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23-528: After about 30 years, the Chamber of Commerce vacated its portion of the building, which the Tulsa Club took over. However, the domestic petroleum production industry began to shrink suddenly and sharply, cutting into the club's clientele and revenue. It vacated the entire building and went out of business in 1994. For nearly 20 years the building remained vacant, occupied mainly by squatters and vandals. Extensive damage

46-459: A combination concierge and reception desk, where visitors could check their coats and briefcases. Then there were three passenger elevators and one service elevator, with human operators . Other major changes to the building during the Tulsa Club's tenure include the installation of an elevator at its east end, the construction of a sky bridge across the alley to the Philtower Building on

69-651: A service by financial institutions to their most valuable clients as way of retaining and attracting clients. Lifestyle and travel concierge companies often offer their service as a white-label or semi-branded product on a business-to-business-to-consumer (B2B2C) basis. Banks who currently offer concierge services to clients include Coutts , China Merchants Bank , RBC , and HSBC . Airport concierge services help travellers make it through security, customs, and immigration faster, and provide lounge access. The owners and operators of concierge, lifestyle management, and errand service businesses are supported and advocated by

92-443: A vertical stripe design extending the height of the building. The eleventh floor was set back from the main facade, creating a three-sided roof terrace called the "Sky Terrace". The entry doors faced Fifth Avenue, which slopes downward from Boston Avenue east to Cincinnati Avenue. One entrance was on the ground level, while another entrance, near the western end of the south wall, opened onto the second floor. The second-floor lobby had

115-969: Is an upscale hotel brand within the Hilton Worldwide portfolio. Curio Collection is a soft brand, meaning its hotels are supported by Hilton, but retain their own individual branding. Hilton selects independent hotels and resorts to be part of the Curio Collection. The brand was launched in June 2014, and was Hilton's first "collection" brand. By January 2017, Curio Collection comprised more than 30 hotels and resorts in seven countries. As of December 31, 2019, it has 91 properties with 16,638 rooms in 27 countries and territories, including 20 that are managed with 4,322 rooms and 71 that are franchised with 12,316 rooms. Curio Collection properties use Hilton's reservation system and are part of Hilton Honors , Hilton's guest-loyalty program. Curio Collection by Hilton

138-464: Is likened to Marriott International 's Autograph Collection and Tribute Collection. Properties under the Curio Collection (as of May 2024): Concierge A concierge ( French pronunciation: [kɔ̃sjɛʁʒ] ) is an employee of a multi-tenant building, such as a hotel or apartment building, who receives guests. The concept has been applied more generally to other hospitality settings and to personal concierges who manage

161-758: Is not on-site. A modern concierge may also serve as a lifestyle manager, like a secretary or a personal assistant. In hospitals, concierge services are becoming increasingly available. A hospital concierge provides similar services to those of a hotel concierge, but serves patients and employees as well. This helps hospital employees who work long shifts and helps to provide work–life balance. There are numerous independent personal concierge companies that provide errand services and information services for their members. Services include informational requests, setting dinner reservations, making telephone calls, researching travel arrangements and more. Typically, concierge companies will bill on an hourly rate, and depending upon

184-532: The Curio Collection by Hilton , a chain of boutique hotels. The cost of the renovation was reported to be $ 36 million. Initially, the Tulsa Chamber of Commerce owned 40 percent of the building and the club owned 60 percent. The Chamber of Commerce and other organizations used the lower five floors, while the Tulsa Club occupied the top six floors and a roof garden, which was the site of the inaugural meeting of

207-678: The CEO and president of Promise Hotels, said the final cost of the project was $ 36 million. He was also quoted as saying that it was "the most expensive hotel in Tulsa, if not in Oklahoma." Hilton added the Tulsa Club Hotel to its Curio Collection by Hilton brand. The hotel was a member of the Historic Hotels of America but in 2022 is no longer listed. Curio (brand) Curio Collection by Hilton

230-728: The Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America (SPEBSQSA), now the Barbershop Harmony Society , in April 1938. The club's portion included large and small dining rooms, a gymnasium, barber shop, and dorm-style rooms for overnight guests. The Grand Ballroom occupied the top floor and was named the Sky Terrace. The Chamber of Commerce sold its section of

253-518: The building to the Tulsa Club in 1966, replacing it with a new building on Boston Avenue for itself. The club continued operating the building until 1994, when it abandoned the structure. By then, the oil business had changed dramatically, shifting its focus to domestic operations in Houston and international operations in New York City. There was a sequence of real estate promoters and developers who bought

