From the Concierge's Desk

It's finally over...the long awaited Petronas Malaysian F1 Grandprix. Fisiscella number 1, followed by Alonso and third place falls to Button. It's not like I'm a big fan or anything, in fact, I'm not into this F1 thingy at all, to me, the most interesting part of a race would be the crashes (evil, isn't it? but you have to admit, it is cool). But this year it was not as happening as it was in the last years. Probably because the heat has died down a bit. Or maybe our race is the second race. Not so interesting to some.

Hotels were not as fully booked as it used to be for this time's F1, but as it is an event that happens once a year, as usual, most hotels had their room rates hiked up to what most would call the F1 Rates. And not only that, transportation companies also took this opportunity to rake in whatever profits they could for this 3 days by providing selling shuttle services, limousine services and others. Even the tour agents have started to F1 packages that includes rooming, F1 tickets and even the transfers included...

But this week was really interesting to me in terms of being a Concierge. You should have seen us. Our phones were ringing non-stop with inquiries from others seeking tickets to the race..."Ring-Ring" Hello? You got Topaz tickets? I need two. "Ring-Ring" Anyone got Diamond tickets? "Ring-Ring" I have one Emerald ticket left if any of your guest is interested. The joke of the week was, instead of working as concierges, it was as if we were manning the Sepang ticketing booths!

I wonder how it would be like if one day KL hosts an Olympic...whoah...that would be really cool!!