The Pierre, a Taj Hotel, seen from Central Park in New York
How would you make a stellar hotel like The Pierre even better? Would you like someone to fill your hotel suite in advance with your favorite flowers, books, foods, beverages and pillows? Would you like to walk into “your” rooms and be greeted with your choice music and scents, and a butler standing by to unpack for you? Maybe he could also draw a royal bath for you with herbs, spices and oils to ease away the trials and tensions of travel.
Welcome to the “Taj Royal Attache Services” offered at The Pierre, a Taj Hotel in New York. The services seem aimed at making guests feel like Raj at the Taj in imperial days of India as well as harkening back to the founding of the legacy luxury hotel on the SE corner of Central Park.
Historic Luxury
Some gems from a history provided by the historic hotel include:
Taj Tea Service in your Suite
*“The new Hotel Pierre is a millionaires’ Elysium, and it really is very beautiful,” declared The New Yorker in an August, 23, 1930 preview piece appearing under the byline “Penthouse
*Founder Charles Pierre wanted his elegant sanctuary “to create the atmosphere of a private club or residence instead of that characteristic of the average hotel. Every convenience will be incorporated into its design and construction.”
*“To serve its socially prominent clientele, the hotel was introducing two new features to the hospitality industry: a secretariat, whose staff members would perform for guests all the duties of a private social secretary, and a committee of chaperones, “companions of unimpeachable character and social recognition for the entertainment of younger persons who visit New York alone.”
Times have changed since the hotel’s early days and chaperones no longer seem a desired service, but maybe you do want someone to take care of theater tickets, sew on a button, and arrange for morning tea service in your suite. The Royal Taj Attache service provides a kind of personal butler-concierage-staff for Pierre guests who book one of the lavish suites and would like some one-on-one service. If you check in to the John Paul Getty suite with multiple rooms of elegance and original art, and a sweeping terrace with topiary, a well-heeled, well versed Taj attache can add luxurious service.
At the Pierre, a Taj Hotel, you can go to the spa or have the Royal Taj Attache spring some of the spa to you
Your attache can help you best enjoy the great city of New York outside your windows, or let you luxuriate with-in the hotel- whether arranging a candlelight dinner en-suite, a memorable spa treatment, or making arrangements for you to enjoy a private art tour in the hotel which harbors thousands of pieces.
And then when it’s time to go home, you have someone to pack your bags for you-with tissues between freshly pressed pieces.
“Location, location, location” is combined with “luxury, luxury, luxury.”
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For additional Luxury Travel Maven reading:
My husband and I enjoyed a Honeymoon weekend at the Pierre
Enjoying Butler service at Le Blanc
-Lisa TE Sonne for Luxury Travel Mavens
Photographs provided by The Pierre, a Taj Resort
What are your favorite “Extra Luxury” experiences when traveling?
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