Guide Note

Yotel is a hotel that features upscale, pod-like rooms at rates less than traditional, larger accomodations. Founder Simon Woodroffe says he modeled Yotel after capsule hotels in Japan.¹

Fast Facts

1. Rooms, or "cabins," designed for travelers with airport layovers²
2. Cabin sizes range from 75 to 113 square feet³
3. Rates start at $50 for four hours; $100 for 10 hours¹
4. Premium cabin features include: flat screen televisions, free Internet access and overhead rain showers in the bathrooms¹
5. June 2007: First Yotel opened at London's Gatwick Airport¹
6. December 2007: Second Yotel opened at Heathrow Airport in London¹
7. Yotels were planned in several other major cities, including New York, Los Angeles, Miami and Paris²
8. Yotels will primarily be located at airports²

"I was lying in my British Airways flat bed thinking about the sort of hotel I wanted to open, and it struck me how innovative business-class travel had become, marrying small spaces with luxury. I decided to do the same thing to hotels."—Simon Woodroffe, Yotel founder³