- The Marble Triangle-Three sides to luxury as defined: . Something that is an extravagance rather than a necessity. Book into a five star hotel in Thailand where they know the meaning of service compared with most of the rest of the world and soon you will discover the first definition noted above. If we are looking for luxury, then all extravagance is a necessity. From waiters and hotel staff that appear at remarkable speeds to serve you, to their first class handling of your requests. These are not just employees from a country that is already naturally customer-service orientated, but they are staffs that have been especially selected then trained then re-trained and upgraded. That is without the added skills of local knowledge, bi- or tri-lingual language communication, knowledge of wines and foods which are all necessary for the upkeep of a five star luxury hotel. . Lavishness: the quality possessed by something that is markedly expensive. When you take the dcor and interior…