Hotel notepads: we're big fans. Sometimes we even take them. But last week we encountered something new on the notepad by our hotel bed--a note from our housekeeper. And it was sweet, to boot!
This is the note we found when we returned to our room late in the day after our first night at the Frenchman's Reef & Morning Star Marriott Beach Resort in St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Now, there's lots to love here, so let's break it down...
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Willie Jefferson, who will celebrate his 40th anniversary as a housekeeper at the Fontainebleau hotel this November.
Have you tipped your hotel housekeeping staff lately? If you've been a bit stingy in this department, this is the week to atone--it's International Housekeepers Week! Apparently, IHW has been has been celebrated around the world since 1981. Even though it's more of an industry event than one affecting guests, let's not forget that housekeeping is what keeps our favorite hotels ticking.
With a total of 1504 guestrooms, Miami's Fontainebleau would be a giant mess--literally--without its housekeepers, so it's one hotel we know of getting behind the IHW cause.
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