How much access can a hotel concierge grant? But can they really go farther than that and open doors to the ne plus ultra of high society events? T&C spoke to Jacob Tomsky, an industry veteran and author of the tell-all Heads in Beds: A Reckless Memoir of Hotels, Hustles, and So-Called Hospitality to fact-check Inventing Anna. Private tours of museum exhibits, after-hours shopping sprees at Bergdorf's, the good table at Le Coucou, such services can be expected of a 5-star hotel concierge. ![]() "At 12 George if you're a guest and we want to keep you happy, it's my job to get you on the right database." "You were setting up meetings?" the journalist Vivian (Anna Chlumsky), a stand-in for Pressler, asks in episode 4. ![]() In return, Neff claims to have gone above and beyond for her client, getting her name on every important database at restaurants, clubs, salons, and PR agencies to ensure Delvey would receive the most sought-after invitations, breeze through any VIP entrance, always get a table or ticket wherever she wanted. In the show, 11 Howard is the fictional 12 George, and as in real life, Garner's Delvey becomes particularly attached to one employee at the desk, Neff Davis (who is portrayed by Alexis Floyd), treating her like a personal secretary and tipping handsomely for it. Julia Garner and Alexis Floyd as Anna Delvey and Neff Davis in Netflix’s Aaron Epstein/Netflixįrom the point of view of Inventing Anna, a Shonda Rhimes production that is inspired by-and also takes liberties with-Jessica Pressler's 2018 story for New York magazine on the con artist, that last part can in large part be credited to the hotel concierge at 11 Howard, where Delvey stayed for several months in 2017, racking up $30,000 in charges.
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