Press Release - The best way to relax when travelling? Cuddle up and watch a movie!

When it comes to chilling out, research shows in-room entertainment is the most relaxing activity to undertake in a hotel room, with 71% of guests rating it higher than a restaurant meal or a luxurious bubble bath. 

Not only is switching on the TV considered the best way to unwind– but it is also deemed to be the biggest away-from-home indulgence,  with 34% of those surveyed saying watching a movie in bed in a hotel is the thing we most enjoy as we can’t or don’t do it at home.

When watching movies, there is no better place than the comfort of our hotel beds.  We are a nation of snugglers, with 38% of respondents choosing to curl up under the duvet.  More than a quarter of respondents climb on top of the bed to enjoy our viewing – and 14% of us enjoy eating our way through the film.   

These findings come from a report recently commissioned by Filmbank - the leading distributor of Hollywood movies to the hotel industry - and Opinions takes a look at the hotel room habits of business and  leisure travellers (1).

45% of guests are technology “snobs” – with the quality of the TV and entertainment system having a direct link to our impression of the hotel room, third only after the quality of the bed linen and the bathroom goodies.  And 37% of techno-savvy respondents say access to the latest programming and in-room entertainment are key drivers when booking a hotel in the first place!

In fact, 35% of leisure travellers said that they would like to watch the very latest cinema releases in their hotel room.  However, 79% of leisure hotel guests don’t realise that many hotels provide “early window” movies (i.e. movies screened after their cinema release but before they are released on DVD or on pay-TV).   After the cinema a hotel is the next place to see blockbusters like the Dark Knight or Quantum of Solace.

The research has also revealed that although we are a nation of movie lovers with 90% of us watch movies in everyday life, the way we watch movies is changing.  A third of us now expect our hotel-room movie watching experience to emulate our at home one – with guests expecting to be able to stop and start movies.

Luckily, many hotels now offer dip-in TV, so movies can be paused, rewound and picked up again as and when it’s wanted – often from the comfort of the hotel room bed.

(1) Research carried out by Filmbank Distribution Limited and Opinion Matters in October 2008.  Sample size - 2920.

Comments

[Cheap Hotels]

I would like to sit back and watch some romantic movie though.

But strange we still like staying in while outing...

[Wendy Koster]

Totally agree, love watching films when traveling for business, especially films my husband does not want to watch with me in the cinema!

[3 Star London Hotel]

Its the best when travelling on long flights too, a good film makes 2 hours "fly" by :).
And thank God for the plug sockets on the trains, laptop in, film on...