Originally Posted by
aa4ever
I'm actually going to have to disagree with this here (sorry). Of course some concierges will get kickback, but many in luxury hotels won't. I got phenomenal recommendations from the Grand Hyatt Tokyo. Everyplace the sent us was superb.
As per my experience at the Park Hyatt in Tokyo ...
If you're recommended a restaurant, and you find that all 5 parties there were sent by your hotel, is it safe to assume that the concierge is getting a kickback? (The restaurant was enjoyable, so maybe it was just a good, safe recommendation.)