Meanwhile, our room-service dinner, turndown service and morning wake-up calls all came without a hitch.
The Four Seasons Resort Bora Bora is planning to unveil a "Romance" room-service menu in August that will feature a couples' photo session.
The accommodations, located adjacent to the resort's spa, will also get healthier minibar snacks and room-service menu items, says Tom Voss, the resort's president.
The two greatest moments in life are indeed what everyone says they are: the birth of your first child and the time in the hotel when you ate an entire room-service pizza by yourself.
But they also have exclusive in-house amenities, such as a private lobby desk and concierge staff, with escorted in-room iPad registration, one of the best upgrades you can get in a city where main lobby registration, even at top hotels, often resembles the economy class check-in line at JFK. The 24-hour room service features the first-ever in-room dining menu designed by the man himself, culinary legend Nobu Matsuhisa.
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The amenities most players crave, according to some team travel directors, are round-the-clock room service (lots of late post-game meals), top notch fitness facilities (bench players need to get their workouts in), and blocks of rooms segregated from the other guests (who wants to hobnob with the commoners during downtime?).
Dinners in the smart onboard restaurant have an unmistakably outback flavour, with kangaroo fillet on the menu, while Platinum Service passengers can order 24-hour room service and breakfast in bed.
In the late 1960s Chuck Dolan started a hotel-room video service that became Home Box Office.
There is active 3D television with goggles and loaner blu-ray discs, surround sound, multiple wireless tablets that control everything from lights to curtains to room service menus - in seven languages, internet radio with thousands of choices, free international phone calls, the list goes on and on.
In addition he will operate a lounge and bar and provide 24-hour room service.
There are 18 restaurants and bars, plus 24-hour room service, but more important than the quantity is the quality.
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You might not get 24-hour room service or branded bath robes, but you get a personal touch, history, conversation and the chance actually to enjoy yourself.
The Pierre even offers a pet food-centered room service menu.
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The company, launched in 2005, is recognised for having the style and hospitality of an intimate hotel with more offerings than a vacation rental, including 24-hour room service, concierge, housekeeping and, depending on the location, parking.
Since the Ritz-Carlton Residences are under the same roof as the Ritz hotel, they come with hotel-like amenities that are unusual for Los Angeles buildings, including 24-hour room service, valet parking and a daily breakfast service in a private lounge.
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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Complimentary extras include a full breakfast buffet each morning, in-room wi-fi, fireside tea and cake service in the lobby every afternoon and fresh fruit delivered to rooms daily.
Such a new content plan could help position the Xbox much more directly as a full-service living room entertainment center, rather than primarily as a video game system.
Forget long lines: The stunning volcano is the view from your couples suite for your first three nights at Arenal Kioro Hotel - just add room service and let the fireworks begin.
That means room service delivered from world-renowned restaurants, a private health spa with trainers at the ready and, most importantly, a smiling concierge on call at all hours to accommodate every aspect of their lives.
The Sanctuaries are among the most amazing hotel rooms on earth, each completely decadent, self-contained, with its own open air infinity pool, and all-inclusive of butler and room service.
Instead, they skew toward the comfort food options traditionally favoured by room service diners, such as miso-marinated Pacific black cod and pizza topped with fresh mozzarella, but they're prepared in the same kitchen and with the same ideals as in Ramsay's haute location, including the use of seasonal and regional ingredients.
Half an hour later, room service arrived with still and sparkling Voss--"just in case you don't like that kind, " said its bearer, winning me over with his wide grin as he motioned toward the pitcher of cucumber-mint water on the table.
It will be standing room only on the Capitol grounds -- the Secret Service says no lawn chairs, nor umbrellas or signs will be allowed -- and the lengthy list of banned items includes aerosol spray, air horns, coolers, glass, hand tools, laser pointers, pepper spray, strollers, and thermoses.
Club guests have a private check-in desk, access to the Virginia Room for concierge service and dining, and a private terrace and garden.
He said he was not against change but that the "back-room reforms" were a distraction from what the health service needed.
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In recent months, the company has brought in more counselors, started a 24-hour phone counseling service and opened a stress room where workers can take out frustration on mannequins with bats.
Room service meals are delivered without delivery charge, and wi-fi is free.
From the Ritz Carlton Residences at LA Live to the up-and-coming One57 in New York to the planned Faena project at the Saxony Hotel in Miami, developers have incorporated hotels into their new towers that allow residents to enjoy year-round travel amenities like fitness and spa services, room service, and housekeeping.
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But if your dining-out checklist includes a buzzy room, fresh food, and good service, then mission accomplished.
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