Forgot to pack a toothbrush or need more towels in your hotel room? If you are staying at a Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts property, you can send a digital message using your smartphone, tablet or laptop to a hotel staffer to request help or information. The chat program has gone live at 56 Four Seasons hotels, including seven in Southern California. The entire 106 properties in the chain are expected to have the chat service by next year. Four Seasons is not the first hotel chain to promote an online chat feature. Marriott International, the world’s biggest hotel company, also offers a chat service — but only from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. Eastern time, according to the hotel website.

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