In 1966 he received the Bellman prize, one of many accolades he has won over his long career.

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Instead, a bellman stood guard over the front entrance trying to keep the prying tourists away and nearly blocking my entrance.

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An etching of the 18th-century poet and composer Carl Michael Bellman weeping into a handkerchief seemed to be there to convey a message: It's over.

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Instead of standing in line at the check-in counter, you are greeted by a bellman who hands you your room key and shows you to your room.

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They didn't have a lot of services -- limited restaurant menu, no bellman, no room service, no parking attendants -- but it was a low price for a great room.

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When a bellman in a Shanghai hotel advised me to get a breakfast coupon from Lashou.com, a Chinese group-buying site, for less than half the price, I knew that social commerce had gotten into the hearts and minds of Chinese consumers.

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This immediately struck me as odd, since any other hotel of this size and price I have been to either has it owns shuttle or would simply have a bellman take me over, but I schlepped down the driveway in the tropical heat and waited for the bus.

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