I am researching the capsule hotels of japan and it has opened my eyes to an entire architectural movement. Im a student at Queens University, Belfast. There is a serious upsurge in the amount of 'tiny' hotel rooms being constructed all over the world. The empire state building now offers nap-pods where you can take a power nap for 20 minutes. It will set you back around $14 though. EasyHotels, the same company who brought us EasyJet, are now building capsule rooms in central london, with the view to continue all over the world. see link...
Are there any differences between short-term stay, and standard hotels? What are those differences? If i was designing a hotel in say Berlin, for short-term guests, how would the hotel differ to a standard hotel? I'd really appreciate any help.
5 pounds/night! I wish they had that available when I was spending time in London.
By looking at the EasyHotel pictures there is a vast difference between a standard hotel and that short term thing. Mostly just comfort things. American style hotel rooms found all over the world have their own bathrooms, queen or king sized beds, televisions & telephones and much much more room. Also many full service hotels have restaurants, bars, room service, etc. etc.
I like the idea but don't think it would ever catch on in America. Looks too much like a overnight train room or a stateroom on a cheap boat. Good for very high dense and expensive markets - London, Toyko, etc. Berlin is a quite sprawled city and don't see how it would really take off there. In the USA it would be a tough sell when I've been finding deals off Hotwire.com putting me in things like Wash. DC Hilton for $45/night or Michigan Ave Chicago for $50/night.
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Short-Term stay hotels
Hello there everyone,
I am researching the capsule hotels of japan and it has opened my eyes to an entire architectural movement. Im a student at Queens University, Belfast. There is a serious upsurge in the amount of 'tiny' hotel rooms being constructed all over the world. The empire state building now offers nap-pods where you can take a power nap for 20 minutes. It will set you back around $14 though. EasyHotels, the same company who brought us EasyJet, are now building capsule rooms in central london, with the view to continue all over the world. see link...
http://www.easydorm.com/drawings.html
Anyway, my question......
Are there any differences between short-term stay, and standard hotels? What are those differences? If i was designing a hotel in say Berlin, for short-term guests, how would the hotel differ to a standard hotel? I'd really appreciate any help.
5 pounds/night! I wish they had that available when I was spending time in London.
By looking at the EasyHotel pictures there is a vast difference between a standard hotel and that short term thing. Mostly just comfort things. American style hotel rooms found all over the world have their own bathrooms, queen or king sized beds, televisions & telephones and much much more room. Also many full service hotels have restaurants, bars, room service, etc. etc.
I like the idea but don't think it would ever catch on in America. Looks too much like a overnight train room or a stateroom on a cheap boat. Good for very high dense and expensive markets - London, Toyko, etc. Berlin is a quite sprawled city and don't see how it would really take off there. In the USA it would be a tough sell when I've been finding deals off Hotwire.com putting me in things like Wash. DC Hilton for $45/night or Michigan Ave Chicago for $50/night.
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