Idiom meaning, usage examples, facts

1. The businessmen were given the red-carpet treatment by the small town in the hopes that they would decide it was a good place to build a factory.
2. Please don’t go to any trouble for us when we come to visit. You don’t need to roll out the red carpet.

The expression originates from the practice in which, when famous or important people are received, a red carpet is often laid for them to walk on from their carriage or car to the building they will enter. When someone is given the red-carpet treatment, he or she is treated like an extra-special person.