Minibar is a way to increase your profit
Hotel minibars is not just an image-creating investment but in first turn it is a way to obtain additional margin. Simple calculations show that minibar covers all the expenses in 2-4 months and afterwards they start bringing stable income more than 50 EURO on monthly basis.
Such extra earnings will help you to fulfil the plan or to cover unexpected expenses. Researches show that every second guest prefers using his minibar even though its prices are rather high (usually in 2-3 times than regular prices outside).
Therefore buying minibars, hotel gets additional channel of earnings, improves its level of service and at the same time becomes more attractive to the customer. International hotel chains do have knowledge about this fact.