front desk
noun
: the desk in a building where visitors are greeted
We checked into the hotel at the front desk.
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Some properties even offer printing and scanning services at the front desk, and bathroom scales are available as well for weighing luggage before flights to avoid overweight bag fees.
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Iona Brannon, Travel + Leisure, 10 Nov. 2025
The clacking of mouth-swab petrie dishes as they’re loaded into boxes for shipping, the line-by-line licking of complimentary doughnuts at the front desk.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2025
That lack of self-awareness doesn't stay at the front desk.
—Jessica Neal, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2025
André Balazs, who worked with Becker on MK and, later, the Mercer, became a client, too, commissioning Santangelo to redo the lobby, penthouse, breakfast room, and front desk of the Chateau Marmont in 1991.
—Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 1 Nov. 2025
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Iona Brannon, Travel + Leisure, 10 Nov. 2025
The clacking of mouth-swab petrie dishes as they’re loaded into boxes for shipping, the line-by-line licking of complimentary doughnuts at the front desk.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2025
That lack of self-awareness doesn't stay at the front desk.
—Jessica Neal, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2025
André Balazs, who worked with Becker on MK and, later, the Mercer, became a client, too, commissioning Santangelo to redo the lobby, penthouse, breakfast room, and front desk of the Chateau Marmont in 1991.
—Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 1 Nov. 2025
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“Front desk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/front%20desk. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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