AI Concierge

Meet Riley.
Your AI Concierge.

Riley delivers premium, white-glove inbound service — in any language, on any channel, for any hour of the day. For luxury hospitality, high-end real estate, private healthcare, and VIP services, Riley is the first impression that matches your brand.

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The Problem

First impressions at 3am should match your brand. Most don't.

A luxury hotel, a private real estate firm, or a premium healthcare practice competes on experience as much as on product. That experience starts before the client walks through the door — it starts with the first phone call, the first chat, the first text. If that interaction feels generic, scripted, or sends the client to voicemail, the premium positioning erodes immediately.

The problem is that premium staff cost premium salaries — and they still can't cover every time zone, every language, or every hour. Riley covers the hours your front-of-house team doesn't. In French, Spanish, Arabic, or English. In the voice and persona you configure. No scripts. No generic greetings.

What Riley Handles

Premium service. Every hour. Every language.

01

VIP inbound calls

Dedicated premium line

02

Multilingual guest inquiries

Language detection on first contact

03

Concierge requests

Reservations, recommendations, logistics

04

After-hours premium service

24/7 on all configured channels

05

Pre-arrival information

Property details, check-in instructions

06

High-value listing inquiries

Real estate listing page widgets

07

Private client intake

Private healthcare, law, financial services

08

Route to property/service staff

Warm transfer with context

Languages

Riley speaks your client's language. Automatically.

Language is detected automatically on the first message in chat and SMS channels. Voice channels are configured per phone number. Common configurations:

EnglishSpanishFrenchPortugueseArabicMandarinGermanAny other on request
Channels

Voice, chat, SMS, and email — Riley covers all four.

01

Voice

  • Answers inbound calls in real time
  • Books appointments while on the call
  • Warm transfers to humans when escalation is needed
02

Chat

  • Embeds on any page via a single script tag
  • Routes to the right employee based on the page it's on
  • Handles FAQs, qualifies leads, and creates CRM records
03

SMS

  • Responds to inbound texts within seconds
  • Follows TCPA-compliant opt-out handling
  • Threads into the same contact timeline as voice and chat
04

Email

  • Classifies inbound emails by intent
  • Routes to the right department automatically
  • Drafts a reply for human review or sends directly at your discretion
How It Works

From first contact to department task in four steps.

Riley doesn't answer generically. He answers in the persona, language, and tone you configure — every time.

01
Arrive

A visitor calls, chats, or texts

On any channel — a call to your main number, a widget load on your pricing page, an inbound SMS — the right employee answers. Which employee depends on where the contact arrived: homepage chat defaults to Reese; the /pricing page widget routes to Vance; your support line routes to Sage. The routing is set once when you embed the widget or configure the phone number.

02
Answer

The agent answers in role-specific persona

The voice runtime loads the employee's full persona — name, title, personality, department knowledge, and the specific instructions you've configured ("always ask for the caller's email before routing"). On voice, you hear the agent's name. On chat, you see their name in the widget. The visitor interacts with a specialist, not a generic assistant.

03
Act

The agent does the work inline

Books a slot on your calendar. Qualifies a lead against your ICP criteria. Creates a support ticket. Answers the FAQ without escalating. The agent isn't scripted — it has access to your knowledge base, your calendar, and your CRM. If it can handle the interaction end-to-end, it does. If it can't, it escalates with full context.

04
Hand Off

The outcome lands on the right department's board

A booked appointment creates a task on the Receptionist department's kanban. A qualified lead creates a CRM record and a Sales department task. A support ticket lands in Support. The conversation happened on a phone; the work landed in the right place. Nothing falls into a voicemail inbox that nobody checks.

Per-Page Routing

Riley on your premium pages. Reese everywhere else.

◆ Widget routing examples
Page: /vip
Widget param: ?employee=riley
VIP service page — Riley handles premium inquiries
Page: /concierge
Widget param: ?employee=riley
Concierge page — Riley in premium persona mode
Page: /
(no param — org default)
Homepage — defaults to Reese (standard front desk)

Add ?employee=riley to your VIP and concierge pages. Reese handles your main line and general contact. Both operate simultaneously — your premium clients get Riley's white-glove persona; your general visitors get Reese's warm professionalism.

Try It

Talk to Riley.

This is the actual Palatai widget. Riley is answering in premium concierge mode. Try asking in a language other than English.

