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WebTalk | by Laura Emery, Field Editor
The
The Hotel Experience at Home
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implicity, serenity and sumptuousness
reign supreme in upscale hotel rooms.
Within the cozy confines of a five-star
resort hotel, memorable mattresses, plush
pillows, luxurious linens and designer
amenities abound.
The goal is to make guests forgetful of
missing home. Hotels and resorts are in the
business of making travelers feel impressed,
relaxed, comfortable and pampered, which
is why they continuously upgrade amenities
and perfect the five-star experience right
down to the smallest details. Clean linens,
rolled towels, top-of-the-line shower heads,
neutral and elegant color palettes, cozy
carpeting, gorgeous bathroom vanities,
subdued lighting and quality electronics
have all become signs of luxury at the bestof-the-best
hotels.
So it comes as no surprise that more and
more people are seeking to bring the uberposh
five-star hotel experience home. The
internet is teeming with websites aimed at
helping you do just that. Here, you'll find a
compilation of websites featuring some of
the hospitality industry's trademark tips.
Imitation is the highest form of flattery
www.shophiltongardeninn.com,
www.shopmarriott.com,www.omnitoyou.com,
www.whotelsthestore.com,
www.westinstore.com, www.kimptonstyle.com
Five-star hotel linens are usually of the
highest quality, turning sleep into a superior
experience. For those guests who yearn to
primp their home with the same chic style
as their favorite hotel or resort, many
chains have made their products available
for purchase by the general public. You can
purchase the same toiletries, sheets, pillows
and mattresses that are offered at your
favorite luxury hotel or resort.
Fold to Impress
www.cuded.com/2015/10/30-creativetowel-origami-diys,
www.youtube.com
(search " how to fold bath towels " ),
www.buzzle.com/articles/decorative-towelfolding.html
Upscale
hotels leave guests feeling
pampered and impressed by folding towels
and washcloths in ways that are memorable
and decorative. These extra touches are
easy to bring into your own home and can
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make a lasting impression on visiting family
and friends - whether it's an elegant fold
or a fun animal-shaped fold. For a number
of great towel-folding resources, check out
the links above.
Flawless Bed-Making
www.southernliving.com/home-garden/
idea-houses/how-to-make-bed-tip
Very rarely do you find sloppy bedmaking
in a luxury hotel or resort. The
beds are usually crisp, clean and sheets are
pulled tightly to pristine and polished
perfection. There are no wrinkles in sight.
Because the bed is so impressive, guests
tend to forget that many other people have
slept in the very same bed.
This website will tell you how to bring
bed-making perfection to your bedroom
at home.
Plate your food like a pro
www.today.com/food/how-plate-yourfood-pro-celebrity-chefs-reveal-their-secrets
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Nothing
says fine dining like having a
plate of food that looks more like a culinary
work of art than something to be devoured
and digested. If you're enjoying the fine
dining of a high-end resort, the dining staff
endeavors to tantalize more than your taste
buds. They aim to appeal to your visual
sensibilities as well.
Artistic food styling and plating is a
distinctive design discipline that can make
culinary masterpieces look even better than
they taste. To learn some tips on how to
achieve these dazzling presentation skills
with your own food, the above website is
the place to go. This site will show you how
to add pizzazz to your plate.
hospitality
industry's
trademark
tips
Formal Table Setting
www.marthastewart.com/276333/howto-set-a-formal-dinner-table#231481
If
anyone knows how to set a table, it's
Martha Stewart. To further enhance the
luxury dining experience, check out her
website on the appropriate way to set a
formal dining table.
Nothing says luxury like napkin art
kitchen.robbiehaf.com/NapkinFolds,
www.lifebuzz.com/napkin-folding
When guests order room service at a
high-end hotel, the first thing they usually
see sitting on top of, or just beside the
stainless-steel warming plate is a
beautifully folded napkin. Luxury hotels
know that it is an easy way to add style
and class to your in-room dining
experience, and it's these little touches that
make hotel guests come back for more.
At both of the websites above, you will
find photographs of a variety of ways to
creatively fold linen napkins. Simply click
on the image for step-by-step instructions
on how to bring napkin splendor to your
dinner table.
That makes scents!
www.andrewharper.com/articles/view/
hotel-signature-scents-bring-them-home/
Posh hotels and resorts everywhere
understand the subliminal power of scent.
It brings people back to a place. " Some of
the world's finest hotels are perfumed with
fragrances that are as integral to their
brand as the choice of toiletries stocked in
their baths, " explains Christina Valhouli,
author of this article on how to bring a
hotel's signature scent home. If you're a fan
of five-star fragrance, checking out this
article would make perfect " scents. " 
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http://www.marthastewart.com/276333/how http://www.southernliving.com/home-garden/ http://kitchen.robbiehaf.com/NapkinFolds http://www.lifebuzz.com/napkin-folding http://www.shophiltongardeninn.com http://www.shopmarriott.com,www.omnitoyou.com http://www.whotelsthestore.com http://www.westinstore.com http://www.kimptonstyle.com http://www.today.com/food/how-plate-your http://www.andrewharper.com/articles/view/ http://www.cuded.com/2015/10/30-creative http://www.youtube.com http://www.buzzle.com/articles/decorative-towel http://www.co-opliving.com

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