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# Shutters on the Beach adds checkout perks like airport rides and to-go meals
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/062906-story-20060629-5/
- Published: 2006-06-29T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T18:38:44.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Business, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Daily Press staff*

For the vacationer who doesn’t want to leave, Shutters on the Beach offers new services to ease the separation. With its new range of options provided at checkout — such as a selection of “to go” meals available to order before a flight, or customized driving directions printed from the Internet — Shutters on the Beach aims to keep guests relaxed until the moment their plane takes off.

Services include prearranged transportation to LAX, Burbank, Van Nuys or Long Beach airports; menu for ordering meals to take on your flight; printed airline boarding passes; Map quest directions prepared in advance; vehicles fueled up in advance (fuel charges apply); a complimentary copy of Robb Report. To schedule departure arrangements, guests press the “dreams” button on the room phone to speak to an attendant.

Shutters on the Beach also conducted an intensive search for someone to fill the position of its guest relations manager. The hotel has announced that it has found the perfect candidate in Dolly Shukla, who began serving as guest relations manager this month.

“Dolly possesses expert experience in customer service, motivational speaking, professional training and more importantly, one-on-one guest service, which will all be key in anticipating, fulfilling and even inspiring our guests’ needs,” said vice president and managing director Klaus Mennekes.

As a service leader with more than 17 years of expert-ise in hospitality and professional training, Shukla’s most intense and extensive experience was gained through her 13 years working in the airline industry. Shukla also serves as a training consultant for specialty seminars and workshops at Santa Monica College, lecturing on customer service and how to deliver superior service. While leading seminars and workshops, she also worked from 2003 to 2004 as a job developer and career counselor, specializing in the hospitality industry, at the Career Planning Center in Marina del Rey.

At Shutters, Shukla will handle any special services and travel needs the hotel guests may require. She will work closely with management to keep staff updated on guest preferences, and help resolve any issues or problems.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on June 29, 2006.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/062906.pdf?ref=smdp.com)