Hotel unlocks rooms for ‘great escape’ in UK first
An East Midlands hotel has become the first in the UK to open a number of unique escape rooms ideal for businesses looking for a conference with a difference.
The popularity of escape rooms rose to prominence in the mid-2010s and is based on a Chinese game called Takagism.
People have since been locking themselves in rooms for fun where they work together to find clues, solve hidden puzzles and decipher codes to escape a themed, locked room before a one-hour time limit is up.
The Yew Lodge Hotel on Packington Hill in Kegworth, which also includes a Marco Pierre White New York Italian restaurant, is now looking forward to welcoming those who think they’ve got what it takes to crack the codes and get out in time.
Working with escape room experts Houdinis, the hotel has converted two rooms for the facility.
The two new rooms have been themed as ‘USS Redemption’ and ‘Houdini’s Last Secret’ and will be able to take up to six people each.
Heather Thornton, director of sales and marketing at the hotel, said: “Escape room experiences are perfect for away days, corporate entertainment, team building and recruitment. We’re always looking for ways to diversify and for new ideas to provide our corporate clients with unique and different proposals for their conferences and team building and this fits perfectly.
“To be the first hotel in the country to open bespoke internal escape rooms again shows that we’re once again ahead of the curve.
“We’re also lucky enough to have a Marco Pierre White restaurant on site as well as 113 bedrooms, 17 meeting rooms and the beautiful Reeds Health Club & Spa, so can offer the complete package for businesses looking for something a little different.”
