Ladies’ Floor
I never really thought of myself as a female business traveler, just as a business traveler. I also never thought I would be the type to check myself into a hotel’s ladies’ floor. To tell you the truth, until a reservation was made for me, I didn’t even know what the ladies’ floor was, or why I believed it to have negative connotations. I have now stayed on a hotel’s ladies’ floor twice and would happily request it my next time around.
My first time on a ladies’ floor was at the Chopard Ladies’, “Floor at the Jumeirah Emirates Towers in Dubai about three years ago. When I was told I was on the ladies’ floor, my immediate reaction was a regular floor will do.” The receptionist suggested I try the floor, as I could always change. I’m glad she did — I didn’t want to leave the room! I was greeted by pink sheets and a pink bathrobe, not to mention Chopard amenities throughout the floor. Plus, only female staff were allowed on the floor, and extra security was needed to get on the floor. It did give me an extra sense of security.
Most recently, I stayed on the ladies’ floor at the Hotel Lotte while in Seoul, Korea last week. The Lotte has just gone through renovations, and the rooms were wonderfully designed. The amenities were not Chopard, but L’Occitane, and the room was bright, spacious and comfortable. To get on the floor, I needed my key to go through sleek sliding doors and enter the floor off the elevator. In addition to the club room, the floor offered its own lounge, which was peaceful and quiet — a great place to stretch out or read a book. The ladies’ floor did not yet offer wireless Internet, but broadband was available.
Whenever a ladies’ floor is offered, I encourage female business travelers, or those just looking for a girls’ weekend, to reserve a room on the special floor.
-Alex Young, vice president and associate publisher
March 18th, 2009 at 3:03 pm
It was good to know about the ladies’ floor. Thanks for sharing the information…