Irish B Corp Riley has unveiled a period care hotel kit that addresses a long-overlooked element of hospitality service. The brand's kits provide hotel guests with high-quality organic period essentials, eliminating the need for emergency pharmacy trips or potentially uncomfortable requests to front desk staff.
Packaged discreetly yet stylishly, the kits aim to make menstrual care as standard as shampoo or shower caps in hotel rooms. The included pads and tampons are made from 100% GOTS-certified organic cotton, ensuring they're free from chlorine bleach, pesticides, toxins and other harmful chemicals. Riley says it's already garnering positive feedback from both hotels and guests.
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The hospitality industry's slow adoption of period care as a standard room amenity highlights a persistent gender-based blind spot. While hotels routinely supply items used by a minority of guests (shoe horns, sewing kits), they've largely overlooked essential products needed by roughly half their clientele during menstruation.
Riley's solution taps into growing expectations for inclusive design that considers all human needs — a fundamental expression of genuine hospitality. As consumers increasingly support brands that address real human experiences, expect more companies to fill similar gaps that, in retrospect, seem too shockingly obvious to have been overlooked for so long.