More: Hotels with a view: Ask for these exact room numbers for world-class vistas Ask, and ye may receive. While upgrades, discounts, and perks are never guaranteed, the hotel front desk staffers ...

Traditional hotel front desks may be destined for a scrap heap teeming with bygone lobby fixtures like key boxes, desk bells and hat racks. IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit ...

When I returned to the hotel lobby, footsore and $60 poorer, I mentioned to the front-desk agent my madcap dash around the city. She looked at me sideways, and then handed me an entire kit of ...

A good front desk is like the beating heart of a hotel: a physical command center—A control tower! A headquarters!—from which you can speak to someone, face-to-face, and get a room change or ...