01 Mar 2023
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Tim Crooks Informer 105
What’s Cool In The Accommodation Industry
From “Zero Star” hotels to $60,000 beds and tiny snug rooms in between, Director of New Developments and Hotels Tim Crooks dives under the doona to check out the latest trends.
Tim Crooks | Director
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Snug Rooms
We accepted the challenge and can confirm it’s like sleeping in a luxury train suite. Proving that small does not mean you have to relinquish luxury, the Ovolo South Yarra has released Go Go Snug rooms, ideal for those on the “go go”. Ideally suited for solo travellers, these lavishly fitted made-to-measure spaces pack a big punch, while embracing all of the sass and sophistication for which the funky Ovolo brand is renowned. Among a long list of room features, you can expect a queen bed, 40-inch 4K UHD smart TV, bathroom with shower, mini-fridge, full-sized mirror, underbed storage and hanging racks. Measuring on average 15 square metres, you can feel smug in your snug with a price tag to boot, starting at $199 a night including free mini-bar and breakfast.
ovolohotels.com/ovolo/south-yarra/rooms/go-go-snug
The World’s Best Sleep
Some travellers claim they will pay anything for a decent night’s sleep. But is $60,000 a snooze too far? Not according to Portugal’s Hastens Sleep Spa Hotel which claims to offer the world’s best sleep experience. The 15-room boutique hotel in Coimbra takes its name from its expensive mattresses which are guaranteed to last 50 to 100 years and are handcrafted from cotton, wool and horsetail hair. The linen in Hastens beds is said to remove static build-up from your body to enable more positive energy for sleep.
cbrboutiquehotel.com/en/hastens/
Zero Star Hotels
Yes, you read that correctly. European conceptual artists Frank and Patrik Riklin and hotelier Daniel Charbonnier have been making international headlines since 2008 with their “Null Stern Hotel” set outdoors in sensational Swiss surrounds, without walls or a roof, and where “the only star is you”. Now, they’ve taken the concept one step further with their “anti-idyllic” Zero Real Estate suites, in not so divine destinations such as service stations, designed to actually keep guests awake so that they can ponder the state of the world.
