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Use of Eco friendly, handcrafted Jute products are on the rise in an effort to “Greening of Hotels”

“Greening of Hotels” have been initiated by a number of Hotels globally to make their properties make more Eco friendly. Towards this effort use of diversified Jute products in the hotel properties enables them to take a quick first step in its implementation. Stated simply, by offering a pair of Jute slippers the properties can add a tremendous intangible to their properties instantly, for its ethnic looks, trendy design and also as a novel gift to its guests.

Jute Slippers: - A new concept, fast catching up in the leisure & hospitality sector

Use of diversified Jute products in the hospitality and Leisure sector is fast catching up the fancy, in an effort of the hotels to become more eco-friendly. To that end the easiest way is to offer the guests a pair of Jute slippers being Biodegradable, price competitive, trendy and made from the natural fiber Jute, as “Gifts”, for use as Guest room slippers, beach slippers and the like. Apart from the Jute slippers, other Jute products that find their use in the leisure & hospitality sector is mats, coasters, hangings, wall pictures and other decorative items.

Other applications of these products find their place in the home, office, beauty care and fashion, interior decoration segments.

Jute slippers is unique for use of guests in hotels because of its biodegradable nature and the inherent advantages that they offer both to the hotelier and the user, apart from being cheap. These slippers also find their use in indoors, as party wear, casual wear etc. Moreover, the ethnic looks give the user to stand out from the crowd and goes with any sort of costumes, be it casual or fancy.

Mr. Philip W. Mones, Director of Purchasing, Millennium Broadway Hotel, New York, feels that the slippers are very nice and are very interesting, some of the designs are rather unique and could be used in a tropical or leisure style hotel and if placed in the proper location, would carry some substantial memory to the guests and in turn may provide that particular property with a tremendous intangible. They truly are unique and deserve to be used in a facility where they can also act as a marketing tool for the property at which they are located.

Apart from the ‘Hotel Slipper’ category the Jute slippers product range also include ‘Casual wear’ and ‘Fancy’ variety with elegant looks which can be used as a Cruise slipper, Walking slipper, Bedroom slipper, Garden slipper, Gym slipper, party slipper etc. The designs of all the categories are interchangeable and could also be a good “Gift Idea”.

Feedback from Ms. Suzy Brown of California states that she personally thinks the slippers are beautifully handcrafted. They are perfect for guests to walk around the property, both inside and outside. They are functional enough to use after a massage treatment and elegant enough to wear to dinner.

On the interiors and decoration front Jute wall pictures, sculptures, coasters, Table mats, Floor coverings, hangings, pen stands, Wall mats will definitely vouch for the aesthetic sense of the user. These products may be of different shapes, sizes, thickness and colours. Jute coasters find their use in Hotels. Restaurants, Bars and Pubs, including homes and offices.

Jute table mats also come in various sizes, shapes, thickness and colours. Larger mats can be used as full-fledged table covers while the smaller ones can be used as dish mats. The smaller ones can also be stitched together to cover a much wider area.

Jute floor coverings are aimed as a substitute to carpets, especially where partial covering of non-standard dimensions are required. Especially in centers of halls or on lawns and in case of temporary makeshift arrangements. These also come in various shapes and sizes but rectangles, circles and ovals are more common.

They can be stitched together to cover a much more wider area and even covering the entire floor area. A very handy product for interior decorating. These also find their place as wall hangings to give glorious looks for interiors.

A special mention needs for the bags such as Tote bags, wine bags, Shopping bags, Beach bags, mini backpacks and various other types of bags, which are designer in nature and adds a touch of class to the products, which are very unique in their own right.

The response of the interior decoration sector has been Luke warm. These include Jute wall pictures, wall art, sculptures, and decoration items for the living room, drawing room, conferences, seminars & event decorations. These products are unique and first of its kind and can be rarely found in the marketplace.

This apart by using these Eco friendly and biodegradable products the environmental issues can also be addressed. Use of these products also enhances the use of products which are not related to animal cruelty and in the process we can say “No” to plastics and leather. Moreover popularizing these products will have the effect of upliftment of the artisan community’s quality of life by providing them the much needed economic respite which they long and thereby the users can, in a way, discharge their social responsibilities to the community.

The products being Eco-friendly, Bio-degradable, Cheap, Innovative and above all with their ethnic looks, they will definitely become a chosen product range globally within a short time; going by the popularity it has gained in the marketplace within a short period.

A search over the Internet on jute products reveals that there are not many places from where one can source these products, being a new concept and also being a product of ‘cottage industry’. A single website which showcases great many awesome designs and products is at http://www.juteslippers.com

For more details, contact:

Mrs. Ruma Dutt, Owner.
Indexpo Corporation,
1/2, Prannath Pandit Street,
Kolkata 700025, West Bengal, India.
Tel:- +91-98300-53946
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Website: http://www.juteslippers.com

Mrs. Ruma Dutt is the owner of Indexpo Corporation who has launched many eco friendly, handcrafted, trendy, biodegradable products made of the natural fibre ‘Jute’ for the home, leisure & hospitality sectors. The jute products are fast catching up the fancy of the user segments. This is her way of saying ‘NO’ to Plastics and Leather.


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Posted on Oct 11, 2007 - 09:09 AM • Print

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