bellman

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

A driver loaded the family’s belongings off a trio of bellman carts into a van provided by the city to take evacuees to their next address.

From New York Times ● Jul. 2, 2018

To immerse himself further in the local culture, he said, he started hanging out with the staff working at the hotel and befriended a bellman who eventually introduced Coogler to his family.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2018

A Lego bellman even greets guests staying at the Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center Hotel, an hour’s train ride from downtown Chicago, while a restaurant there offers “Lego of My Chick” chicken-and-waffle sandwiches.

From Washington Times ● May 7, 2018

Tall, charismatic, and quick with a smile, Howard Vaughan worked as an itinerant bellman at luxury hotels, going south to Florida in the winter and north to upstate New York and Vermont in the summer.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

Cooks, room attendants, dishwashers, servers, bellmen and front desk agents at hotels were picketing outside major hotels in Los Angeles and Orange counties just as the summer tourist is ramping up.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 2, 2023

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

He made banter with supermarket clerks, bellmen, bus drivers—everyone.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2016

My favorite of all the things she did—one of the bellmen drove her all the way to Ojai to hear lectures by Krishnamurti.

From The New Yorker ● Jun. 17, 2015

During summers home from Institute, the Coleman boys pulled stints as bellmen, and Katherine and her sister took jobs as personal maids to individual guests.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly