How a Clever Hotel Is Using My Accent!

Posted by barblog on Nov 19, 2009 in Bar Management, Bar Marketing | 1 comment

Being based in Ohio, my Irish accent stands out! It normally takes service staff a second or two to “tune” into the different sounds and it’s always a conversation starter with everyone wondering what brought me so far inland!

Recently though, my accent went from being just a conversation starter to being a “for hire” commodity! Two weeks ago, I received a Twitter message from a friend in the city mentioning that the Tourism & Convention Bureau in Dublin, Ohio were looking for an “Irish Brogue” for a “fun little project”. Being Columbus’s resident Irishman I gave them a call to find out more.

I thought they might be recording a radio commercial for the Bureau or promoting the Dublin Irish Festival, but I wasn’t expecting what I heard next:

A new hotel has opened in Dublin, Ohio and to keep with the Irish theme of the area, they want someone with an Irish accent to record a wake-up call message for their guests!

How funny is that? So after picking myself up off the ground in a fit of laughter, I set a time to meet with the hotel and we recorded a wake up call message. Being the professional that I am, it only took one take too….

I asked my wife if she was happy with the fact that so many women would be waking up to my voice every morning!

All joking aside, it is admirable and inspiring to see a hotel go to such lengths on such a small detail as a wake up call. The hotel was insistent on keeping with their surroundings and theme down to the smallest detail.

Is there a way that you can take advantage of, or showcase your location or theme? You could be missing out on conversation makers.

And before I forget, they did insist on me saying “Top of the Morning To You….” and if anyone out there wants an authentic voiceover, you know where to find me!