The Grandhotel Belvedere sits majestically on a hill overlooking Davos. It's aptly named. The Belvedere resembles a magnificent Alpine stately home. How much does a room cost? It's impossible to say at the moment because the gilded establishment, just down the road from Klosters, is currently closed to 'ordinary' members of the public.
Here's a clue, though. Then again, the tab they pick up at the Belvedere is little more than small change for these people: they are hedge funders, bankers, chief executives, investors β the so-called 'masters of the universe' β who have descended on the Swiss resort, two hours from Zurich, for a meeting of the World Economic Forum.
But there is another 'economy' in Davos pop. Prostitution is legal in Switzerland, with sex workers expected to pay taxes, register with local authorities and undergo regular health checks. And business is booming. Earlier this week, high-class escort Salome Balthus, 36, revealed how she had been booked by a delegate. Speaking exclusively to MailOnline after leaving the plush hotel where she had been staying with her client, she said: 'Davos is all about power, money and sex, and all three make good bedfellows.
I told him I was in Germany, but he arranged flights and a car for me. We stayed in a beautiful hotel in Davos, drinking champagne and eating fabulous meals. I gave him what he required and he was very satisfied, but it's also not just about sex, my clients like to have intelligent conversation as well. Salome said: 'The fact I have a degree in philosophy and German literature guarantees that they will not only have a good time sexually but also intellectually'.
I would be in big trouble if I shared some of the secrets I have learned to keep. Salome, who has her own escort agency in Berlin, called Hetaera, added: 'My clients are always of a very high standard and the fact I have a degree in philosophy and German literature guarantees that they will not only have a good time sexually but also intellectually.
