Eating healthy is a hard enough thing to do, what more when you're traveling. According to studies, eating a good meal can lead to better decision making. The only problem with that while traveling is that there are often only unhealthy snacks available when you arrive at non peak hours.

This inspired Anjana K. to submit her Healthy Vending Machine idea to Marriott's Travel Brilliantly contest.

Marriott Hotels launched TravelBrilliantly.com to learn what travelers are dreaming up to improve the future of travel.

It can include ideas like travel perks to public transportation to making your stay more comfortable in your hotel and more.

Anjana's Healthy Vending Machine was the winning idea. The idea was chosen based on criteria including innovativeness, feasibility and strategy of execution, overall impression and public votes.



In November, using the idea of “healthy vending machines” as inspiration,

Marriott Hotels and Anjana will explore creative ways to make these vending machines a go in November and she will work with Jamie Welch, the executive chef at Marriott's Grosvenor Square London location and Housebites to brainstorm and develop Anjana's idea.

Will there be such a vending machine in 2014?