Oscar de la Renta is looking to the amenities business to keep his name
top of mind with the one million guests bunking at any of The Peninsula Hotel’s
more than 2,000 rooms worldwide. “We’re trying to get our customers, the people
who are logical shoppers for Oscar de la Renta clothes, who happen to be spending
the night at the Peninsula Hotel to think about us when they march up or down
the street of Fifth Avenue,” said Alex Bolen, chief executive officer.
De la Renta, who was in town Monday evening to celebrate the
Peninsula New York’s 25th anniversary as well as his first partnership with an
outside brand, said he was inspired to enter the amenities business because of
his own habit of taking products home with him after a hotel stay.
“People at
the hotel use the soap, [but] if someone doesn’t use all the products most
people take it away. I do,” said De la Renta.
The line, comprised of two bar
soaps, as well as shampoo, conditioner, shower gel and body lotion, was
produced by Gilchrist & Soames, The Peninsula Hotels’ amenities supplier.
Firmenich created the unisex tea-based “citrus aromatic floral musk” scent. De
la Renta’s namesake amenities range, with the addition of scented bath salts,
are also on hand at his Tortuga Bay resort in the Domincan Republic.
The
range launched Monday into the current lineup of nine Peninsula Hotels
worldwide, with the 10th set to open in Paris next summer. “We think the
hospitality business has many interesting points for our brand when you think
about home products, furniture, bridal,” said Bolen, hinting at a possible De
la Renta-inspired bridal suite at the Peninsula as a future option.
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