Hungarian Spa Throws Money at Its Guests
A wellness hotel in western Hungary that refers to itself as “four stars of smile” certainly brought a little post-holiday cheer to some of its unsuspecting guests by showering them with money.
(The money throwing starts about 45 seconds into the video below.)
The MenDan Hotel in Zalakaros, 110 miles southwest of Budapest, tossed 300,000 forints (about $1,200) on guests who were in its pool on Thursday. The marketing team at the MenDan decided that money spent in other forms of promotion could be better spent (or at least recycled) on its guests.
Eszter Pasztori, the hotel’s marketing manager, started throwing 500 forint notes ($2) at guests, before progressing to 1,000 forint ($4) and 2,000 forint ($8) bills.
Many of the guests reportedly went on to spend the money at the hotel’s bar, according to The Zalai Hirlap.
The MenDan, Pasztori announces in the video, plans to have money fall from the sky into the hands of hotel patrons every week in 2012 — at an undisclosed time each week.
Who said things were so bad in Hungary?
