Ata luxuryhotel in Japan, for example, ifyou try to tipanyone from thewait staff at atoprestaurant to the hotel concierge, your gesturewillbeperceived asa rude and flagrant show of wealth.
After Hurricane Katrina forced it to close in 2005, the hotel reopened in 2009, completely renovated with a long walnut bar, elegant tile floor and white coat-wearing waitstaff, nodding to the former opulence of old New Orleans.