Red panda morning calls at China hotel cause safety concerns, service suspension

Red Pandas Banned From Doing Wake-Up Calls at Chinese Hotel

There was, for a brief moment, a hotel in Chongqing, China, that let you the gently awakened by the presence of a bear in your room. It wasn’t a grizzly or a polar. It was one of the cuddlier types: a red panda. The internet has fallen in love with red pandas, and for good reason. They’re friggin’ adorable. Unfortunately, in a hyper-connected age where cool niche things are only cool and niche for about eight minutes before they become gigantic …

Red panda morning calls at China hotel cause safety concerns, service suspension

Rooms offering red panda morning calls priced from US$280 to US$420 per night, particularly popular among families with kids.

Chinese hotel ordered to stop letting red pandas wake guests in their beds

A Chinese hotel must stop letting red pandas wake up guests by climbing into their beds, following orders from local authorities concerned about both safety and animal welfare, reports The Independent. The Lehe Ledu Liangjiang Holiday Hotel in Chongqing had made the unusual wake-up service one of its main attractions, as reported in The Independent. — Read the rest The post Chinese hotel ordered to stop letting red pandas wake guests in their be…