Saudi Arabia sees growing market for concierge lifestyle managers

Saudi Arabia’s influx of senior executives and wealthy expatriates is driving growth in so-called concierge and lifestyle management services.

Less familiar in the West, concierge services are a popular luxury in the Gulf, easing the transition for new arrivals and helping them through anything from bureaucratic processes to finding a new home or transporting a pet.

“We brought people from our offices around the world working with young, brilliant, talented Saudis so that the service that you can expect when you arrive is really ticked off,” Sir Ben Elliot, founder of global luxury concierge firm Quintessentially, told Arab News during the TOURISE summit in Riyadh. 

Elliot said the company is trying to accommodate customers in the ‘”avalanche of people” relocating to Saudi Arabia.