Where to stay when you leave.
5/01/2008 at 11:40 AM
Tags: Geek Hotels, Hotel Staff, Cool Hotel Jobs
Much like the Hard Rock Hotel has a Vibe Manager, the Hotel Sax in Chicago has Studio Hosts to man their sixth floor Studio (see video) which is powered by XBox and features hit games from Guitar Hero to Rockband to Madden 08' and Dance, Dance Revolution. All of the above is why the hotel topped our Best Geek Hotels 2.0 list back in February.
So what's it like in the life of a Studio Host here. From the Chicago Tribune:
And the hotel has trained staff attendants, now called studio hosts, to help guests with all the cool toys.
Mostly, people just need help swapping out the games, says studio host Bill Gill, 26.
"I show them how to play the guitar … make sure people don't stay an hour on a machine when people are waiting," Gill says.
Um...hello, we totally need to apply for this job because it's like the easiest job ever. Then again, we're not so sure we'd be good at comforting the older business traveler who attempts the Rockband drum kit and totally blows. The drummer is the beat of the band, man!
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by juliana
3/12/2008 at 9:00 AM
Tags: Hotel Staff, Hard Rock Hotels, Cool Hotel Jobs
Looks like Nemo Librizzi, the "Superintendent of Luminous Detail" at The Hotel on Rivington has a new crop of competitors.
The Wall Street Journal recently profiled the Vibe Manager at the Hard Rock San Diego.
Meet John W. Resnick, a 25-year-old New Yorker and Cornell Hotel School grad, who's responsible for keeping the rock n' roll vibe at the new hotel. Why should we sum up his job when he can do it himself:
My job is to create experiences for our guests both musical and cultural that really keep them begging for more, so they know they're at a Hard Rock [and] not a Holiday Inn.
I'm in charge of all the music at the hotel. Literally all the playlists that we make, the thousands of songs in our music library, the energy level in the hotel, and a whole sense of music, from the lobby to the spa to Mary Jane's [café] to the gym.
Wow. A vibe manager who basically just creates playlists all day long. That's kinda cool we guess. But Nemo Librizzi's and his hash-smoking hammock still trumps all.
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by juliana
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