The best of hotels believe that the moment guests slip between the crisp white sheets of a perfectly made bed, they should be able to experience and feel the opulence, comfort and the luxury of a great bedding and fall blissfully into a deep sleep. To ensure that their guests experience the most restful of nights, hotels invest quite a packet on creating divine bed settings. Here, we have a few of the luxury properties talking about their offerings in the bedding sector.
Hyatt Centric MG Road Bangalore
While high-quality bedding options are openly available in the market, according to Sumender Kumar, the hotel’s housekeeping manager, what differentiates them is their personalisation. They personalise every bed to create a familiar sleeping ambience and in-room experience. He says, “We ensure that we use the highest quality of bedding and mattresses. In spring, mattresses that are 28cm in height are more comfortable. The bedsheet/duvet cover should be 100% cotton with a 330+ thread count, and the pillow options could be firm and soft, like a duck down feather pillow.”
The Westin Mumbai Garden City
Westin Hotels & Resorts is committed to ensuring the well-being of their travellers through their signature wellness programs, which help them eat, sleep, move, feel, work and play well while on the road. At the heart of a revitalising stay is deep and restful sleep. From their signature Heavenly Bed to their innovative sleep-promoting menu, Umamahesh Rao says, “We’re committed to ensuring all our guests are well-rested.”
Among Westin’s offerings are:
• Heavenly Bed: The Westin Heavenly Bed is uniquely designed with a plush, pillow-top construction for premium comfort. It is composed of a 13″ no-flip pillow top mattress and individually pocketed coils. The standard box spring unit is 8″.
• Sleep Well Menu: Featuring an array of superfoods handpicked for their sleep-enhancing properties, the Westin Sleep Well Menu sets the stage for a revitalising rest and is available via in-room dining.
• World Sleep Day: Westin celebrates an annual ‘World Sleep Day’ to raise awareness about the benefits of being well-rested. In 2019, Westin recognised the power of JOMO (Joy of Missing Out) and celebrated their commitment to sleep as part of a balanced well-being routine.
Jai Mahal Palace
The turndown service team at Jai Mahal Palace has a set ritual: they make the bed ready by removing the bedspread and leave behind a pillow menu for guests to choose from. On offer are also eye pillows or dream pillows, which are either mask-shaped or rectangular pouches made from a fabric such as cotton or silk.
Sheraton Grand Bengaluru Whitefield Hotel & Convention Center
Great bedding is the best form of pampering. Sheraton Grand Bengaluru Whitefield Hotel & Convention Center offers its guests a rejuvenating experience through their seven-layered bedding. The appropriate selection of bedsheet fabric, bedcovers and pillows
is kept in mind to ensure quality sleep. Neeraj Lumb, the Director of Rooms says, “Customers appreciate the little extra effort
we put in for them, like using a pillow mist or leaving behind a small teddy for single travellers. We constantly focus on providing
the ‘wow’ factor to encourage the guests to return to our hotels.”
Alila Diwa Goa
At Alila Diwa Goa, all elements of the bed are individually selected, right from the supplier to the materials. The thread count, the yarn, the fast colours and the results of the wash tests define a bedsheet’s quality. For mattresses, the hotel checks for the thickness with the rotation and double topper (built-in and feather). The right mattress protectors help enhance its life and maintain the surface. Earplugs and a sleep kit are provided to guests for a sound sleep experience. Akshay Dimri, the Executive Assistant Manager says, “We ensure that every guest who comes to our hotel must experience perfect sleep. The USP of our bedding is the 10-inch mattress with double feather toppers, mood lighting on turndown, and pillow menus.”
Grand Hometel Hotel
Grand Hometel Hotel maintains Glossometer readings to judge the linen’s whiteness and ensure that all the linen circulated for guest usage retains 90% whiteness. This enables the hotel to maintain their service standard for guests, guaranteeing the room’s cleanliness and hygiene. Ravi Mehta, Director of Rooms says, “Our guests expect the best of service and we make sure that we fulfil their needs and meet their expectations in every way possible.”
