Nowadays, young travellers are more aware of the value they're getting for their money. Millennials are more likely to spend on experiences over accommodation, so there is a rising demand for limited service hotels*. But being a limited service hotel doesn't mean offerings have to be restricted; guests can still experience great food, excellent customer service and most importantly, just as good a night's sleep.
Below we reveal just how easy introducing an exciting food and beverage concept into your limited service hotel can be, without the need for radical operational change.
Limited service hotels can usually be found in more urban landscapes, serving as a perfect solution for commuters and cash-conscious travellers. Hotels categorised as "Limited Service" are more streamlined; the variety of rooms on offer is smaller (maybe two or three options) and there tends to be less hospitality and catering amenities. Often not having multiple meeting rooms or an a la carte restaurant, they instead offer scaled-back options like a buffet-style breakfast or just one conference room for business purposes.
Breakfast, sandwiches, pizza, burgers, and pastries. Mornings, lunchtimes, afternoons, evenings and 24/7 room service. Whenever your customers are hungry, it's essential to have catering options available on-site, therefore preventing them from having to go elsewhere for food. RATIONAL has developed intelligent multifunctional cooking systems, monitoring solutions and a team on hand to make this possible.
You can cater for all hours of the day, without the need for traditional commercial hotel kitchen equipment, with the iCombi Pro . Whether it’s 2 guests or 200, ready-to-serve meals, frozen, or convenience products, the iCombi Pro can produce the same high-quality results over and over without the need for additional staff. Thanks to its climate management system, digital display and cooking intelligence, every dish is an automatic success at the press of a button, 24 hours a day, without the need for monitoring or checking. Learn more about the possibilities that using a combination oven such as the iCombi Pro can open up (link).
The iCombi Pro is self-explanatory and easy to operate after a brief tutorial. Whether it's your own food concept or one we've created with you, we'll train you and your employees so that everything runs smoothly. We can start at your premises, train up your internal F&B trainer, and then help update training alongside your concepts. Contact the team to learn more about our hands-on training here.
Limited Service hotels are often part of a chain, which means clients will have a level of expectation if they have previously been to different locations. It's essential that your food and beverage concept is just as tasty, from one hotel to the next, without your customers getting bored from lack of variety. Our ConnectedCooking digital kitchen management solution (link) makes it easy to introduce new high-quality menu items. No matter where your cooking systems are, you can monitor, update, and introduce recipes to all your cooking systems within seconds; all you need is a PC, tablet or smartphone.
In the hotel business, if you don't have a leg up on the competition today, you might not have guests tomorrow. This makes it much more important to regularly evaluate your concepts, gather input, and implement new ideas. Whether you are looking for help with one location or a hundred, we have the experience to develop and implement an easy-to-run F&B concept from start to finish. Want to know more? Register for a FREE 10-Minute webinar and discover how RATIONAL can take your hotel concept to the next level: