Visitors wanting only to view the art are also welcome, and the reception desk has exhibition guides.
The lobby has been swept clean, even while the chandelier above the reception desk hangs at a crazy angle.
Engineers and programmers hop from company to company, and share options stretch from the boardroom to the reception desk.
Ms. Cowie also contributed the abstract, spider-web-like sculpture and the wall of 999 stylized copper dragons behind the reception desk.
Even the best hotel in town, Yali Otel, is an unassuming off-white building without a prominent signboard or even a reception desk.
Although the rental agency might have a daytime reception desk and an emergency phone number, there's no houseboat concierge to get you tickets to the Concertgebouw.
When I dropped by during a visit to Beijing last September, I found Chinese security guards manning the reception desk behind a set of locked glass doors.
The alternative, she said, was that a victim rang a bell at the reception desk of their local police station, and had to "say in an open waiting room, 'I've been raped'".
Combined with a text message that informs the guest of his or her room number, the technology could theoretically be used to bypass the guest reception desk altogether saving both time and hassle for guests and reducing staff overhead for participating hotels.
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The summer for a recent grad without a trust fund means work, usually at an internship full of high hopes that their time toiling away at a reception desk or filing old magazines at The Atlantic in Washington will one day lead them to a full time job at CNN.
Recently, when I checked-in at a New York City hotel, the manager was at the reception desk and I told him (I already knew his name through my Web explorations) the reason why I had made reservations was based on several previous hotel guests positive comments on the Traveladvisor Internet site.
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Staff give tours Monday through Saturday that take in the reception area (Minnie Ripperton worked the desk) and main studio (designed by a 21-year-old newbie who inadvertently created the room's remarkable sound).
Make a beeline for reception, Nossel recommends, and befriend the person at the desk.
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