http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-24T22:28:17Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Yotels http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/5/7/9145/00670 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/yotel_bl_6.jpg" class="top"> <p>Ladies and gentlemen, get a couple Andrew Jacksons ready and prepare to rest your wary traveler's head upon something slightly more plush than a crappy gateside airport chair: there are hot little rumors coming out of California today that insist the airport pod hotel concept in the US &#151; a la <b><A href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/yotels">Yotel</a></b> &#151; may be on its way to San Francisco Airport. <p>The <A href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/05/06/MN4H17G0L6.DTL">San Francisco Chronicle </a>reports: <blockquote><P>The airport is seeking a concessionaire to build and operate what it calls "sleep units" in the International Terminal. SFO officials don't want a traditional hotel, but rather a collection of tiny rooms - like Japanese-style pod or capsule hotels - that fliers could rent for a couple Jenna 2009-05-07T09:17:21-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/4/1/10540/56733 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/hotelicopter_terminal_sm.jpg" class="top"> <p>Oh, <i>man</i>, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/yotel hotels"><b>Yotel</b></a>. You are brilliant. <P>This is one of the most clever marketing campaigns we've seen in a long time, and we've gotta gush: remember that whole <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/3/30/93853/7474/hotels/Is_the_Hotelicopter_for_Real_Probably_Not">Hotelicopter thing</a>? You know, the silly rumor (accompanied by a silly video) bouncing around the Internet about the world's "first flying hotel" &#151; a Soviet Mil V-12 that had supposedly been converted into a hotel that, like, flies? <p>We called the whole thing out as a hoax (and we're mighty proud of ourselves, as you can see) because it was obvious to any hotel geek that all the interior shots of the "Hotelicopter" were lifted straight off the Yotel website. <p>And, it turns out, this was Jenna 2009-04-01T10:13:03-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/2/12/4163/97866 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/yotel_at_Gatwick.jpg" class="top"><p> <p>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"><b>Yotels</b></a>.<p>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.<p>Just the same, the Yotel concept has some real positives going for it, so we say congrats to them for picking up amandak 2009-02-12T09:16:03-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/1/27/11131/6620 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/Yotel_Schiphol_Corridor.jpg" class="top"><p> <p>It's now <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/9/22/174814/789/hotels/Yotel_Schiphol_Opening_on_September_30th_and_Looking_to_Par_Tay">a few months</a> since the newest purple capsule, the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Yotel+Schiphol/local/1358"><b>Yotel Schiphol</b></a>, opened up in Amsterdam&#146;s airport. We were wondering if anybody had been able to sleep well there, because that purple approach lighting always stresses us a bit.<p>Well, apparently experiences have been <a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g188590-d1146311-r23909789-Yotel_Schiphol-Amsterdam_Noord_Holland.html">mixed</a>. While some guests have been perfectly happy at the newest Yotel--notably including people who had already tried the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Yotel+Gatwick/local/669">Yotel Gatwick</a>--others obviously found Yotel's <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/12/10/123927/37/hotels/Yotel_Wants_You_to_Give_Bed_Peace_a_Chance_">Give Bed Peace a Chance</a> campaign quite ironic. One guest complained of being able to hear every move the guest in the next room made, despite using the complimentary earplugs, and even worse:<blockquote><p>These guests walk up and down the narrow corridors with screaming babies. amandak 2009-01-27T14:06:16-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/12/16/215959/19 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/yotel_bl_6.jpg" class="top"><p>With today&#146;s economy, we can&#146;t imagine that many people will be taking off for a ski vacation this year. (And if you are, well, good fer you.) <p> <p>If you&#146;re like those of us tacking on a vacation to a business trip abroad&#151;how else is there to afford a vaca?&#151;you might want to check out <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Yotels"><b>Yotel</b></a>&#146;s &#147;Stay to Ski&#148; deal at its <b>Heathrow</b> and <b>Gatwick</b> properties. <p> <p>On Friday through Sunday nights between now and April 2009 (the &#147;end of ski season,&#148; 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 jennm 2008-12-18T09:00:32-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/