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I've been brooding over this idea for quite some time. A while ago, I was considering getting into the domestic staffing business. At some point, it struck me how hotels have exactly all the resources to essentially be domestic staff providers themselves, especially the bigger ones. Their cleaners could be dispatched to nearby homes to do cleaning. If the hotel has a restaurant, they could also provide meal service or private chef service. Finally, some of those hotels are in prime business locations and would make for excellent day care locations (assuming the hotel can provide a room and hire qualified nannies).
I understand that this is all pretty complex, and nowadays, the tendency is to outsource, which runs pretty much opposite to what I'm suggesting here. Also, I'm aware that this might require a major effort on the part of the hotel. But on the other hand, hospitality is very well known as a low margin business and there is a lot of competition. So, this would be intended as a new revenue source for hotels.
What would I bring to the table? Providing both back-end software for hotels to manage these new tasks as well as a front-end for customers to book the services.

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Trishul Patel answered

My family is in the hotel business. I can tell that we would have absolutely no interest in doing this. We make sure out employees look after our property and provide great customer service. We do not have down time for them. We run a tight ship.

The liability and other headaches that come with what you propose is incredible.

The only thing we would consider doing is using one of our banquet facility rooms as a senior day-care center from 9am to 2pm Mon-Friday because a company would be paying us for the space and food. Everything else is on them.