Wanda Jones and Michael Amrose were operating a small research marketing company in the late 1980’s, when a friend asked them to market his chocolate chip cookies to hotels for their minibars. During their research for this project, Jones and Amrose were surprised to find that there were no hotel minibar suppliers in the U.S. Upon discovering this service void, the pair decided to make a career shift.

In August of 1988, In-Room Plus, Inc. was born in a small office in Williamsville, New York. Jones and Amrose began calling hundreds and hundreds of hotels. They were able to define their client list and solidify their business plan. Starting with gourmet cookies, In-Room Plus quickly built a product list that included gourmet cheeses, candies, chips and bottled waters, and began distributing these items to hotels all over the country.

By 1993, the company moved to a 1,000 square foot office space in the Tri-Main Building in Buffalo, NY. And in 1994, after packaging and distributing the products of others, the company began manufacturing their own specialty minibar items, beginning with the Picnic Pack. In 1995, they expanded to 5,000 square foot multi-room office/warehouse/production suite, where they also began packaging many non-food minibar items, such as First Aid, Shaving, and Toothbrush Kits.

In the late-90’s, In-Room Plus had an explosive expansion. Jones and Amrose were becoming nationally recognized, and were quoted in publications such as The Wall Street Journal and USA Today as being “minibar experts”. During this time, In-Room Plus had expanded to a 14,000 square foot manufacturing and distribution suite. They also introduced their exclusive line of minibar snacks in a can, called Banana Moon®.

By the year 2000, In-Room Plus had developed a product list of over 300 items, which were being distributed to four and five-star hotels from coast to coast. They had also acquired a total of 17,000 square feet of production space, and began to automate production of their Banana Moon® line with a mechanized packing system. This mechanized packing system would double the shelf-life of the product line. Wanda Jones was also interviewed and quoted in the April issue of Fortune 500 magazine on the success of the company’s recently debuted Intimacy Kit.

Today, In Room Plus designs and distributes minibar products to hotels across the globe including Canada, Mexico, Maldives, British West Indies, Hong Kong, Russia and many more. With headquarters in Buffalo, NY as well as a warehouse & office in San Francisco, CA, they have Preferred Minibar Vendor contracts with major hotel chains & groups including Starwood Hotels & Resorts, Loews Hotels, Fontainebleau and Avendra.

In 2011, In-Room Plus sold close to one million cans of their exclusive Banana Moon line which now consists of 22 products. Adding private label to the can lineup 3rd quarter his year with a Vegas hotel group, they will pass the one million can mark next year.

Coming up in 2012, In Room has partnered with Sparkling Sky, a Kingdom of Bahrain Corporation, to design and distribute products to the Middle East and North Africa.

May 2012 bring you, your family, friends and associates, much happiness and success! We look forward to another wonderful year as your committed partner to service and quality as the leading provider of minibar products.