HotelChatter || Yotel Expands Before It Opens

The coming-soon capsule hotel that branched out from the YO! Sushi chain, Yotel is talking about expansion before the first of its sites are even open. Proudly boasting that Yotels will open inside London's Gatwick airport in ~~May~~ June and Terminal 4 of Heathrow sometime this summer, the press releases are now coming thick and fast to promote other potential Yotels around the world.

And Sydney seems to top the list most often as a likely candidate to get a Yotel--but not until 2008 at the earliest. The coolest-sounding part of the Yotel pod rooms are what they call the techno wall; but there are other good features too:

Techno wall with universal port for i-pod or MP3 player, workstation, flat screen LCD TV, free internet access, double beds, luxury bedding and bathroom fittings including rain shower, automated check-in, internal window and storage.

Other potential Yotel sites are doing the rounds: nominated cities include Amsterdam, Barcelona, Bucharest, Berlin, Copenhagen, Hong Kong, Singapore, Madrid, Paris and Rome. While you might think they should get something off the ground and finally actuallyopen a Yotel first (we do), it's also nice to know that there might be one coming sooner that's not in London. Let us know when you get to try one.

Related Stories:
· Sydney In Line For Yotel [TravelTrends]
· Yotel Set To Open This Summer At Heathrow [HotelChatter]
· Yotel Photos Now Available [HotelChatter]

Hotel Reviews:
Yotel Gatwick

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juliana
HotelChatter

Yotels are worse than Starwood! (none / 0)

When it comes to hotel hype, I mean. I am just realizing, photos of Yotel were released three years ago!! and no new ones have come out and the place hasn't opened yet. now, their talking expansion? puhleease.

by juliana on 4/16/2007 at 9:52 AM

Yotel190805
HotelChatter Member

Re: Yotel Expands Before It Opens (none / 0)

As CEO of Yotel I thought I should answer your comment; i could never keep quiet. 3 yrs is nothing. I started this 5 years ago. Believe me if we could have done this quicker we would have. We are very close to opening now and inevitably we have had problems: opening a new concept inside two of the worlds busiest airports is no easy task I tell you. In addition, we are perfectionists here and really want to wake up the industry so things take a little longer. Furthermore, we were looking for partners after the release 3 years ago to enable us to go global which we have found in IFA.We are nearly there and I hope you will judge us when we are open soon.

by Yotel190805 on 4/17/2007 at 4:07 AM

juliana
HotelChatter

Duly noted... (none / 0)

Thanks for taking the time to let us know what's really going on. We can't wait to finally see the inside of a Yotel this summer! It is still set for a summer opening, right?

by juliana on 4/17/2007 at 1:11 PM