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10 Extremely Specialized Luxury Hotel Staff Members (PHOTOS)

Posted: 04/30/2012 7:00 am

When luxury hotels started employing beach butlers and romance concierges, it seemed like overkill on the specialized services front: Did people really need a special attendant to spritz them with cucumber water and recharge their Blackberry while bringing them another margarita? The answer, over time, is "YES, YES, YES."

Specialty staff, whether they're offering bespoke luxury or professional expertise, are becoming ever-more popular in hotels across the country. And customer needs--as this roundup shows--are becoming more eclectic by the day.

-- Lena Katz

Astronomer | Four Seasons Jackson Hole
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Stargazing conditions are often ideal at Four Seasons Resort Jackson Hole. This luxury getaway on Wyoming’s most famous summit keeps an astronomer on staff to help guests identify all that they’re seeing in the inky, twinkling sky.



“I had a passion for the subject from a young age, when I first started to memorize the constellations,” says resort astronomer Tenley Thompson. “In such a dramatic and dark sky location, we can have great views of the planets, nebula, star clusters and galaxies.” By day, Thompson leads "wildlife safaris" out to look for bison, moose and bears.



Photo Credit: Four Seasons Jackson Hole
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When luxury hotels started employing beach butlers and romance concierges, it seemed like overkill on the specialized services front: Did people really need a special attendant to spritz them with cuc...
When luxury hotels started employing beach butlers and romance concierges, it seemed like overkill on the specialized services front: Did people really need a special attendant to spritz them with cuc...