YOTEL | i Golf Travel News

by Anthony Webber iGTN Editor-At-Large.

YOTEL??sleep cabins? at Heathrow Airport?are located inside Terminal 4 and they give long-haul weary travelers an alternative option to airport motel and hotel transfers ? with the added ultimate experience of being only minutes away from Heathrow departures and arrival gates.

Free bus transfers between Terminal 4 and Terminal 5 run every 10 minutes.

Last week, after attending the International Golf Travel Market (IGTM) convention and trade show produced by Reed Travel Exhibitions?in Vilamoura, Algarve, Portugal ? my flight home to Florida from Faro via Gatwick necessitated a coach transfer over to Heathrow in the middle of the night with a 10 hour layover ? until my British Airways flight to the US departed from Terminal 5 the next day.

YOTEL-Premium cabin corridor view.

Trine Giertsen, YOTEL?s Sales & Marketing executive in the UK, arranged my 8 hour Heathrow YOTEL stay, principally so that this golf travel writer could ascertain if guests could fit a golf bag travel-case or two inside a YOTEL cabin.

The answer is yes, if you book a Premium Cabin! There is sufficient room under the bed to stow one or two golf bag travel-cases.

YOTEL ?sleep cabins? rent by the hour usually with a 4 hour minimum. You?ll find YOTEL?s at England?s Heathrow and Gatwick airports,?Amsterdam Schiphol airport?and the newest YOTEL at New York?s Times Square West, located at 570 Tenth Avenue (West 42nd Street).

YOTEL-Premium cabin bed deployed.

YOTEL?s Trine Giertsen says, ?At YOTEL we have created a first class hotel experience at a great value price. ?Cabins? are bookable by the hour with check in and check out times totally flexible. The cabins are small but perfectly formed, smartly designed so that everything is at your fingertips, simple and easy to use. We offer our guests free Wi-Fi and complimentary hot drinks and ?Food to Go? is available 24/7 from our menu at the Galley. Beds come with?luxury sheets and each cabin has a monsoon power shower room and fresh towels. The?technowall has a TV and power services. So the next time you have an early flight, a stopover or are in transit, why not get a few hours to relax, refresh, connect and sleep before your onward journey.?

About YOTEL.

YOTEL was created by YO! Founder Simon Woodroffe OBE and YOTEL CEO Gerard Greene.

The idea was conceived by Simon after he was upgraded into first class on a British Airways flight. He decided to translate the language and the luxury of airline travel and a touch of Japanese influence into a small but luxurious cabin.

Gerard had spent years staying in boring and expensive hotels and decided to do something about it. In 2002 he met with Simon, secured funding for a prototype cabin from IFA Hotels & Resorts and then pulled together a team to evolve Simon?s idea into reality.Together they embarked on an incredible journey to open the first airport hotel in 2007.

Airport YOTEL?s are situated inside terminal buildings to give customers the ultimate experience of being minutes from departure and arrivals gates. They have three cabin types at airports, a ?Standard? bunk style single cabin (can be shared by two, a little cozy but perfect for a few hours) ?Premium? double cabins and ?Premium? twin cabins.

For a limited time you can book an overnight stay in a YOTEL Standard cabin for just ?49.

Source: http://www.igolftravelnews.com/articles/660-yotel/

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