Olde Hornet
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http://roadwarriorvoices.com/2016/0...tels-are-saying-sorry-but-kids-arent-allowed/
While some hotels scramble to add amenities that might attract additional guests (oh hey, Vitamin C-infused showers), others are removing things in an attempt to become more appealing. You know, like getting rid of all of the children. An increasing number of hotels in Germany, Spain and elsewhere in Europe have gone child-free, banning those under the ages of 14, 16 or even 21. Germans in particular are intolerant of teens, tweens and those too young to be categorized as either one.
“I feel annoyed by the mere presence of children,” one 33-year-old German woman told the Wall Street Journal. And in response to such attitudes, hotels in the country have started to cater to that kind of sentiment, as has TUI AG, the world’s largest travel and tourism group. It currently operates more than 250 adults-only hotel properties and is so committed to the idea that the word “adults” appears eight times on its homepage. Meanwhile, the Journal reports that its British competitor Thomas Cook has responded by opening almost 200 child-free hotels.
While some hotels scramble to add amenities that might attract additional guests (oh hey, Vitamin C-infused showers), others are removing things in an attempt to become more appealing. You know, like getting rid of all of the children. An increasing number of hotels in Germany, Spain and elsewhere in Europe have gone child-free, banning those under the ages of 14, 16 or even 21. Germans in particular are intolerant of teens, tweens and those too young to be categorized as either one.
“I feel annoyed by the mere presence of children,” one 33-year-old German woman told the Wall Street Journal. And in response to such attitudes, hotels in the country have started to cater to that kind of sentiment, as has TUI AG, the world’s largest travel and tourism group. It currently operates more than 250 adults-only hotel properties and is so committed to the idea that the word “adults” appears eight times on its homepage. Meanwhile, the Journal reports that its British competitor Thomas Cook has responded by opening almost 200 child-free hotels.