It’s always fun when I discover something really clever tucked away in a nuts-and-bolts website. Fairmont Hotels, not known as a hotbed of humor, but rather a place where many of the sultans, sheikhs and excellencies of the world choose to stay, has a simple drop-down menu in their reservation form that brought a smile to my face.
At first, when I clicked on the drop-down menu for title, I paused, then laughed out loud. Normally, the choices of titles are Mr., Mrs., Miss., Ms., Esq. and maybe Dr. On the Fairmont website, when a customer making a reservation clicks on title, they get a listing fit for a king, or princes, or queen, or duke, or …
It’s a cute touch to an otherwise boring procedure. And heck, who couldn’t enjoy being a big cheese for a day. (I wonder if that title is in there?) Here’s the Fairmont title list. Next time you make a reservation, have some fun.
Dr
Miss
Mr
Mrs
Ms
Admiral
Ambassador
Archbishop
Baron
Baroness
Bishop
Brigade General
Captain
Cardinal
Chief
Chief Master Sargeant
Colonel
Commander
Congressman
Congresswoman
Constable
Corporal
Counselor
Count
Countess
CSD
CSM
Css
Dame
Dato
Dato Seri
Datuk
Dr & Dr
Dr & Mrs
Duke
Earl
Father
First Lady
First Office
Frau
General
Governor
Her Excellency
Herr
His Excellency
His Highness
His Royal Highness
Honorable
Honorable Dr
Inspector
Judge
Justice
Khun
King
Lady
Lieutenant
Lieutenant Colonel
Lieutenant Commander
Lieutenant General
Lord
Maestro
Major
Major General
Master
Master Corporal
Mayor
Mess
Minister
Monsignor
Mr & Dr
Mr & Mrs
Mr & Prof
Officer Cadet
Pastor
Pengiran
President
Prime Minister
Prince
Princess
Prof & Mrs
Professor
PSR
Puan Sri
Queen
Rabbi
Rear Admiral
Reverend
Second Lieutenant
Secretary
Secretary General
Senator
Sergeant
Sergeant Major
SFO
Sheikh
Sheikha
Sir
Sister
SO
Sulan
Sultan
Sultanah
Tan Sri
Tan Sri Dato
Vice President
Viscount
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Charlie Leocha is the President of Travelers United. He has been working in Washington, DC, for the past 14 years with Congress, the Department of Transportation, and industry stakeholders on travel issues. He was the first consumer representative to the Advisory Committee for Aviation Consumer Protections appointed by the Secretary of Transportation from 2012 through 2018.
