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At the planet’s best hotels, not all guests are created equal. But how do you know where you rank in the world of high-end hospitality? Award yourself one point for each of the perks you’ve enjoyed.
WALL STREET HOTEL New York City
A staff member gave you one of the brushedbronze and mother-ofpearl key fobs hanging behind the check-in desk for free. (The hotel charges non-VIPs US$250 a pop.)
HOTEL BARRIÈRE FOUQUET’S New York City
Developer Joshua Caspi (or the general manager) gave you one of the 200 chrome-dipped roses the hotel commissioned from New York-based Israeli artist Nir Hod.
ESPERANZA, AUBERGE RESORTS COLLECTION Los Cabos, Mexico
General manager Marc Rodriguez presented you with one of the 250 bottles of ultrapremium tequila that he commissioned from a small-batch distillery located in Jalisco.
POST OAK HOTEL Houston
Tilman Fertitta, who also owns the Rockets, or general manager Steven Chou invited you to have a drink in the secret oak-panelled room near the top of the 38-storey tower that houses the hotel.
RAFFLES THE PALM Dubai
Andrea Fortuna, the in-house furniture master, personalised a gold-leafed item (a hand-carved mirror for women, a wooden hanger for men) that you were gifted on arrival.
ONE&ONLY GORILLA’S NEST Ruhengeri, Rwanda
At check-in, you were given a hand-carved eucalyptus walking stick made by artisans from Harinda Art, a 50-person collective that’s focused on providing single mothers with employment.
PALACE ELISABETH Hvar, Croatia
The management offered to book you into the 13th-century edifice’s 90sqm penthouse suite – which isn’t listed on the hotel’s inventory.
ALILA NAPA VALLEY St. Helena, California
The wines you shipped home after your California day-drinking sojourn arrived with a custom-monogrammed glass that’s given to only a few lucky guests.
IL SERENO Lake Como, Italy
You booked a suite, but the management upgraded you to the nearby Villa Pliniana, a 16th-century, 17-bedroom palazzo on its own private sevenhectare estate.
HALCYON, A HOTEL IN CHERRY CREEK Denver
A bartender gave you the code that unlocks reservations for a three-week period at its on-site speakeasy, B&GC, which is located underground and can accommodate up to just 36 guests.
AIRELLES Courchevel and Val d’Isère, France
On one of your ski trips in the past few years, either of these properties has given you a jacket embroidered with your initials, the
VIP circuit’s blackdiamond gift.