The World’s Most Surprising Hotel Amenities Hotel amenities used to be simple: a mini bottle of shampoo, a branded pad of paper, maybe a mint on your pillow at night. But increasingly, properties are going above and beyond to make guests feel right at home—think custom cocktails shaken in room, genealogy concierges who will dig up your ancestry, and even cufflinks for rent (hey, they’re easy to forget!). We tracked down a few of the world’s most inventive amenities. 1. Aurora Alarm at Arctic Snow Hotel in Rovaniemi, Finland A…
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Read MoreMandarin Oriental, Marrakech, Morocco
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Read MoreKaikoura, New Zealand to Spend Christmas
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Read MoreProvence, France to Spend Christmas
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Read MoreCastleton, England to Spend Christmas
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Read MorePuerto Rico to Spend Christmas
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Read MoreAmsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands to Spend Christmas
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