Escort services rev up for Formula 1
Wed, October 01 2008
High-end social escort agencies say business is up by 20 per cent as a result of the F1 race, with one client reportedly paying 40 000 Singapore dollars ($29,000) for a six-hour booking, The Straits Times said.
Singapore Escort Services, which said it was handling the booking, declined to give more details but said it has already closed five deals compared with two or three on a normal weekend.
“This is the best weekend this year,” the agency’s owner, Prince Wong, was quoted as saying. He will pocket more than $50 000 in escort fees this weekend alone, nearly as much as what he earns in a regular month.
According to The Straits Times, a social escort’s main job is to smile and to entertain the client and his friends in small talk. It said the agencies made clear that sexual services were not part of the deal.
