But can they do that legally??

http://www.gizmodo.com/archives/hotels-handing-out-ipods-022613.php

Dana’s Blog Post: http://www.danavan.net/weblog/archives/emarketing_identified_as_a_key_new_repeat_business_driver_for_hospitality.html

“Bols has enlisted the help of London based arts collective Warm Rain to transform a number of rooms at the UJ fave, the Great Eastern Hotel, into surreal spaces intended to define the character of their liquors. I guess mini bars just aren’t enough anymore!!
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The Bols Hotel Rooms can be viewed at the Great Eastern Hotel Oct 29-31 between 11am and 9pm.
Drinks will be served tonight. The rooms will be available throughout the year for ’special guests of Bols’ – who wish to enjoy the Bols experience

“Now Spy Publishing, the team behind ‘Mr & Mrs Smith’, are set to divulge the follow-up European Cities edition, capturing the best boutique hotels from Tallinn to Seville to Monte Carlo. Reviewers include fashion designer Stella McCartney, restaurateur Oliver Peyton and interior designer Shaun Clarkson who all know a thing or two about the finer things in life.

Each book owner is also given a ‘Mr & Mrs Smith’ membership that offers room upgrades, free picnic hampers, spa discounts, a unique concierge service and tips about the best kept secrets of each destination.”

I obviously concur and invite your readers to investigate http://www.academicambassadors.com . I recommend some of America’s best boutique hotels and discount them, specifically for those with non-profit affiliations (liberally defined).

Azzedine Alaïa’s new hotel provides ”what a hotel cannot offer”- the pleasure of having your own pied-a-terre without any of the responsibilities. The five-story town house, known only by its street address, comprises three self-contained apartments. It adjoins the maverick designer’s rambling private domain in the Marais, which houses his atelier, warehouse and showroom, as well as his own living quarters and his boutique, open to those who know where to find it. http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/21/magazine/21DESIGN.html?ex=1258779600&en=b03cd939e586b6f5&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt

I discovered this site that writes up a large amount of boutique hotels:

http://www.vagablond.com

Finally. This summer, the YO! group plans set to launch a 40 room hotel at Heathrow and a 50 room hotel at Gatwick this summer. A central London hotel will be launched in 2007 – followed by a number of international sites. To deliver aspirational luxu…