When we checked out some of the first guest reviews of the new CitizenM hotel in Amsterdam, we noticed a couple of the contributions came from guests who had seen the property a bit early -- they had gotten the chance to stay overnight as "test-sleepers" before the June grand opening.

So, in other words, the hotel hired people to act as bed testers and stay overnight for free.

Seriously? The greatest job ever, maybe? Our calling? Your calling?

After the jump: how those lucky few scored gigs as hotel "test-sleepers" -- and how you can, too. ]]> Jenna 2008-07-31T11:01:15-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/4/28/212221/521 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/totevisiontest.jpg" class="imgborder"><p><i>Was this ToteVision tested in a storage facility in New York before you turned it on? Probably.</i><p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/29/business/29test.html?_r=1&amp;oref=slogin">The NY Times</a> has a look inside some of the test rooms that hotels set up before they actually open a hotel or before they begin to offer a new technology or service.<p>There's the Room X inside the <b>Marriott Courtyard</b> at the University of Delaware which is testing every high-tech <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/1/3/224328/0218/hotels/Coming_to_Future_Hotel_Rooms_Alarm_Clocks_That_Run_Away_From_You">guestroom gadget</a> imaginable. There's also the <b>Westin Chicago River North</b> which we learned was a test center for the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/3/5/11347/77562/hotels/The_Today_Show_Tests_Out_the_Westin_Jet_Lag_Room_in_Chicago">jet lag</a> therapy program.<p>But other hotels are testing their shizz out too. <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/hyatt%20place"><b>Hyatt Place</b></a> built an entire test hotel in Scottsdale, Ariz. <b>The James Hotel Chicago</b> has a test juliana 2008-04-29T09:15:02-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/