No Banana Seats Here: Fairmont Brings BMW Bikes to Their US Hotels
Forget the taxis and towncars; the hottest way to get around a city from your hotel is by the hotel's own fleet of bicycles. Transportation of the two-wheeled sort first became popular with the hip and boutique hotel names, most notably in New York when The Maritime introduced their classic blue cruisers, The Tribeca Grand brought out the black ones and The Bowery rode by on red Schwinns.
Now the big guys are eyeing the mini-phenomenon of hotel bikes, and Fairmont Hotels are the first big chain to add bicycles to their amenities list at all of their US properties. You see, the Fairmont hotels in Canada have had them already since early 2009 and the program was a success.
Fairmont hopes to get Americans off their big butts and make Euro guests feel at home with their bikes, which will be BMW cruisers available for both kids and adults. They specifically cite The Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn and The Fairmont Chicago as hotels in locations ideal for exploring via bike. No word on if New York's iconic Plaza Hotel, a Fairmont property, will get it's own two-wheelers this summer too.
Use of the bikes is first-come, first-served each day and is free to guests of the hotels.
[Photo: Fairmont]
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