ELEMENT HOTELS, alleged new brand standard: old fashioned oatmeal replaced with insta
Nov 23, 2018, 12:18 pm
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ELEMENT HOTELS: alleged new brand standard: old fashioned oatmeal replaced with insta
Word has it that the Epicurean Geniuses at ELEMENT HOTELS, in keeping with their alleged commitment to "healthy eating," have opted, as a new BRAND STANDARD, to replace old fashioned oatmeal (cooked each morning), with packets of instant oatmeal. I’d expect instant oatmeal at economy brand hotels, such as Econo Lodge, Motel Six, Days Inn, and the like, but, not at Element (by Westin).
I now wonder if the ELEMENT HOTEL'S alleged commitment to the environment, nature, and "healthy eating" is genuine, or rhetoric and marketing hype.
SEE: https://element-hotels.marriott.com/experience/
FYI, because instant oatmeal has been PROCESSED to cook more quickly, it is also broken down and digested more quickly by your body, giving it a higher glycemic index.
ELEMENTS HOTELS were once one of my favorite Starwood brands.
If other Marriott Hotel brands, like full service Marriott and Sheraton hotels, similarly switch to instant oatmeal, in their lounges, or Residence Inn switches to instant oatmeal, I'll take that to mean that Marriott is striving for new lows.
I now wonder if the ELEMENT HOTEL'S alleged commitment to the environment, nature, and "healthy eating" is genuine, or rhetoric and marketing hype.
SEE: https://element-hotels.marriott.com/experience/
FYI, because instant oatmeal has been PROCESSED to cook more quickly, it is also broken down and digested more quickly by your body, giving it a higher glycemic index.
ELEMENTS HOTELS were once one of my favorite Starwood brands.
If other Marriott Hotel brands, like full service Marriott and Sheraton hotels, similarly switch to instant oatmeal, in their lounges, or Residence Inn switches to instant oatmeal, I'll take that to mean that Marriott is striving for new lows.
Last edited by H3A3H3; Nov 28, 2018 at 6:18 pm
Nov 26, 2018, 9:53 pm
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Confirmed today: New "Element Hotel" BRAND STANDARD is instant oatmeal packets, and if a hotel dares to serve old fashioned oatmeal, they get dinged by a clipboard-wielding "Brand Police (person)" during a hotel's inspection.
Last edited by H3A3H3; Nov 28, 2018 at 6:19 pm
Nov 27, 2018, 12:48 am
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The Marriottisation of F&B continues. Soon even lunch will be wrapped in plastic and able to last 8 years in the sun without going off.
Nov 27, 2018, 5:44 am
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Confirmed today: New "Element Hotel" BRAND STANDARD is instant oatmeal packets, and if a hotel dares to serve old fashioned oatmeal, they get dinged by a clipboard-wielding "Brand Police (person)" during a hotel's inspection.
How much do you want to bet that the "Brand Police (person)" is a thirty-something year old, with no experience as a hotel general manager, or in customer relationship marketing, nor a graduate of a respectable hotel and hospitality management program, from a respectable university, who is taking direction from someone equally ill informed and ill prepared to perform such duties.
How much do you want to bet that the "Brand Police (person)" is a thirty-something year old, with no experience as a hotel general manager, or in customer relationship marketing, nor a graduate of a respectable hotel and hospitality management program, from a respectable university, who is taking direction from someone equally ill informed and ill prepared to perform such duties.
Nov 27, 2018, 7:49 am
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I really do wonder if the ELEMENT HOTEL'S alleged commitment to the environment, nature, and "healthy eating" is genuine, or rhetoric and marketing hype.
A sad commentary, in my opinion, that Element Hotels have been McMariottized.
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Nov 27, 2018, 7:56 am
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And if nothing else, Marriott has always been known for its consistency.
Nov 30, 2018, 8:39 am
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Word has it that the Epicurean Geniuses at ELEMENT HOTELS, in keeping with their alleged commitment to "healthy eating," have opted, as a new BRAND STANDARD, to replace old fashioned oatmeal (cooked each morning), with packets of instant oatmeal. I’d expect instant oatmeal at economy brand hotels, such as Econo Lodge, Motel Six, Days Inn, and the like, but, not at Element (by Westin).
I now wonder if the ELEMENT HOTEL'S alleged commitment to the environment, nature, and "healthy eating" is genuine, or rhetoric and marketing hype.
SEE: https://element-hotels.marriott.com/experience/
FYI, because instant oatmeal has been PROCESSED to cook more quickly, it is also broken down and digested more quickly by your body, giving it a higher glycemic index.
