PlaneHospitality Gears Up for Presidential Inauguration

Dec 22, 2008 1:32 PM

As plans for the Jan. 20 presidential inauguration are well underway in and around the nation’s capital, the greater metropolitan area is putting its best foot forward and rolling out the red carpet. Opening the community to an estimated 4 million visitors requires thousands of hours of preparation and planning, including how to provide, and maintain, a warm welcome to so many people over a four-day period.

“Washington is all abuzz with the inauguration less than three weeks away,” Dede Dunn, president of planeHospitality, a private-jet customer-service company, said. “And we’re ready to do our part!”

With a percentage of those traveling to the D.C. area on private jets, planeHospitality is taking reservations for their meet-and-greet services at all the Washington-area airports.

A niche customer-service company in the private aviation industry, planeHospitality representatives meet charter-company clients on both incoming and outgoing flights, welcome them with a smile, and escort them between aircraft and terminal. The hospitality coordinators are professional, gracious and discreet. They are also skilled at managing unforeseen challenges such as catering dilemmas, flight delays, parking issues and arranging ground transportation. What better welcome for charter-jet clients than one offering a personal greeter at the FBO?

PlaneHospitality’s hospitality coordinators — representing each specific private-jet company’s individual flight — offers clients the personal care and commitment they deserve.

Dunn, a 23-year Washington, D.C.-area resident, founded planeHospitality in 2005. Having spent 27 years in the aviation industry, she created her company after recognizing a need in the private-jet industry of extending caring customer service to clients on the ground, a critical first impression that is frequently overlooked.

For more information, contact Dede Dunn at 703-437-9091 or go to planehospitality.com.

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