The guests sign to confirm the length of their stay, and the host escorts them to their room.
In the dining room a host escorted me, in required jacket and tie, to a back corner.
Another black-uniformed host escorts us past the bar into a dimly lighted side room with a fine view of the parking lot.
The Wonderland hosts escort their guests around the grounds, watched over by the ever-vigilant Alice, who steps in whenever their behaviour becomes too unruly to make sure everyone gets what they deserve.
Its crew of 1,016 includes 107 cooks, 4 fitness instructors, a disc jockey and 10 "gentlemen hosts" to escort unaccompanied women.
Calm and precise in the lab, Sasai was cultivated and erudite outside it, with a reputation as a gracious host who escorted visiting colleagues to onsen spas and prepared sushi for lab parties.
Khusnutdinova, 24, is suing her ex-boyfriend, dentist Vladimir Dranovsky, 42, and an escort website host for $16 million in a story that has become grist for New York City tabloids.
If you are a woman traveling alone on business and you feel uncomfortable walking out to your car or over to the hotel, ask the host or hostess to escort you or at least keep an eye out for you if possible.
A few months ago at an award ceremony called The Hookies, an awards show put on by Rentboy.com to honor the best of the best in the male escorting business, host Alaska Thunderfuck presented the award for Best Newcomer to Viktor Belmont.
Mel Schuster, 77, a retired book author, travel writer, tour escort, and former host of a classical music radio show, who lives on 10th Street, sat reading on a bench across from the Highline's tiny amphitheater with huge windows overlooking Tenth Avenue.
