bellman
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“Safe travels,” the bellman says on my way out.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2024
After guests checked in, they would get back in their cars and follow a bicycle-riding bellman to find their room.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 20, 2022
For more than 20 years, Mwaba Francis has served guests at a DoubleTree by Hilton near Seattle-Tacoma International Airport as a bellman and shuttle driver.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 1, 2022
Mr. Coleman remained in White Sulphur Springs to farm, and, when the Depression made farming untenable, to work as a bellman at the Greenbrier, a world-renowned resort there.
From New York Times ● Feb. 24, 2020
In 1942, the entire family accompanied him to White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, renting a house in town that was close enough for Howard to walk to his job as a bellman at the Greenbrier.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
Guest room attendants, cocktail and food servers, porters, bellmen, cooks, bartenders, and laundry and kitchen workers were among those walking the picket line in front of Virgin Hotels, formerly the Hard Rock Las Vegas.
From Seattle Times ● May 12, 2024
While bellmen and room service are considered “tipping staff,” the butlers do not expect fiscal rewards for their work, beyond the Plaza’s paycheck.
From Time ● Aug. 16, 2017
At Public, we’re getting rid of bellmen, getting rid of porters, getting rid of concierges.
From New York Times ● Jun. 7, 2017
He made banter with supermarket clerks, bellmen, bus drivers—everyone.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2016
During summers, Horace and Charlie often worked alongside Daddy as bellmen, wearing uniforms to work, carrying guests’ steamer trunks up to their rooms, and responding to guests’ requests.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
