Hotel Mela Sells New York With Podcasts
Manhattan's Hotel Mela loves to be trendy. Remember their designer uniforms with the 007 look? This time round they're getting hi-tech trendy by launching a series of podcasts for guests to get to know what's happening in New York, with the podcasts proudly hosted by "Your Manager of Desires". A nod to the hotel's management firm, Desires Hotels.
Starting off with the Welcome podcast and followed up by the Grand Opening podcast with linked photo gallery, the Mela podcast series now appears to be following a weekly pattern of "What's Hot the Week of ...". Two editions in and they've covered the best places to spend Halloween in New York and a special mention of the New York marathon, plus plenty of other little tidbits of happenings, and sound like they'll continue to cover the New York issues of the moment.
We've just got three small complaints about these podcasts: at some stage, these long lists of restaurants and concerts with address and pricing details start to sound just like a bunch of advertising; you can't subscribe to the podcasts even if you wanted to; and small but annoying: the they-probably-think-it's-funky music that comes with the website has to be manually switched off even if you've opened a podcast and want to listen to that instead. But hey, who are we to knock hotels trying to do something a bit modern.
[Photo: Lorelai65]
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