{"id":2233,"date":"2016-10-11T15:36:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-11T15:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kiwicollection.com\/blog\/?p=2233"},"modified":"2020-01-16T19:32:04","modified_gmt":"2020-01-16T19:32:04","slug":"the-list-7-tales-from-the-concierge-desk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kiwicollection.com\/blog\/the-list-7-tales-from-the-concierge-desk\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Tales From The Concierge Desk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With their position on the front lines of hospitality, concierges are often privy to unmentionable secrets, while deftly accommodating requests with all the finesse of a magician. The term was born in the French language, originating as <em>commute des cierges<\/em> or &#8220;keeper of the candles.&#8221; It applied to the servants who tended to French aristocracy, responding to each of their whims and flights of fancy with minimal fuss.<\/p>\n<p>Nowadays, a concierge wears many hats \u2014 confidante, string-puller, and conjurer \u2014 and goes to great lengths to ensure a guest\u2019s happiness. In this week\u2019s blog, seven hotel concierges share their most memorable stories from on the job.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With their position on the front lines of hospitality, concierges are often privy to unmentionable secrets, while deftly accommodating requests with all the finesse of a magician. The term was born in the French language, originating as <em>commute des cierges<\/em> or &#8220;keeper of the candles.&#8221; It applied to the servants who tended to French aristocracy, responding to each of their whims and flights of fancy with minimal fuss.<\/p>\n<p>Nowadays, a concierge wears many hats \u2014 confidante, string-puller, and conjurer \u2014 and goes to great lengths to ensure a guest\u2019s happiness. In this week\u2019s blog, seven hotel concierges share their most memorable stories from on the job.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":3238,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"stoc_hidden_slugs":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[250,2370,253,251,194,252],"class_list":["post-2233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kiwi-curated","tag-belmond-maroma-resort-spa","tag-brunelleschi-hotel","tag-de-leurope","tag-hotel-imperial","tag-park-hyatt-siem-reap","tag-shangri-la-vancouver"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kiwicollection.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kiwicollection.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kiwicollection.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kiwicollection.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kiwicollection.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2233"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.kiwicollection.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2233\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10207,"href":"https:\/\/www.kiwicollection.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2233\/revisions\/10207"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kiwicollection.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kiwicollection.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kiwicollection.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kiwicollection.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}