Hotel stay where you are spitting feathers?

IF you’ve ever wanted to get involved in a proper pillow fight, with feathers flying around the room, Leicester’s Hotel Brooklyn may have the ideal offering for you.

The hotel, which officially opens on Monday, July 4, is launching a quirky “pillow fight” package.

It means you get to have fun throwing pillows around and someone else gets to do the cleaning up afterwards. The package even comes complete with instructions for beginners.

The Hotel Brooklyn brand first opened in Manchester in 2020. Like the North West’s hotel, Leicester will be inspired by the New York borough, with an industrial aesthetic and exposed brickwork, said a spokesperson.

The hotel will have 194 bedrooms, and The Lair will be the hub of the hotel, with an open plan bar, restaurant and living space, they added. Its in-room pillow fights will cost £250. And here are the instructions on how to properly enjoy it, according to Hotel Brooklyn:

1) Take your shoes off. You’ll only enjoy a pillow fight properly if you can jump on the bed. It also provides better grip.

2) Choose your weapon wisely. We recommend picking a firm, full and plump pillow in order to get the full striking effect.

3) Choose your technique. We suggest either the “straight blast” (a barrage of pillow strikes – continuous circular motion until your opponent gives up) or the “Ninja” (approaching your opponent from behind and by the time they turn around to counteract, you will be gone).

4) Choose your playlist. Put your opponent on the back foot by disguising your pillow fighting technique with your top dance moves.