By ASchechter
Room service
is usually a solitary affair for us—either we don't know anyone in the
city to go out to dinner with, or we're just feeling a bit low-key and
prefer an in-room meal in front of the TV to going out and talking to
people.
But the newly opened Hotel Indigo Edinburgh
is the first place we've heard of to let guests have it both ways. In
other words, you get the comfort of eating in your own room and the added bonus of a live comedian, who shows up with your meal and does a 10-minute stand-up act right in front of you.
Yes, the potential for awkwardness is pretty high, but we'll let that
go, for the sake of sheer novelty. The setup is by nature a little
ridiculous, but since hotel rooms are often ripe subjects for
joke-making, there's bound to be at least a few laughs in there.
Janey Godley (pictured) is a Scottish comedian who used to
be a pub landlady, and this week is being employed by the hotel for a
three-day promotion, which, sadly, ends tomorrow. So if you or someone
you know happens to be visiting Edinburgh, and could use a few laughs
(or just wants something to look at while eating), then head over to the
Indigo with an empty stomach!
The Guardian
interviewed two men who were on the receiving end of Godley's room
service shtick, and both seemed to thoroughly enjoy the performance:
"'It's the total novelty value. It's very strange but absolutely on the button. I arrived last night and I heard people talking about how if you order room service you get a comedian with it.'
Graydidge, 26, says he initially struggled with the concept. 'I thought comedian was a type of garnish. I really didn't get it but it sounds fun.'"
For now, the hotel only has vague plans to revive the room service
comedian during this summer's Fringe Festival in August, though judging
from the overwhelmingly positive response they've gotten, we wouldn't be
surprised if another comedian shows up sooner than that.
Until then, guests will just have to rely on the new DirecTV feature coming to hotels to watch their favorite sitcoms. Which, unlike humans, come with a fast-forward button.
Source: HotelChatter
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Room service - Check. Room service plus a comedian - Check check!! I'm always interested in the creativity of the hoteliers in the the way they try to attract their customers, and this is absolutely a brilliant idea. When I said like that I'm thinking of the business traveler, they're usually one-person traveler and they don't travel for fun, they go for work so enjoying a meal with a comedy show is good to not make everything to tight, keep their trip a little bit loose and enjoy the staying at the hotel. And laughing can never be risky, in opposite, laugh brings back a bunch of benefits for your health. Hence, laugh it up and enjoy your time at Hotel Indigo Edinburgh.
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