador Gabriele Menegatti at the…
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Bill Hersey’s Partyline, June 1987
Here we are into July and, for us Americans, the July 4th Independence Day is something very special. It sure brings back…
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Bill Hersey’s Partyline, May 1987
After living here more years than I care to admit (actually about 20) I’m amazed at the sudden interest in providing all…
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Bill Hersey’s Partyline, April 1987
A few days ago I had some time to kill, while waiting for some friends, so went into a hotel bookshop to…
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Bill Hersey’s Partyline, March 1987
As we’ve all said so many times before, where does the time go? In March the 21st was Vernal Equinox Day and a…
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Bill Hersey’s Partyline, February 1987
February, the shortest month in the year, has just about had it and here we are about to head into March. As…
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Bill Hersey’s Partyline, January 1987
Hong Kong was absolutely great and, considering the number of Tokyoites I ran into over there, a lot of our people must…
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Bill Hersey’s Partyline, December 1986
I put off my trip to the Philippines for a few days thinking it would give me plenty of time to get…
