Met this guy at my first stay at a Conrad property in Asia. He upgraded us to a King Executive Bay View Suite on basis of my Diamond membership.

The next year I only had gold, but we had exchanged emails and I contacted him several months ahead of time subtly asking if he would be able to arrange a similar room for us and he came through with a Bay View Suite again. This is a 5* property in one of the most expensive metros in the world, basic rooms at this property fetching $600~ a night and suites over $1,200.

He did so for a short one night stopover I had in the city last Christmas and had wanted to get him a cake or something as a genuine token of appreciation, but didn't have the time to and left a box of confectioneries that I had picked up as a souvenir on previous legs of my trip. In retrospect I feel embarrassed because it's such a bad look.

I'm about to order a cake from a famous shop to be delivered to him by courier...but was curious what kind of gifts others have given for relationships developed with managers at favorite properties.