Many options on the events menu at The Gray, one of Kimpton Hotel’s Chicago properties, are inspired by the in-hotel restaurant, Boleo. That includes empanadas. To make it easier and more frictionless for guests to know what is in each one, empanadas are branded on the crust with letters such as “B” for beef or “V” for vegetarian.
- 50 Great Ideas
- 1. Approachable guest education
- 2. Targeted outreach
- 3. Ongoing career development
- 4. All are welcome
- 5. Tapping closures for staffers
- 6. Out with training manuals
- 7. Owner's name here
- 8. Doggy bag collection
- 9. How local is it?
- 10. Cocktail list to suit the guests
- 11. Beyond the blue plate special
- 12. Just Say Yes
- 13. Tapping outside talent for specials
- 14. A pancake a day
- 15. Delivery hot spots
- 16. Keep a card handy
- 17. Personal finance coaching
- 18. High excitement over cocktails
- 19. Buddy system
- 20. Cut the a.m. carbs
- 21. Parka prep
- 22. Champion for retention
- 23. Friday follow-up
- 24. Happy hour for kids
- 25. Old school efficiency
- 26. Real-time predictive ordering
- 27. Charge it up
- 28. Straw education
- 29. Wearable incremental sales drivers
- 30. Iconic expectations
- 31. Getting in front of on-the-go consumers
- 32. Upcycling compost
- 33. Watching the weather
- 34. Viral table
- 35. Explanation-free catering
- 36. Yappy hour
- 37. Discounting desserts
- 38. Tattooed promotions
- 39. Modernizing the rules
- 40. DIY desserts
- 41. Social tour for new sites
- 42. Which water?
- 43. Driving profits with boozeless
- 44. Modern play place
- 45. Mentorship meetings
- 46. Early staging
- 47. Packaged to travel
- 48. Sticking with the theme
- 49. Giving staff a chance to stretch
- 50. Compliance at your fingertips