September 3, 2024

7 Smart Ways to Enhance Hotel Guest Experience and Drive Sustainability

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By Vivreau Advanced Water Systems

A hotel stay is so much more than a guest room and a place to rest.

When done right, it’s a luxurious experience where the days feel more delightful than the everyday. At Vivreau we understand the thoughtful planning required to create an elegant hotel experience. It’s our area of specialty, and we excel at partnering with hotels to elevate their spaces so their hotel shines brighter than the rest. Today we’re sharing the top seven spaces in your hotel with untapped opportunities to elevate the guest experience with thoughtful water programs.

1. Hotel Lobby

Hotel Lobby: The Impact of First Impressions

As the first space your guests experience, your hotel lobby sets the tone for their stay. Consider a microfiltered water station in the lobby such as the Extra C-Tap, where guests can self-serve from a variety of hydration choices: chilled still, sparkling or hot water from a single tap. Provide elegant teas or Vivreau’s Premium Flavor Collection for even more customization.

For hotels serving water in a vat with decorative sliced fruit, reduce your staff’s labour hours to maintain and refill with a Vivreau switch. Never again will you raise an eyebrow to wonder – when was the fruit last replaced?

They say you can only create a first impression once, so let’s make it a sparkling one.

2. On Floor Hydration Station

On Floor Hydration Station: Convenience Steps From Your Suite

The Vivreau Top Pro is ideal for on floor hydration stations, with an intuitive design and standing dispenser perfect for hallways. The sparkling water option is sure to be a pleasant surprise, and such convenience steps from their hotel room is a unexpected luxury.

Guests are already familiar with on floor ice machines, so pair it with a water station for endless convenient hydration.

3. In-Room

In-Room Amenity Glass Water Bottles: Plastic, it’s Time To Check Out

In-room water represents the largest volume of plastic bottle waste on a property. It also provides the largest opportunity to reduce plastic waste and increase perceived elegance by switching to refillable Vivreau glass bottles. Unlock the opportunity to improve the turndown service experience by providing elegant fresh glass bottles of water instead of plastic.

As your guests spend the most time in their room, take the time to share your sustainability storytelling with informative cards alongside bottles. Travellers are increasingly becoming more discerning in choosing hotels with sustainability at the forefront, so make your story heard.

4. Bars, Lounges, Restaurants

Bars, Lounges, Restaurants: Sustainable Nibbles and Sips

Wherever your guests sip, there’s an opportunity to be unlocked. The hotel bar, lounge, and restaurants offer opportunities to switch out imported single-serve bottles of water with freshly micro-filtered Vivreau glass bottles. Our new Lounge Bottle offers a classic elegance, or choose our classic Designer Bottle, with options for upscale branding customization.

By bottling and selling your own water instead of purchasing, unlock a new revenue stream for your hotel, while eliminating the logistics and cost of single-serve bottles. Vivreau’s Countertop Water Bottling System and High Volume Bottling Systems quickly and efficiently refill bottles with microfiltered water straight from your municipal water source.

Curious about real world results from the switch? The Auberge Saint-Antoine Hotel  shared that they saved over 60,000 plastic bottle waste a year, and over 60 truck deliveries a year of water.

5. Banquet Hall

Banquet Hall: Hydrating Conference and Wedding Guests in Style

Say goodbye to generic banquet water pitchers, and say hello to a no-spill hydration solution. Our refillable water bottles offer an elegant tabletop solution for banquets, with the added luxury of offering both still and sparkling water options. Customized bottles add yet another touch of class.

6. Spa and Fitness Center

Spa and Fitness Center: Take Care of the Body, Soul, and Planet

The journey to delight guests continues in hotel amenity spaces. Imagine the convenience of offering spa guests hot tea, chilled still, or sparkling water from a single tap. The Extra C-Tap or Extra I-Tap dispensers are ideal for these environments.

For those at the gym, provide a Top Pro water dispenser for guests to refill their favorite water bottle, or consider offering pre-filled bottles of water guests can pick up in a snap. It’s little touches like these that are sure to be memorable.

 

7. Staff Break Room

Staff Break Room: Delighting Those Most Deserving

The behind the scenes of a hotel is a symphony with each player excelling in their own role to make the harmony a beautiful one. It’s the hotel’s dedicated staff that truly make the magic unfold for guests.

Elevate the staff break room with a hydration station, and show your appreciation for the team that makes the magic happen. It can encourage staff to staff hydrated, and healthy so they can operate at the top of their game.

Let’s explore a new era of hospitality together

In today’s competitive market, position your hotel as a leader in the evolving hospitality landscape. Reach out to our water experts to learn more about Vivreau’s hotel solutions.

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