World Sleep Day 2021: To sleep effectively is deemed necessary for one’s mental and physical wellness. A well-known Netflix Television series ‘Instant Hotels’ demonstrates that one of the important parameters of rating a fantastic hotel remain is checking 1st how effectively a guest has slept. While the international Television series set some notable benchmarks for the hospitality business, this now puts the spotlight on how ITC has pioneered the notion of Sleep Practices and packages in India, such as a 1st-of-its-type Sleeep Menu for guests.
Amaan Kidwai, General Manager at ITC Gardenia, Bengaluru told TheSpuzz Online, “ Given the current pandemic-induced stressful times, our Staycations are very popular with many guests converting them into Sleepcations for holistic rest and rejuvenation. We foresee this as being a prime driver in our stays.”
Edited excerpts from the interaction with TheSpuzz Online:
Tell us more about the important offerings such as the Sleep Menu and the vision driving it. Are the anticipated outcomes satisfactory so far?
We think that a considerable issue in hospitality is the high quality of sleep and rest a guest experiences in the area for which there is truly no substitute. Be it a business enterprise or leisure traveler, a fantastic night’s sleep is a panacea for the body and soul.
It is this belief that triggered this investigation more than a decade ago and we have implemented the benefits in a number of Sleeep® practices and packages that boost the high quality of sleep skilled by the guests at our hotels.
The Sleeep® Menu is by far our most effectively researched initiative amongst the other individuals. Sleep Positive Ingredients and Dishes had been shortlisted from our investigation in collaboration with the scientists at ITC Life Sciences & Technology Centre, Bangalore and consolidated into the Menu.
The menu guarantees an optimal balance of nutrients and is based on the principles of ‘Swasthya’ – consuming for taste and wellness. The Menu comprises of dishes like Buttermilk Pancake with Bananas, PavilionCaprese, Chicken Supreme, Lotus Seeds and Milk all infused with the calming elements of potassium, manganese, tryptophan, melatonin and Vitamin B 6.
This menu promotes sleep high quality employing unique culinary offerings, ready employing pick meals components, which are scientifically reported in published literature to help and enhance Sleep. The effectively-researched selections in our Sleeep® Menu are crafted to assist one sleep peacefully.
The Sleeep® Menu is obtainable at ITC Hotels for all resident guests and can be availed at an further expense.
We have received a lot of positive feedback about our Sleeep® Menu specifically from our business enterprise travelers who are most importantly hunting for a fantastic night’s sleep when they verify into a hotel.
How are guests sharing their feedback or experiences on these initiatives such as the notion of Black Out curtain and Sleep Music?
During verify-in, guests are informed of our Sleeep® initiatives so that they can practical experience them through the remain. Our associates are effectively educated and conscious of our Sleeep® initiatives and we educate our guests about the positive aspects of sleep and what we are performing to boost it. The Sleeep® Music is rather well-known amongst our guests, numerous of whom use it for the soothing background score when going to bed.
Guests are delighted to know about these capabilities, a sound sleep and a fantastic night’s rest is the most significant luxury they seek when sleeping in new and unfamiliar environments.
At ITC Hotels we’ve the optimised lux (lx) levels – the luminance level of all lights to make certain optimal brilliance omitting glare totally, making certain a soothing, welcoming atmosphere.
Black out curtains and interventions in area design and style make certain zero-light penetration into the rooms, producing confident that the duration of sleep is not altered on account of light filtering into the area.
Research suggests that sound can also be a effective contributing force to release strain, tension, and prepare your body for the sound slumber that will enable you to wake up to a productive tomorrow. Sleeep® music and sound therapy as component of the in-area tv practical experience is obtainable as one of our channels.
What is the objective behind the Sleep Enhancement package?
Is it obtainable at all or pick ITC hotels?
The Sleep Enhancement offer you is an add on to the remain experiences we provide to our guests. The concept came into getting when we began catering to a considerable quantity of guests who had been staying with us and working from the hotel. This was our way to boost their work life balance by providing them these possibilities without having disrupting their every day schedule. While one of the gives entails a foot ritual along with making a fantastic sleep ambience in the area with the assist of fragrances and oils which is a excellent decision for a business enterprise traveler. The Rest & Rejuvenate offer you on the other hand is excellent for a leisure traveler who has time for a spa remedy, meeting needs of each segments of guests.
Recently introduced at ITC Gardenia, this is now obtainable at all our Luxury Collection Hotels.
What components created ITC take the lead on this initiative and what has been the general response so far?
Are you documenting this?
As a top hotel chain catering to each the business enterprise and leisure traveler, we are in the business enterprise of sleep, the most sought-following luxury by all travelers. The objective is to make ITC Hotels the Leaders in offering the Best Sleeep® Experiences.
An in-depth evaluation into the Science of Sleeep® more than the final 2 decades has enabled us towards our endeavor. For e.g. Our Sleeep® menu was created employing in depth international literature survey of books, investigation articles and conventional texts by our Scientists at ITC Life Sciences & Technology Centre to screen the Sleep Promoting impact of each and every ingredient present in the in-area dining Sleeep® menu choice.