Hotel: Mercure Liverpool Atlantic Tower, UK
Status: Gold
VIP treatment: an assortment of biscuits, chocolates and jelly beans; some strawberries and a bottle of water (+ water, coke and tonic from the minibar)
Reaction: Good variety, nicely presented, already in the room when I checked-in.

Hotel: ibis Łódź Centrum, Poland
Status: Gold
VIP treatment: two cookies and some jelly beans, two bottles of water - prepared in two (!) rooms
Reaction: I was nicely surprised since ibis hotels don't normally offer anything. It must have been added recently - I didn't get anything earlier this year at this hotel.

Hotel: Novotel Warszawa Centrum, Poland
Status: Gold
VIP treatment: a small bottle of sparkling water, a jar with 1 small muesli bar cut into three pieces, 1 slice of Black Forest ham (or similar smoked ham) wrapped and put into another jar, a small fork
Reaction: one of the most absurd sets I have seen this year