ELEMENTS HOTELS were once one of my favorite Starwood brands.
If other Marriott Hotel brands, like full service Marriott and Sheraton hotels, similarly switch to instant oatmeal, in their lounges, or Residence Inn switches to instant oatmeal, I'll take that to mean that Marriott is striving for new lows.
I now wonder if the ELEMENT HOTEL'S alleged commitment to the environment, nature, and "healthy eating" is genuine, or rhetoric and marketing hype.
SEE: https://element-hotels.marriott.com/experience/
FYI, because instant oatmeal has been PROCESSED to cook more quickly, it is also broken down and digested more quickly by your body, giving it a higher glycemic index.
ELEMENTS HOTELS were once one of my favorite Starwood brands.
If other Marriott Hotel brands, like full service Marriott and Sheraton hotels, similarly switch to instant oatmeal, in their lounges, or Residence Inn switches to instant oatmeal, I'll take that to mean that Marriott is striving for new lows.
Nov 30, 2018, 10:37 am
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One of the last places that I'd expect to consistently find fresh oatmeal is in the Delta Sky Clubs, but Delta knows how to do that. Imagine an airline has figured that out, but a hotel company hasn't?
Nov 30, 2018, 10:57 am
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That to me is a sign of an Absentee Landlord (and total lack of leadership) in a hotel's food and beverage department. If Starwood and Marriott do not have staff with the wherewithal to know how to maintain fresh oatmeal, that is a truly negative reflection on Starwood and Marriott. I'm sorry, if Element Hotels don't know how to maintain fresh oatmeal, and they have to resort to instant oatmeal, due to their own failures, then Element Hotels should buy a big box of Bandaids to cover all of their wounds, and aim for getting to the heart of their service failures and irregularities.
Nov 30, 2018, 11:02 am
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Word has it that the Epicurean Geniuses at ELEMENT HOTELS, in keeping with their alleged commitment to "healthy eating," have opted, as a new BRAND STANDARD, to replace old fashioned oatmeal (cooked each morning), with packets of instant oatmeal. I’d expect instant oatmeal at economy brand hotels, such as Econo Lodge, Motel Six, Days Inn, and the like, but, not at Element (by Westin).
I now wonder if the ELEMENT HOTEL'S alleged commitment to the environment, nature, and "healthy eating" is genuine, or rhetoric and marketing hype.
SEE: https://element-hotels.marriott.com/experience/
FYI, because instant oatmeal has been PROCESSED to cook more quickly, it is also broken down and digested more quickly by your body, giving it a higher glycemic index.
ELEMENTS HOTELS were once one of my favorite Starwood brands.
If other Marriott Hotel brands, like full service Marriott and Sheraton hotels, similarly switch to instant oatmeal, in their lounges, or Residence Inn switches to instant oatmeal, I'll take that to mean that Marriott is striving for new lows.
I now wonder if the ELEMENT HOTEL'S alleged commitment to the environment, nature, and "healthy eating" is genuine, or rhetoric and marketing hype.
SEE: https://element-hotels.marriott.com/experience/
FYI, because instant oatmeal has been PROCESSED to cook more quickly, it is also broken down and digested more quickly by your body, giving it a higher glycemic index.
ELEMENTS HOTELS were once one of my favorite Starwood brands.
If other Marriott Hotel brands, like full service Marriott and Sheraton hotels, similarly switch to instant oatmeal, in their lounges, or Residence Inn switches to instant oatmeal, I'll take that to mean that Marriott is striving for new lows.
Maybe they were wasting tons of oatmeal a year as many people eschew it for more non-gruel like options, so they decided to switch to packets for those who still wanted oatmeal.
Nov 30, 2018, 1:18 pm
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That to me is a sign of an Absentee Landlord (and total lack of leadership) in a hotel's food and beverage department. If Starwood and Marriott do not have staff with the wherewithal to know how to maintain fresh oatmeal, that is a truly negative reflection on Starwood and Marriott. I'm sorry, if Element Hotels don't know how to maintain fresh oatmeal, and they have to resort to instant oatmeal, due to their own failures, then Element Hotels should buy a big box of Bandaids to cover all of their wounds, and aim for getting to the heart of their service failures and irregularities.
One of the last places that I'd expect to consistently find fresh oatmeal is in the Delta Sky Clubs, but Delta knows how to do that. Imagine an airline has figured that out, but a hotel company hasn't?
One of the last places that I'd expect to consistently find fresh oatmeal is in the Delta Sky Clubs, but Delta knows how to do that. Imagine an airline has figured that out, but a hotel company hasn't?