But what's happening now is that people still want a nice variety at breakfast. They just don't want to have coffee and danish and fruit, so continental breakfast is becoming quite large in scale. In fact, a continental breakfast can be just as expensive as a sit-down breakfast because of the variety. We've got smoked salmon, biscotti, muffins, and muffin tops. We also have flavored coffees.
Breakfast is big.
Last year, a number of absolutely sensational buffets were created at our senior food and beverage meeting. We've since compiled an instruction manual of sorts that includes a description of each buffet, the menu, a color photograph, a list of props, and all of the recipes so that any of our hotels can set them up. One of the things we're working on now is a great bistro scene called Undiscovered France. The juice is squeezed and all the cocktails are shaken. Everything on the bar is fresh, interesting, and different.