HotelChatter - Stories about Yotel Gatwick

Are Yotels Really the Best Business Hotels?

amandak — 2009-02-12T09:16:03-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/yotel_at_Gatwick.jpg" class="top"> We didn't make it to the glitz and sparkle of the <a href="http://www.btwawards.com/home.asp">Business Travel World Awards</a> night for 2009, but according to them the best business hotels in the world are <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Yotels">Yotels</a>.Yotels. Really? We get it that Yotels can have very convenient locations (that is to say, at airports), and the price is a lot cheaper than fancier hotels. But the best business hotel? In our informal street survey of a few average business people, they certainly didn't agree--sorry, company bosses, but our contacts were after bigger and <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/1/27/11131/6620/hotels/Yotel_Schiphol_Less_Than_Perfectly_Peaceful">quieter</a> rooms if the company's paying.Just the same, the Yotel concept has some real positives going for it, so we say congrats to them for picking up

Yotel Helps You Afford That Ski Vacation After All

jennm — 2008-12-18T09:00:32-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/yotel_bl_6.jpg" class="top">With todays economy, we cant imagine that many people will be taking off for a ski vacation this year. (And if you are, well, good fer you.) If youre like those of us tacking on a vacation to a business trip abroadhow else is there to afford a vaca?you might want to check out <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Yotels">Yotel</a>s Stay to Ski deal at its Heathrow and Gatwick properties. On Friday through Sunday nights between now and April 2009 (the end of ski season, according to Yotel, hence the name of the promotion), the budget friendly chain is offering nightly rates of $75 for standard cabins and $100 for premium cabins. If you're wondering where there is to ski

Amsterdam: Yotel Schiphol is Coming This September

juliana — 2008-07-29T10:39:56-05:00

<![CDATA[<img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/yotelschiphol.jpg" class="imgborder"><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Yotels">Yotel</a> is going to be opening up at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport soon but probably not soon enough according to the hip capsule hotel chain.From the latest Yotel newsletter called<a href="http://www.yotelcompetitions.com/emails/palm-offer-0708/"> YoteleGraph</a>: <blockquote>Yotel at Schiphol...Is nearly there we promise -- the latest news is that we expect to open in September, things have been slightly against us I'm afraid -- too rough across the channel, too windy for the cranes, too much like hard work for the builders -- the list is endless. But judging by the amount of enquiries we've had already the new YOTEL is very much good news for travellers through Amsterdam.</blockquote>Amsterdam's Schiphol airport is going to be THE place to stay pretty soon,

London: Yotel at Heathrow Airport Opening Tomorrow

amandak — 2007-12-06T11:30:01-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/YotelHeathrowOpeningSoon.jpg" class="imgborder"> We're used to things moving slower than planned in the world of <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Yotels">Yotels</a>, or perhaps for hotels in general. After the capsule-extraordinaire style <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Yotel+Gatwick/local/669">Yotel Gatwick</a> finally opened up earlier this year, we had been expecting the new <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Yotel+Heathrow+Aiport/local/1009">Yotel Heathrow</a> to be hot on its heels. We were once even reporting that it'd be open in summer. Yep, the summer that's definitely finished now.But don't worry, it's all exciting now: the Yotel Heathrow is taking bookings. And it will open very soon: tomorrow, in fact! The new capsule hotel inside Terminal 4 at Heathrow airport is, like the Gatwick Yotel, bookable for a minimum of 4-hour blocks. There are 32 cabins, both premium and standard,

West Sussex: Yotel Review:: We Have Bed Retraction

juliana — 2007-10-04T14:35:13-05:00

Here's part two of a video that HotelChatter's UK Correspondent Benji Lanyado shot at the infamous Yotel Gatwick. Yesterday, after demonstrating that at least three people can fit inside a Yotel room, we teased you with the hint of a possible bed retraction and guess what? It works! Benji's full review of this new fad and the new capsule airport hotel chain (with excellent pictures) after the jump.