Nominee for Most Ominous Turndown Service

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I returned to my room at the Intercontinental Marine-Drive Mumbai, an impressive hotel that upgrades IHG RewardsPlatinums to Junior Suites, to find a turndown tray with chocolates, a card advertising a selection of pillows and quilts, and the image of Don Corleone intoning, “Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.”

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Makes me feel all warm inside as I snuggle into the sheets.

The reverse of the card revealed it to be an advertisement. “Call Concierge for full list of In room Entertainment.” I did not call.

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Jan Kate
Jan Kate
9 years ago

Totally agree that it’s really funny and yeah indeed creepy! I might not really be able to sleep well thinking about horse’s head. Marketing team needs to brainstorm, seriously…

abby
abby
9 years ago

and your banner ad at the end of your comments for ‘luxury eco travel’ is a photo of 2 horses’ heads! (zebra, but close enough for best themed tie-in of the day). well done.

BOShappyflyer
BOShappyflyer
9 years ago

LOL. Same comment as ctbarron.

Probably disturbing if it happened to me (def not warm and fuzzy), kind of creepy actually. Reading it is actually kind of funny.

Poor marketing.

ctbarron
ctbarron
9 years ago

Lol. That is somewhere between disturbing and funny.

BothofUs2
BothofUs2
9 years ago

Did you check your bed for a horses head?