Buzz: Morgans Hotel Group Debuts Minibar for the Mind

Ames BostonLeave it to Morgans the luxury hotel group behind hip properties like Londons Sanderson and the Mondrian in West Hollywood to come up with an innovative new offering to stretch guests minds. As reported by The Independent, Morgans has partnered with The School of Life, an organization that runs programs to increase personal fulfillment, to ensure that the minds of its guests are as well exercised as their bodies. Theyre unveiling something called the Minibar for the Mind, like a Pandoras box filled with items to unleash your creative spirit and intellectual curiosity. Described as a midnight feast of intellect, inspirations and ideas, the Minibar for the Mind includes a box of 250 conversation starters, a volume of columns written by faculty at The School of Life, Reading Prescriptions designed to evoke moods of relaxation or seduction and a notebook and pencil set. Heres the skinny from The Independent:

The set costs $56 (suggesting, perhaps, that minibars are extortionate whatever you put in them) but guests who dont want to shell out for the product will also be treated to a Daily Aphorism with their turn down, with insights from some of the worlds great literary minds.

Over ! dinner, guests at Morgans Hudson (New York), Ames (Boston) and Sanderson restaurants will also be offered a Conversation Menu, which features conversation prompts to help diners participate in a chat that moves beyond the domain of the weather and the price of gas.

School of Life faculty members will also be conducting a series of talks in Morgans hotels, covering topics such as conversation, reading, travel, romance and culture.


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