OMEN
04-12-2009, 08:03 PM
DON'T you hate it when you get to a hotel and realise you've forgotten your toothbrush, shampoo, designer dress or muscle car?
The Associated Press reports the Mondrian Hotel in South Beach, Miami, has installed a vending machine in the lobby for hotel guests who've forgotten something.
Customers can purchase items priced from $10 to $1.2 million, including a Jean Paul Gaultier dress, a 1965 Corvette, a 2000 Bentley Azure convertible or a penthouse condo.
Although the machine is large, it doesn’t actually contain the larger items. For those you have to see the front desk after paying a non-refundable $1500 deposit.
Front desk manager James A. Bryant III said the “in your face gift shop” matches the “really sort of brash and out there” nature of the hotel.
The item description for a $90,000 luxury car reads: “When admirers ask where you bought your 2003 Bentley Arnage T, we dare you to say you bought it from a vending machine”.
AP
The Associated Press reports the Mondrian Hotel in South Beach, Miami, has installed a vending machine in the lobby for hotel guests who've forgotten something.
Customers can purchase items priced from $10 to $1.2 million, including a Jean Paul Gaultier dress, a 1965 Corvette, a 2000 Bentley Azure convertible or a penthouse condo.
Although the machine is large, it doesn’t actually contain the larger items. For those you have to see the front desk after paying a non-refundable $1500 deposit.
Front desk manager James A. Bryant III said the “in your face gift shop” matches the “really sort of brash and out there” nature of the hotel.
The item description for a $90,000 luxury car reads: “When admirers ask where you bought your 2003 Bentley Arnage T, we dare you to say you bought it from a vending machine”.
AP