Hong Kong, 2015-2-16 — /Travel PR News/ — Multi-generational family travel maintains one of the top 2 positions on the list of travel trends, according to the 2015 Virtuoso Luxe Report. This is due to a variety of reasons, including time-poor executives, social media overload, the chance to reconnect with family, and healthier grandparents with new levels of disposable income.
As more and more multi-generational families travel, there is a growing demand for programmes and activities that can engage the younger travellers. It is this reason that Hong Kong-based hotel group Marco Polo Hotels recently launched its new program: Piccolo Kids Club.
Beginning from reservations and check-in, children will be given the responsibilities required for normal hotel experiences, but with the fun and excitement to keep the youngsters entertained. Several hotels will even have a separate check-in counter, a specially designed room key and a registration card for your child to feel like a grown-up taking his or her family on a holiday. A long list of amenities is also offered for the smallest of our travellers, including a bathrobe and slippers, bathroom amenities, bath toys, a dental set and many more.
Hotel restaurants will offer a special kids’ menu with organic and healthy options that will delight the kids and their parents. “Thanks to campaigns against childhood obesity, many restaurant chains and hotels have added healthier choices to their children’s menus,” says Kyle McCarthy, founder of Family Travel Consulting, who believes family travellers will pay more to avoid unhealthy, mediocre food given a choice1.
Babysitting services will also be available, as well as a unique, supervised play area, equipped with arts and crafts as well as interactive games for your child to play the day away while the rest of the family take care of some serious rest and relaxation. Happy kids equal happy parents.
Eric Waldburger, President of Marco Polo Hotels, was delighted to introduce Piccolo Kids Club and believes it will be a successful program that will engage the family unit even more: “As part of the ever-changing hospitality industry, we understand that each guest, no matter the age, should receive the best personalised experience at our properties, and that includes the boys and girls who will be our new guests.”
1: http://familytravelconsulting.com/node/68
About Marco Polo Hotels
A wholly owned subsidiary of The Wharf (Holdings) Ltd, Marco Polo Hotels currently operates 14 owned or managed upscale, full-service hotels throughout Hong Kong, China and the Philippines. The group has a further 7 hotels announced or currently under development. Marco Polo properties are well-known and established addresses for business and leisure travellers throughout the Asian region, with a proven reputation for exceptional service and an appreciation for their local identity. The brand maintains its long-standing ethos of discovery, creating unique guest experiences and drawing on the key philosophies of its namesake, Marco Polo: an adventurer, a traveller, an entrepreneur and a connoisseur of culture – just as Marco Polo’s modern travellers are today.
Further details on Marco Polo Hotels are available at www.marcopolohotels.com
About Niccolo
New Encounters. Timeless Pleasures.
Niccolo is a collection of contemporary urban chic hotels with the most desirable, highly prized addresses. At heart, we are discoverers and re-discoverers of luxury experiences, styles and tastes. While our hotels are modern sophisticated spaces, we also value the timeless pleasures of impeccable hospitality from another golden era in travel. Underpinning everything we do is the desire to make life effortlessly luxurious. There are currently 4 hotels announced or under development in Chongqing, Changsha, Suzhou and Wuxi, all in China.
Further details on Niccolo Hotels are available at: www.niccolohotels.com
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Juanita Lo
Group Communications Manager
Marco Polo Hotels
5/F, Marco Polo Hongkong Hotel
Harbour City, Hong Kong
Tel: (852) 2118-7269
Fax: (852) 2118-7401
Email: jlo@marcopolohotels.com
Jonathan Ma
Communications Manager
Marco Polo Hotels
5/F, Marco Polo Hongkong Hotel
Harbour City, Hong Kong
Tel: (852) 2118-7292
Fax: (852) 2118-7401
Email: jonathan.ma@marcopolohotels.com