Wait - and make better decisions initiative

Hotel introduces ‘Wait and Make Better Decisions’ initiative for business guests with complimentary tea and coffee.

The Old Lodge Malton in North Yorkshire has introduced a new initiative for business guests that encourages them to take a slower approach to decisions and is providing complimentary* tea or coffee to encourage guests to stay longer and think.

The hotel has taken up suggestions provided by Professor Frank Partnoy a leading expert on finance from the University of San Diego whose recently published book ‘Wait: The Useful Art of Procrastination’ provides the inspiration.

Professor Partnoy argues that the onslaught of modern technology is leading us to forget that age-old wisdom and lose the art of waiting. He writes that the ‘crunch of technology’ dives us ‘to make instant decisions’ and follow our short-term animal instincts.

“When I read this, it occurred that many of our business guests may be in this situation for example, racing up and down the A64 to and from meetings and that they could take a leaf from Professor Partnoy’s book. The Old Lodge is an oasis of calm and we have introduced this to enable business guests to take a longer stop and an extra tea or coffee fill up so that they can have more thinking time,” comments hotel manager Eileen Lowery.

Business guests are encouraged to make the time to stop and will be provided with tips from Professor Partnoy’s book whilst enjoying their tea or coffee in the hotel’s extensive lounges and meeting rooms. (*Daily limits apply.)
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For further information please contact: Eileen Lowery, hotel manager.
Tel: 01653 690570 Email: info@theoldlodgemalton.co.uk
Press contact: John Gallery, Tel: 07967 032623 Email: johngallery@greatpotential.co.uk

Notes for Editors: The Old Lodge is a stunning Tudor mansion set in beautiful grounds, on the edge of the historic Market town of Malton, near Pickering, North Yorkshire with 20 en-suite rooms, all with TV, DVD/CD player, tea & coffee facilities, plus a further 8 rooms in a renovated public house about 50 metres away, called The Old Lodgings. The Old Lodge has a beautiful antique wood panelled boardroom. It has adequate natural lighting, supplemented with overhead lights and lamps, with a window that can be shuttered to block out light if necessary.