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Why don't they just buy electric blankets?
Human "bed-warmers" at Holiday Inn
LONDON (Reuters) – International hotel chain Holiday Inn is offering a trial human bed-warming service at three hotels in Britain this month.
If requested, a willing staff-member at two of the chain's London hotels and one in the northern English city of Manchester will dress in an all-in-one fleece sleeper suit before slipping between the sheets.
"The new Holiday Inn bed warmers service is a bit like having a giant hot water bottle in your bed," Holiday Inn spokeswoman Jane Bednall said in an emailed statement to Reuters.
The bed-warmer is equipped with a thermometer to measure the bed's required temperature of 20 degrees Celsius (68 Fahrenheit).
Holiday Inn said the warmer would be fully dressed and leave the bed before the guest occupied it. They could not confirm if the warmer would shower first, but said hair would be covered.
Florence Eavis, Holiday Inn spokeswoman told Reuters that the "innovative" bed-warming method was a response to Britain's recent cold weather and marked the launch of 3,200 new Holiday Inns worldwide.
She could not explain why the beds were not being warmed by hot water bottles or electric-blankets, but admitted the human method was quirky.
Holiday Inn are promoting the service with the help of sleep-expert Chris Idzikowski, director of the Edinburgh Sleep Center, who said the idea could help people sleep.
"There's plenty of scientific evidence to show that sleep starts at the beginning of the night when body temperature starts to drop," he said. "A warm bed - approximately 20 to 24 Celsius - is a good way to start this process whereas a cold bed would inhibit sleep."
(Editing by Paul Casciato)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100121/...els_bedwarmers
Sounds cozy
Why don't they just buy electric blankets?
I may be in the minority, but i like getting into a cold bed and the process of warming it up.
The only bed warmer I want is my husband, thank you very much.
my bed warmer better be a woman, or i won't lie in the bed
What if the bed warmer eats at Taco Bell every day?
Oh yeah, this is a good idea.
no thanks. unless its some hot girl who wants to get even warmer before getting out lol
Unless they hired Lucy Pinder just for me, I say no thanks.
Wow man that was a really well hidden marketing strategy................
This is kinda creepy. Too many opportunities for shenanigans if you ask me.
Dutch oven anyone?
I already had an issue with wondering if my sheets were clean in hotels..now this? ing great.
Don't usually do this but . . . .
Kobe just booked a trip to London to advertise his new shoes.
LMAO my cousin and her husband bring their own pillows when they stay in a hotel cause they say people use pillows in hotels to on lmao. Im like well what about the sheets who knows what kind of baby batter has been spilled over the years.
If hotels want to do us a favor, how about they start washing the bedspreads?
just put the sheets in an warmer or something.
Well, I guess the bedbugs would be well fed before you get between the sheets......
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