Making Plans To Serve Their Guests, Their City. With any luck, no Republican at next year's convention will ask Tom Russell, a Doubletree Hotel concierge, to fetch a live mouse to feed a live snake, like the snake that checked in with a guest in a hotel where Russell once worked.
Elephants do, too, supposedly.
Which is why things should work out just fine for Russell next summer. The concierges were there with 150 members of the region's hospitality industry for a Hospitality Summit sponsored by the Philadelphia Concierge Association and organized by corporate concierge Ken Alan, past president of the group. No one said anything about mice. About 2,000 convention-related parties are expected, and some organizers are trying to snap up prime spots early. We'll all share the direct benefits.