Owing to a rather 'ironical' ad campaign, an Amsterdam hotel, which claimed to be 'the worst hotel in the world', has become a huge hit with travelers in the city.
The campaign, by advertising agency KesselsKramer, paints the Hans Brinker budget hotel in Amsterdam as dirty, uncomfortable and lacking basic necessities such as beds.Although the advertisers promoted the hotel in dog poo, the 650-bed hotel is attracting customers in large numbers and runs at around 80 per cent occupancy even in the low season.
The hotel's success is fully attributed the advertising campaign, which "takes honesty to the extreme" and are "revered and reviled in equal measure", said the company's website.
The ads promote the hotel as "similar to hell, but without proper heating".
Dave Bell, Creative Director and Partner at KesselsKramer, said that the hotel has found a unique selling-point.
"Everybody is always trying to be the best, but there are merits in being the worst. May be more people should strive to be the worst at something, when you're the worst you have a lot more room to be creative and do your own thing," News.com.au quoted Bell as saying.
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"The Hans Brinker budget hotel has been helping the planet, unintentionally, since 1970," said one advertisement.
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"To lessen our impact on the environment staff do as little as possible for guests. An eco-elevator ensures that the only energy spent going to the room is your own," said a poster.
"Leave the towel on the rack. We won't wash it. Leave the towel on the floor. We still won't wash it," said another poster.
Source-ANI
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