Wiktionary
a. Ostentatiously special; VIP
WordNet
adj. special treatment or hospitality; "the maitre d' gave them the red-carpet treatment" [syn: red carpet(a), red-carpet(a)]
Usage examples of "red-carpet".
Land developers always got the red-carpet treatment, but occasionally so did gangsters, gamblers, bootleggers, bank swindlers and cocaine smugglers.
Ushers who were evidently members of the Enterprise engineering crew were escorting fellow shipmates and other costumed guests to the folding chairs on either side of the red-carpeted aisle.
I had been hoping you'd take the role of one of those high rollers-the big-stakes players that the casinos give red-carpet treatment to.
I had been hoping you’d take the role of one of those high rollers-the big-stakes players that the casinos give red-carpet treatment to.
On the red-carpeted dais sat a small hot-jazz band: violin, trombone, saxophone, trumpet, guitar, piano, drums.
The lobby was red-carpeted, furnished with vending machines selling combs and maps and keychains with Disney characters on the fobs.