There are a lot of hotels in the world. But you know what??
I think I work for one of the best. In the Twenty plus years I have been gainfully employed (and by some very good companies such as The Marcus Corp and prior to that The Stuart Anderson's Steakhouse chain out in Colorado), I don't think I have ever been as fufilled in a job as I have been for the last Six plus years.
Not only do I have top rate professional bosses, but I feel I have one of the best staff's any manager could ever ask for.
Add to all that "fluff" comes more "fluff". The "fluff" that makes the guests happy. And without those guests...I would NOT have a job.
Read on.....
A press release (taken from Hotel Management E-Letter that I subscribe to) from Marriott:
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Marriott announces guestroom initiatives
WASHINGTON
-Marriott International unveiled its new Marriott and Renaissance guestrooms to more than 800 of the company's general managers and executives. The new full-service guestrooms will be installed in newly developed hotels and replace the current room décor and bedding in existing properties as renovations are scheduled.
A key component of the room is new bedding, which features a feathered mattress topper, 300-thread-count sheets, a white sheeted duvet freshly laundered for each new guest, euroshams, decorative bed scarf and more pillows. The wooden headboard extends from night table to night table and offers built-in reading lights.
Bathrooms, featuring two cherry entry doors, warm brown cherry millwork and granite countertops, will offer a custom line of Bath & Body Works Energizing Aromatherapy products and Archive personal amenities.
The guestroom will incorporate state-of-the-art technology and entertainment elements that include a 32-inch flat-panel LCD television with 30-watt speaker systems and greater channel selection.
The rooms also will include digital music and dataports for work and entertainment devices, a custom-designed pivoting desk with high-back ergonomic chair and high-speed Internet access.
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Heck....I may just move in to one of those rooms once we are renovated!! Sounds as good as home if not better. (I would be closer to work also)....oops-on 2nd thought I think I will stay where I am. I am still pretty close to work. Enough said.
Add to that the folks up on top seem to be attending alot of "wine and cheese tasting parties" to try and make sure our guest's drinking pleasures are enhanced. Read on:
(Another excerpt from Hotel Management E-letter):
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Marriott International introduced its new Gold Standard wine portfolio. After two weeks of extensive blind tastings of over 650 wines, more than 70 new wines were added to the list, which features 150 wines from 88 different vintners.
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Not too shabby hey??? I heard about these initiatives at a manager staff meeting a few months ago and our hotel is already in the process of planning for all of these upgrades. It is an exciting time in the hotel industry and those who try to really "Wow" the guests, are the ones who will truly succeed in the next few years as the travelers who stay at the full service properties become more and more like me....The generation who grew up in the 70s and 80s and who demand a lot of creature comforts and like to be pampered when on the road.
I just wish I could afford to stay at these places.
Oh Wait....I can (with my Marriott discount at least).
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