| Growing demand for concierge services in luxury | | | | your heart set on attending an event such as the |
| hotels | | | | opera or ballet and it appears sold out, a luxury hotel |
| Saving time is surely the greatest luxury in our hectic | | | | concierge will often have contacts and may be able |
| world, even more so when you are on holiday or a | | | | to pull some strings in order to procure you a ticket. |
| business trip. If you are staying at a deluxe hotel, | | | | In addition to organising the fun elements of a |
| there is one excellent way to do this - employ the | | | | holiday, a concierge will be on hand to assist during an |
| services of the ever-helpful hotel concierge. | | | | unplanned event - such as an emergency trip to the |
| Hospitality.net has identified the growth of unique, | | | | dentist or doctor - saving you valuable time spent |
| tailor-made trips and the concierge as one of the | | | | contacting medical institutions in a strange city. |
| strongest trends last year in luxury travel, and if you | | | | In the most decadent and luxurious hotels, they will |
| have ever utilised their services you will understand | | | | take the concierge service even further, offering |
| why. | | | | 'tanning butlers' whose sole job is to wander amongst |
| Yet it is not only luxury hotels which offer concierge | | | | the hotels illustrious guests, offering an array of sun |
| services - as the trend grows so do independent | | | | creams and lotions. |
| businesses, designed to cater and look after their | | | | An expanded offering |
| clients every whim. | | | | Increasingly, concierge services are not the sole |
| So what exactly does a luxury hotel concierge do? | | | | province of luxury hotels - many businesses are now |
| A concierge can offer the traveller or business | | | | offering a concierge service to their employers |
| person the gift of time, allowing them to sit back and | | | | leading to an increase in workers productivity. Most |
| relax. If you are checking in to a lavish, 5-star hotels | | | | of us work Monday to Friday with little time to |
| the concierge will personally introduce him or herself | | | | attend to personal matters, which is where the |
| and let you know they are available to you. So what | | | | corporate concierge can step in, running errands for |
| exactly can they offer? | | | | the frazzled nine to five employee. |
| If you have just arrived at your destination, you can | | | | Concierge services are most well know as part of |
| consult the hotel concierge to advise you on the best | | | | the offering of a luxury hotel but it's clear there is |
| restaurants and shopping in town - and they can also | | | | also a growing demand in our everyday, busy lives |
| go a step further, reserving you a special table or a | | | | for such a service. |
| private tour of the nearby retail outlets. If you have | | | | |