Hilton’s New Design Brings the Gym to the Guest Room
Photo Caption: Hilton's new Five Feet to Fitness room design for full-service hotel brands brings the gym into the guest room. Hilton
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This is especially ideal for guests who (1) don't want their colleagues (or the general public) to see their sweaty selves in the hotel gym and (2) those rare souls who want to work out 24/7 as if no one is watching.
Hilton has designed a new room category for its full-service brands that brings the fitness center into the guest room. Called Five Feet to Fitness, this new room type includes more than 11 pieces of fitness equipment and accessories that make it easier for travelers to work out privately in their own guest rooms.
Hilton isn't the first hotel company to include fitness equipment in the guest room. Even Hotels from InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), for example, has had this feature, gym equipment in guest rooms, as a brand standard across all rooms from its start in 2012.
However, the types of fitness equipment Hilton is placing in the room, and the way it's being utilized in a standard room setting is unique, said Ryan Crabbe, senior director of global wellness for Hilton.
"This room is a really different offering," Crabbe said. "Five Feet to Fitness is a purpose-built environment. It's easy to deliver or just place a piece of fitness equipment or accessory into a room, b
