7/12/1999
By Glenn Haussman

NEW YORK -- Hotels are always looking for ways to continually lift up profit margins. At full-service properties where guests commonly have more disposable income than their limited-service counterparts, in-room refreshment centers are one way hotels play upon the guests desire for convenience to boost property income.

A Scary Encounter with the Hotel Mini-Bar Sensors
 

Where: 1755 North Highland Avenue [map], Hollywood, CA, United States, 90028
11/29/2006 at 3:43 PM
Tags: Hotel Amenities, Hotel Staff, Hollywood Hotel Reviews

[Ed. Note: Our fearless Jaunted editor Davie recently had a terrifying experience with the mini-bar sensors at the Hollywood Renaissance Hotel in Hollywood. The good news is she's lived to tell the tale.]

Hotels spice up their minibar selections
Posted 2/8/2007 8:55 PM   

By Kitty Bean Yancey, USA TODAY
Hip hotels have been adding offbeat minibar items, from Rice Krispies Treats to condoms.
Some Omni hotels, for instance, have "Sensation Bars" that include Mini Zen Gardening Kits and CDs designed to lull guests to sleep.

Sex and the hotel minibar - Flying with Kaleel Sakakeeny

March 3, 2006

The hotel minibar is not what it used to be. It’s gotten sexier, and we mean that literally.

Some hotels including the Thompson in New York and James in Arizona are stocking their minibars with Intimacy Kits which, in case you need to ask, contain condoms, cinnamon mints, scented cloths, and even personal lubricants and feather ticklers. No, these are not your parents’ hotels. Maybe we can get pleasure rings and blindfolds at the Hotel Montalembert in gay Paris, but in middle America?