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276-453: The building up for sale at a cost of $ 1.35 million. In 2015, a developer known as the Ross Group bought the structure and took charge of the restoration project, planning to repurpose the building into a boutique hotel. The Tulsa World reported that in 2015, the Ross Group had initially estimated that its own renovation project would cost $ 24 million. That year, Promise Hotels bought into

299-591: The concierge was a high official of the kingdom, appointed by the king to maintain order and oversee the police and prisoner records. In 19th-century and early 20th-century apartment buildings, particularly in Paris , the concierge was known as a "Suisse", as the post was often filled by Swiss people. They often had a small apartment on the ground floor, called loge , and were able to monitor all comings and goings. However, such settings are now extremely rare; most concierges in small or middle-sized buildings have been replaced by

322-524: The dilapidated structure for auction at a sheriff's fire sale. In April 2013, local businessman Josh Barrett bought the almost-ruined property and announced his own restoration plan, describing a 98-room boutique hotel on floors 1 through 8, retail space and a restaurant on the ground floor, and a bar and restaurant on the 11th floor. Updated cost estimates for the repair and restoration work apparently were well above Barrett's capabilities, so in July 2014 Barrett put

345-419: The errands of private clients. The concierge serves guests of an apartment building, hotel, or office building with duties similar to those of a receptionist . The position can also be maintained by a security guard over the late night shift . In medieval times, the concierge was an officer of the king who was charged with executing justice, with the help of his bailiffs . Later on in the 18th century,

368-634: The non-profit International Concierge and Lifestyle Management Association (ICLMA) and the National Concierge Association. The French word concierge is likely derived from the Old French cumcerges , itself related to the Medieval Latin consergius or the Latin conservus ("fellow slave"). Another possibility, suggested by French authors as early as the 19th century, is that "concierge"

391-436: The part-time services of door-staff . Some larger apartment buildings or groups of buildings retain the use of concierges. The concierge may, for instance, keep the mail of absented dwellers, be entrusted with the apartment keys to deal with emergencies when residents are absent, provide information to residents and guests, provide access control, enforce rules, and act as a go-between for residents and management when management

414-463: The project as an equity partner with Ross. By 2018, the estimate had risen to $ 33 million, with a final cost of $ 36 million when renovations ended the following year. The building was originally constructed with a steel structure, which was then clad in Bedford limestone , laid in a vertical zigzag , Art Deco style. Steel casement windows that opened outward were aligned between pylons of stone to form

437-422: The structure and described lofty visions for its renewal. The first developer was C. J. Moroney, a California investor who bought the building in 1997. Moroney soon stopped paying taxes on the property. In 1998, after multiple fires and an invasion by squatters , Tulsa declared the building a public nuisance and began billing Moroney for a fine of $ 1,000 per day pending the building's being brought up to code . When

460-569: The type of task, fees can vary drastically. Other companies bill a flat monthly fee based upon the number of requests a member is allowed to place each month. In the United Kingdom, since the year 2000 and as of 2010, concierge has become a key marketing and loyalty tool in the banking sector and offered as a benefit on luxury credit cards . This service offering is also known as lifestyle management. Concierges also entertain their clients. Additionally, concierge services are now frequently offered as

483-545: The unpaid fines reached $ 230,000, the city began foreclosure on the building. During this period, the building survived three significant fires during a two-week period in April 2010, with another large blaze occurring that October. Vandals stripped out everything of value and covered most of the interior walls with graffiti. Many of the ceilings had significant water damage, caused either by rain blowing through broken windows or by fire fighting efforts. The city received no acceptable bids from prospective redevelopers, so it scheduled

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506-460: The west side, and a parking garage on the adjacent lot to the north, with its own entrance to the Tulsa Club. When it opened formally on April 18, 2019, the 96-room Tulsa Club Hotel offered more than 7,000 square feet of meeting space, including a ninth-floor ballroom for up to 400 guests, a rooftop meeting space, and a fine dining restaurant, "Le Caveau", overlooking the Deco District. Pete Patel,

529-431: Was caused during this time. A few developers thought they could rehabilitate the structure, but found that it would cost more than they could afford. In 2014 the Ross Group, a company with experience and adequate financial backing from rehabilitating other historic structures, bought the derelict structure and began to turn it into a boutique hotel. The building reopened as the Tulsa Club Hotel in April 2019 as an affiliate of

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