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Make the most of your destination hotel

Make the most of your destination hotel

Here on the AQ Bottled Water blog, we often talk about bottled water provision for our hotel clients. We’ve looked at own label branding for holiday cottages, how to make sure your brand is seen at local destinations, and how to get involved with local opportunities.

But what about when your hotel IS the destination? What do you do then?

Earlier today The Telegraph printed a list of the best zoo hotels in the UK, with rooms looking out over the enclosures, and special zoo access included in the price. And you don’t have to look far on the we to find …
Botted Water for… Holiday Cottages?

Botted Water for… Holiday Cottages?

We often discuss our provision of own label, bespoke bottled water to help hotels with their branding and promotion. We even have our own hashtag for exactly that in our #waterforhotels. But today, we want to look at a lesser talked-about part of the UK’s travel and lesiure trade – holiday cottages.

The Guardian recently published a list of the best holiday cottages in the UK, and with Summer in the air, what better time to think about these Great British staycation favourites?

The Guardian’s list showcases some truly beautiful holiday homes, from a railway cabin in the Brecon Beacons, to stunning …
Luxury doesn’t have to mean chocolate

Luxury doesn’t have to mean chocolate

As leaders in the own label bottled water field, we know how perfect our products are for those in the hotel trade. And that’s not just because they’re a great way of promoting your business – it seems they’re a priority for customers, too.

This article in the Guardian last week, written from the perspective of a hotel guest, pointed out, rather pointedly in fact, that seasoned travellers are fed up of being treated like children. Citing the recent Sugar Tax, the author lists the sugary sweet, nostaglia driven products they’ve found in hotel rooms over the years.

And with bottled water …
Trade Secrets

Trade Secrets

When we produce our bespoke, own label bottled water for our clients, we often have a pretty good idea of the sort of business promotion scenarios they’ll be very useful in.

And one such scenario is definitely trade shows. From photography, to education, to home security, via cakes, there’s a huge number of trade shows coming up at NEC Birmingham.

But whatever your business, you need to find a way to stand out amongst the sheer volume of your competitors’ marketing materials. And with exhibition rooms frequently stuffy, and requiring visitors to remain in them for what is often really quite …
Surprise! Hotels should go the extra mile.

Surprise! Hotels should go the extra mile.

At AQ Bottled Water, as leading suppliers of bespoke, ownl label bottled water to the hotel trade, we’re serious about making sure our clients really have the edge in making their guests feel special.

So, naturally this article from USA Today caught our eye. It seems that more and more hotels are focusing on checkout gifts, aiming to surprise their guests at the end of their stay, ensuring that they have happy memories as they leave. Some are offering cookies or wine, some a free return stay, even customised flip-flops.

With more and more businesses concentrating on these extra touches, there’s really …
All the comforts of… a Hotel?

All the comforts of… a Hotel?

Here at AQ Bottled Water, as a supplier of water for hotels, we know that one of the key comforts of a hotel stay can be the bottled water left in the rooms – it’s the little touches which make the difference!

It seems that even seasoned explorers recognise the home from home comfort that a hotel can provide, with Levison Wood, an adventurer who has trekked the length of both the Nile and the Himalayas, admitting as much in this week’s Evening Standard.

Talking of the differences between the public’s perception of explorers and the reality, he said:

“In the Himalayas there …
Blue Monday? Let’s make it Holiday Monday

Blue Monday? Let’s make it Holiday Monday

As you may know, today is Blue Monday, ‘scientifically’ shown to be the most depressing day of the year. As the festive season fades into the depths of memory, job dissatisfaction resurfaces and we all fall off whatever wagon our New Years Resolutions have dictated we should be on, today we’re all bound to feel a bit down in the dumps.

But there’s an antidote to that. With the vitamin D deficiency most of us are suffering during the Winter months only adding to the misery, today is also likely to be a day when we’ll start to daydream about warmer …
New Year, New Business

New Year, New Business

Firstly, a Happy New Year from all of us branding bods here at AQ Bottled Water! We hope you enjoyed the festive season and aren’t too unhappy to be back at work today.

As you probably know, this time of year is the time most people consider leaving their jobs and doing something completely different – usually involving moving to a much more appealing climate! But what if you’ve actually got a genuinely good idea?

With New Year’s Resolutions fresh in your mind, and the sense of renewal that this time of year can create (once you’ve got over the shock of …
We’ve All Gone Cyber this Monday

We’ve All Gone Cyber this Monday

As many of the bespoke branding solutions our water bottles provide are for clients in the retail sector, it’s important for us to keep an eye on shopping trends and news.

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, it’s impossible not to notice that today is what’s known as Cyber Monday. For the past couple of years, in a relatively new tradition we Brits have adopted from our American cousins, Cyber Monday, a day of digital discount sales, has followed Black Friday – a major shopping sale day in stores nationwide.

This year, however, retail analysts have noted a marked …
Spooktacular Halloween Marketing

Spooktacular Halloween Marketing

As purveyors of bespoke, own label branding solutions, we always like to keep an eye on big brand marketing ideas. This week, what else could we look at but Halloween themed content?

In no particular order, here are three of our favourites this year!

1. Tesco’s Spookermarket campaign, plus follow-up recipe videos. Fun, silly and on-brand, this campaign had it all.

2. Burger King’s Halloween Burger. Such a distinctive burger design, simple, but memorable.

3. Starbuck’s Vampire Frappuccino. Equal parts campaign and special edition product, caffeine drinking Halloween fans couldn’t wait to get their hands on this seasonal treat – see the photo at …

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