You Are Getting Sleepy
Newsweek, April, 2008 by Linda Stern
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Well-stocked minibar? Check. Extra-deep pillow-top mattress? Check. Now, if only there were someone in this hotel to just read you a bedtime story.
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For every traveler who’s ever had those thoughts, there’s Hyatt’s new Andaz Liverpool Street Hotel in London, which claims to be the first with a reader in residence. Damian Barr, a writer for the city’s Times, will recommend books, be available for literary meals and go to rooms for one-on-one reading sessions. Guests can choose from a book menu organized by category, with everything from Guilty Pleasures (“Lucky” by Jackie Collins) to Books You’d Never Actually Read Yourself But Would Like To (Tolstoy, Joyce). “One business guest has booked Damian to read the morning papers, then summarize over breakfast,” says Arnaud de Saint-Exupéry, the hotel’s general manager. He sees ...
