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1. Investigating sound speed profile assimilation: An experiment in the Philippine Sea.

Author

Chen, Cheng, Lei, Bo, Ma, Yuan-Liang, and Duan, Rui

Subjects
*SPEED of sound, *ACOUSTIC models, *BELLHOPS, *DATA analysis
Abstract

In this paper, a single datum assimilation method is described for constructing the sound speed profile (SSP) in the ocean. Our method's key is assimilation radius, where various radii provide different SSPs. By means of the Bellhop acoustic model and acoustic data, we calculated the optimal SSP assimilation radius. Due to the lack of proper in-situ observations, an SSP inversion method is proposed. Inverted SSP compared to assimilated SSP indicates close correlation, showing that both methods yield reliable results. Historical data analysis indicates a stable correlation structure under certain conditions, implying the optimal assimilation radius would measure SSP effectively under similar conditions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2016
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2. A bellboy robot: Study of the effects of robot behaviour on user engagement and comfort.

Author

Rodriguez-Lizundia, Eduardo, Marcos, Samuel, Zalama, Eduardo, Gómez-García-Bermejo, Jaime, and Gordaliza, Alfonso

Subjects
*SOCIAL robots, *BELLHOPS, *HOTELS, *HUMAN-computer interaction, *SALUTATIONS
Abstract

This paper provides the results of various trial experiments in a hotel environment carried out using Sacarino, an interactive bellboy robot. We analysed which aspects of the robot design and behaviour are relevant in terms of user engagement and comfort when interacting with our social robot. The experiments carried out focused on the influence over the proxemics, duration and effectiveness of the interaction, taking into account three dichotomous factors related with the robot design and behaviour: robot embodiment (with/without robotic body), status of the robot (awake/asleep) and who starts communication (robot/user). Results show that users tend to maintain a personal distance when interacting with an embodied robot and that embodiment engages users in maintaining longer interactions. On the other hand, including a greeting model in a robot is useful in terms of engaging users to maintain longer interactions, and that an active-looking robot is more attractive to the participants, producing longer interactions than in the case of a passive-looking robot. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2015
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3. Two Years Before the Blast.

Author

MANEY, KEVIN

Subjects
*FORECASTING, *ROBOT control systems, *BELLHOPS, *ARTIFICIAL intelligence, *AUTOMATION
Abstract

The article focuses on the forecasts made by the companies for the year 2020 about the wonderful goodies like flying Uber to a hotel and robot checking the luggage. It mentions that a self-driving store and robots will be the main focus in 2020 and according to hospitability consultant Dean Minett, famous hotels will have robot bellboys to check in the bags. It states that Samsung company will build artificial intelligence into all smartphones and electronic devices that it will manufacture.

Published
2018

4. TIPPING CHEAT SHEET.

Subjects
*RESTAURANTS, *BELLHOPS
Abstract

The article offers suggestions from Diane Gottsman, author of Modern Etiquette for a Better Life and founder of the Protocol School of Texas, on tipping cheat sheet, like restaurant servers, bellmen, valets and airport curbside check-in.

Published
2019

5. HUMANS NEED NOT APPLY.

Subjects
*AUTONOMOUS robots, *ARTIFICIAL intelligence in business, *BELLHOPS, *JOURNALISM writing, *ROBOTICS competitions, *EMERGENCY management
Abstract

The article discusses several careers where robots may outnumber humans. Topics include the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA's) Robotics Challenge, in which machines must complete eight tasks related to emergency response in natural disasters, a robotic bellhop, called Botlr, at the Aloft hotel in Cupertino, California, and algorithm-generated news stories written by robots using software from artificial intelligence (AI) firm Narrative Science.

Published
2014
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6. SWIFT'S BELLMEN IN THE JOURNAL TO STELLA.

Author

Molitor, Helen O'Brien

Subjects
*BELLHOPS
Abstract

Examines the use of the bellman character in the book 'Journal to Stella,' by Jonathan Swift. History of the bellmen in 18th century; Types of bellmen; Role of bellmen in the postal service of London, England.

Published
1985

7. Omani Receives Top Marriott Award.

Author

Hanley, Belinda C.

Subjects
*BELLHOPS, *AWARDS
Abstract

The article announces that Omani bellman Hadid Jaman Bait Shamasa received the prestigious 2015 Award of Excellence at a ceremony held at the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel and Conference Center in Maryland on May 12, 2015.

Published
2015

9. ‘Beep,’ Says the Bellhop.

Author

MARKOFF, JOHN

Subjects
*AUTONOMOUS robots, *MOBILE robots, *INDUSTRIAL robots, *BELLHOPS, *HOTEL equipment
Abstract

The article discusses hotel company Starwood's Aloft Hotel in Cupertino, California's introduction of Botlr, a robotic bellhop service vehicle designed by robotics company Savioke. Topics addressed include concerns regarding the possibility that robots and other automated services could replace human jobs, as well as the various capabilities of Botlr.

Published
2014

10. Cover Page.

Subjects
*MAGAZINE covers, *HOTELS, *BELLHOPS, *PERIODICALS
Abstract

The article presents the cover page of the July 14, 1956 issue of the periodical "Saturday Evening Post" featuring two persons who checked in at Hotel of France and a bellboy.

Published
1956

11. STRANGE PLANET.

Subjects
*TOURISM, *CURIOSITIES & wonders, *BELLHOPS, *LANDSCAPES
Abstract

The article presents various curiosities and facts related to tourism. Algae, microbes, and brine shrimp in the salt ponds of southern San Francisco Bay, California, create an abstract painting of bright colors. Bellhops earn a significant part of their income from tips as a result, they are sometimes paid less than minimum wage. The world's first parking meter was installed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, in 1935, an invention of local resident Carl C. Magee.

