Most hotels have a breakfast area (breakfast bar) that offers free foods to their guests. Chains such as Holiday Inn Express, Hampton Inn, Comfort Suites and others are well-known for their breakfast area offerings. Embassy Suites has one of the more popular breakfast areas that includes an omelette prep bar. How does a hotel operator choose the style for their breakfast area. This maybe dictated by the franchisor’s own guidelines. If a hotel operator has his own choice he has a number of options to choose from: Contemporary, Cold Breakfast, Hot Breakfast, Traditional, Country and Economy. Most breakfast areas offer a mix of oatmeals, cereals, fruits, hot breakfast (eggs, bacon, sausage, potatoes), waffles and beverages. Some of them may create daily menu options to switch it up.
The Hotel Retail Group helps manage the process for the client with subjects such as design, equipment sourcing, food supply distribution, menu options and more.
In-Room Catering
A number of higher-end hotels offer in-room catering in which the guest can order breakfast, lunch, dinner or snacks through their hotel room phone. In-Room Catering programs are also popular in resorts, cruiselines and rehab centers. The Hotel Retail Group will be creating and launching its own website dedicated to the subject, www.InRoomCatering.com soon.
* Subjects on the website will include outside sources who deliver meals to the rooms (pizza for example) as well as companies such as Grub Hub who have created in-room catering programs.
A Dinner and a Movie
From a Recent Study: At home, at work, and even on the go, business travelers are spoiled with a myriad of multimedia and entertainment options. These days travelers are making it known they expect a high level of entertainment choices in their hotel rooms. In-room entertainment is one of the fastest growing revenue generating opportunities in hospitality. Guests are showing a greater willingness to pay for movies, video-on-demand, in-room games, and high-speed Internet access. Traditionally, hoteliers have provided little to no entertainment in the guest room aside from conventional cable television. Now, the entertainment medium offers technologies like flat-panel monitors that support high-definition broadcasts and video-on-demand equipment. This new generation of technology allows the guest to watch what they want, when they want it. With the Dinner Option we are partnering with a key player in the in-room entertainment business to put together A Dinner and a Movie.