While businesses are watching their budgets and increasingly encouraging economy or no frills hotels and travel, YO! Founder Simon Woodroffe conceived the innovative YOTEL cabins to provide a flexible and convenient 'first class' hotel experience at affordable prices. The next-generation cabins come fully equipped for all the needs of the business traveller - with desks, free WiFi and wired internet access, workstations and 'techno wall' entertainment systems.
YOTEL founder Simon Woodroffe celebrates the launch of the revolutionary new hotel concepts' second site opening inside T4 at Heathrow airport. Simon is pictured in a YOTEL room.
Instead of sharing a table in a cafe with excited holiday makers, business travellers can finish off a presentation, make important telephone calls, catch-up on emails and the latest business news on TV - whilst enjoying freshly ground coffee and a delicious food menu, all in the privacy of their own cabin.
CEO Gerard Greene said, "Following the exceptional success of our Gatwick opening with phenomenal occupancy levels, YOTEL Heathrow will offer more passengers the chance to experience a little bit of luxury and relaxation right inside the worlds busiest airport. We continue to expand globally with Schiphol opening in early 08 and other exciting destinations around the globe to be announced. At last some respite for weary passengers. Enjoy!"
The cabins come with all the facilities you would expect from a comfortable hotel room to enable work, relaxation, sleep, refreshment and entertainment. Cabins come as 'Premium' double, and 'Standard, large single' - en suite bath rooms, in cabin entertainment and 24 room service.
YOTEL founder Simon Woodroffe and CEO Gerard Greene, celebrate the launch of the revolutionary new hotel concepts' second site opening inside T4 at Heathrow airport. Simon and Gerard are pictured in a YOTEL room.
The cabins are bookable for just a few hours enabling delayed and transfer passengers to relax in privacy in front of a movie or to enjoy a refreshing shower. Passengers leaving on early morning flights can stay the night before to catch some valuable extra hours of sleep, safe in the knowledge that they are just a casual stroll away from their departure point.
Prices for a Standard cabin will range from GBP25 for four hours and from around GBP56 overnight, while a Premium cabin will cost from GBP40 for four hours, and from around GBP82 overnight. Cabins can be booked in advance online at http://www.yotel.com
"Ten years after the launch of YO! Sushi the YOTEL brand is also flying with the launch of the second site at Heathrow - and there are more to come! We have two more sites signed and with further deals worldwide on the runway - I expect YOTEL to be in the worlds top ten hotel brands in the next ten years. YOTEL totally fulfils the holy grail of retailing - we deliver a top end product at below expectation cost," Simon Woodroffe commented
Heathrow Airport is the UK's busiest airport. In 2006, Heathrow Airport welcomed over 67.7 million passengers, flying to around 180 destinations on a choice of over 90 airlines.
Says Duncan Garrood, Commercial Director BAA, "YOTEL is a fresh hotel concept launched at Gatwick Airport earlier this year and we are delighted to now offer this innovative experience to our passengers at Heathrow. As the busiest UK airport, Heathrow is an ideal location for YOTEL's second site and we are very excited to be introducing this new service which provides our travellers with more choice."
Jo Berrington