Published
2009

12. Are You Being Served?

Author

Schaeve, Tony

Subjects
*LETTERS to the editor, *BELLHOPS
Abstract

A letter to the editor is presented in response to "Is Your Bellhop on the Take?" published in a previous issue.

Published
2007

13. Check-In Without the Attitude.

Author

Saporito, Bill

Subjects
*HOTELS, *HOTEL management, *BELLHOPS, *HOTEL concierges, *TOURISM
Abstract

The article focuses on hotel industry changes instituted by Andrew Cosslett, chief executive officer of International Hotel Group. The changes involved ridding his hotels of greedy bellmen and concierges with bad attitudes. Cosslett foresees a billion tourists traveling in the decades to come and wants to make the changes to ready for their hotel business.

Published
2007

15. Summer bellhop.

Author

English, Nancy

Subjects
*BELLHOPS, *HOTELS
Abstract

Opinion. Focuses on the experience of an individual as a desk clerk and bellhop at the Quisset Harbor House hotel. Reference to the individual's Class of '73 graduation; Information on the hotel; How the individual spends a typical day at the hotel; Details on the manager at the hotel.

Published
1998

16. Chatter

Author

Allis, Tim

Subjects
*FILM festivals, *BODYGUARDS, *BELLHOPS
Published
1987

17. Bellhop.

Subjects
*BELLHOPS
Abstract

Profiles Tony Cichielo, retired bellhopper of hotels in New York City. Service at the Algonquin; Description of William Faulkner, Thornton Wilder, John Osborne and other personalities; Observations on male guests; Views on taxi drivers.

Published
1993

18. Comedy of Manners.

Author

Brown, Inc C.

Subjects
*HUMOROUS stories, *JOB applications, *BELLHOPS, *WIT & humor, *JOB hunting
Abstract

Presents a humorous story about a man applying for a job as a bellhop.

Published
1980

19. You be the Judge.

Author

Donaldson, William

Subjects
*LEGAL judgments, *WAGES, *BELLHOPS, *HOTELS, *MINIMUM wage
Abstract

Focuses on the ruling of a Wyoming court on a case involving the salary received by a bellhop from a hotel. Minimum wage in the state; Arguments raised by the parties; Provisions of the law on gratuities.

Published
1958

20. Victims of the Tight-Fisted.

Author

Weed, Julie

Subjects
*HOTEL concierges, *VICTIMS, *BELLHOPS, *HOUSEKEEPERS, *AIRLINE rates, *HOSPITALITY
Abstract

Tipping for hotel concierges, bellhops and housekeepers moves up and down with the economy, but lately it has also been affected by changes in corporate, airline and hotel policies. The airlines' checked bag fees offer a prime example. Since luggage got wheels, more travelers have been eschewing porters and taking their own bags up to their hotel rooms. But the airline fees have made things worse, said Adam Weissenberg, a vice chairman at Deloitte & Touche who leads the firm's American travel, hospitality and leisure division. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Published
2012

21. George Jetson, Your Room Is Ready.

Author

Genzlinger, Neil

Subjects
*BELLHOPS, *ACROBATICS
Abstract

We've all had this dream for so long that some of us have probably forgotten about it. It's the dream that someday we'll be able to navigate New York without ever being at the mercy of a rude cabdriver, an indifferent waiter or a butterfingered bellhop. It is, in short, the dream of a robotic New York. A hotel opening soon in Midtown has an amusing lobby gimmick called Yobot that suggests we may yet find our way to that ''Jetsons'' future. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Published
2011

22. Piecing Together The True Cost of Flying.

Author

Sharkey, Joe

Subjects
*SURCHARGES, *BELLHOPS, *TAXATION, *AIRLINE industry
Abstract

FOR the last two weeks, I've been complaining about the fees and surcharges that some hotels add to the bill for things like maid service, bellhop availability and landscaping. But travelers have also been telling me to look harder at the fees the airlines are busily conjuring up. John Carrick, for example, said he was recently surprised to discover that transferring some of his wife's American Airlines frequent flier miles to a daughter resulted in charges of $250 for the transfer of the mileage points, $30 for a ''processing fee'' and $18.75 in taxes. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Published
2011

23. At Plaza, Buffet Tables Are Turned.

Author

Barry, Dan

Subjects
*HOTELS, *HOTEL employees, *HOTEL management, *BELLHOPS, *HOTEL concierges, *HOTEL doorkeepers
Abstract

Presents the author's views on the closing of the Plaza Hotel in New York City. Efforts made by the New York Hotel Trades Council to prevent the closing; Comments from employees of the hotel; View that nobody involved in the hotel's closing cared more about it than the maids and doormen who upheld its traditions and standards.

Published
2005

24. The Death of the Bellman.

Author

Higgins, Michelle and Weinbach, Jonathan B.

Subjects
*BELLHOPS, *HOTELS
Abstract

Deals with the phasing out of bell boys in hotels in the United States (US). Reason for the move; Ratio of hired bell boys in 1999; List of some duties performed by bell boys at major hotels in the US; Services offered at Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Chicago, Illinois.

Published
2000

25. Johnny Roventini, 86, Bellhop Who Called for Phillip Morris.

Author

Thomas Jr., Robert McG.

Subjects
*BELLHOPS, *DEATH
Abstract

Pays Tribute to Johnny Roventini, the Brooklyn-born bellhop who appeared in the Phillip Morris advertisement. Background information on Roventini; His achievements.

Published
1998

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