[ Chat widget loads here — powered by Riley ]
ROI Math

What Riley replaces.

A concierge or front-of-house associate at a luxury property costs $45,000–$75,000/year — and covers one shift, one language, one conversation at a time. After-hours, guests interact with a generic answering service or reach voicemail.

For properties charging $400–$1,000+ per night, the after-hours experience gap is a brand equity problem, not a staffing problem. Riley closes the gap without the headcount. A single recovered booking inquiry — average luxury hotel booking is $800–$2,500 — covers multiple months of Riley's cost.

Concierge staff$45–75K/yr · One shift · One language · One conversation
Answering service$300–700/mo · Generic script · No property knowledge
Translation service (human)$150–300/hr · Not real-time · Can't route or book
Riley — AI Concierge (Palatai)from $750/mo · 24/7 · multilingual · property-knowledge-aware · books and routes
In Practice

Luxury hospitality: Weekend bookings up 23% in 90 days.

◆ Real scenario — boutique Miami hotel, 48 rooms, international clientele

A boutique hotel configured Riley as their after-hours and weekend concierge. Riley handles Spanish and Portuguese inquiries automatically (40% of their guests). He answers questions about room availability, restaurant reservations, and local recommendations. Weekend bookings — previously missed because the front desk was staffed at reduced capacity — increased 23% in the first 90 days.The GM noted that guests who interacted with Riley before arriving commented on the “personal touch” of the pre-arrival service.

Pricing

Hire Riley. Premium service at $750/mo.

HIRE RILEY — RECEPTIONIST DEPARTMENT

$750/mo

+ $2,500 one-time setup

  • Voice (multilingual)
  • Chat (auto-language detect)
  • SMS
  • Riley's premium persona included

The Receptionist department includes Always-On Channels. Riley and Reese are separate employee configurations in the same department — both can be active simultaneously.

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ADD ALWAYS-ON CHANNELS TO ANY HIRE

+$750/mo

+ $2,500 one-time setup

  • Voice
  • Chat
  • SMS for this agent

Already hiring another agent? Add Always-On Channels for +$750/mo. The agent answers in their own role-specific persona.

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FAQ

Questions about Riley.

Riley can be configured for any language supported by the underlying voice and text model. English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Arabic, Mandarin, and German are the most commonly configured. Language can be set per phone number or detected automatically from the first message on chat/SMS (auto-detect mode). Switching between languages mid-conversation is possible in text channels; voice channels require separate number configuration per language.
Yes. Riley is configured with your property's specific details — room types, amenities, dining hours, check-in/check-out policies, local recommendations, and VIP protocols. He does not operate from a generic hotel knowledge base. His persona can be named (e.g., "Julian from The Meridian") or kept as Riley. He matches your brand voice, not a generic friendly assistant.
Reese is the default AI Receptionist — warm, professional, and appropriate for most businesses. Riley is a premium-positioned AI Concierge configured for white-glove service, multilingual capability, and VIP-tier expectations. The underlying technology is the same — they are both employees in the Receptionist department. The difference is persona configuration, tone calibration, and the specific knowledge base you give them. Most luxury properties configure Riley; most SMBs configure Reese.
Yes. A real estate firm with international buyer clients can configure Riley to handle listing inquiries in the buyer's preferred language — automatically detected on first contact. Riley has the property details (features, price, location, availability) and can answer questions, capture buyer contact information, and route serious inquiries to the listing agent.
Yes. They are separate employee configurations in the Receptionist department. Your main number routes to Reese. A dedicated VIP line routes to Riley. Your premium listing page widget uses ?employee=riley; your general contact widget uses the default (Reese). Both operate simultaneously.
No. Riley is the same price as any other Always-On Agent: the Receptionist department ($750/mo + $2,500 setup), or the Always-On Channels add-on (+$750/mo + $2,500 setup) if you already have another department. The premium positioning is in the persona and configuration — not a separate pricing tier.
See Also
← Always-On Agent family/features/always-on-agents
See also: AI Receptionist (Reese)/features/ai-receptionist
See also: AI Sales Agent (Vance)/features/ai-sales-agent
Hire Riley

White-glove service.
24/7. Multilingual.

Riley matches your brand voice, speaks your clients' languages, and never lets a premium inquiry go unanswered. The first impression is part of the product.