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Japanese Hotel transforms grand suite into a Transformer-themed geek hole!
The Japanese love the Transformers, so much, that they’ve decided to dedicate an entire hotel suite to the franchise! Asahikawa Grand Hotel in Hakkaido, Japan, now sports a Transformers suite, created in time for the next film’s release. The hotel has converted a Grand Deluxe twin room into a themed suite complete with every Transformers-themed…
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China’s newest space capsule hotel looks straight out of the sci-fi movie Moon
Capsule hotels, a concept developed by Japan to provide cheap overnight basic accommodation, can dingy, suffocating and could seriously leave you feeling claustrophobic. But not all are same; Japanese capsule hotels generally score high on comfort as well as luxury features. The Chinese adopted the concept only in 2012 and its new Pengheng Space Capsules…
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Get a room to sleep with the fishes at Maldives’ upcoming Water Discus Hotel
There’s something to be said about the calm, serene blue waters of the Indian Ocean above or below it. The guys who work at Deep Ocean Technology, a deep-sea engineering company from Poland that also dabbles in architecture, seem to think that there’s much more to it than just water skiing or scuba diving among…
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California’s LEGO-themed Legoland Hotel is North America’s first!
LEGO aficionados! Here’s an extraordinary way to literally live in a LEGO-block structure. Aptly named the Legoland Hotel, this architectural wonder is nestled in Carlsbad, California. Not literally constructed with tiny LEGO blocks, this hotel does however replicate structures made from these colorful toys and packs LEGO-themed rooms, designed to make you feel like a…
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Book your Evangelion-themed hotel room for $450
Hoteliers are always looking for new ways to entice their guests. Personalization plays a huge role and with more and more concept hotels or themed hotel rooms, popping up, we’re not surprised at news of the first Evangelion themed hotel room. Located in Japan, at the Highland Resort amusement park by Mt Fuji, the room…
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Hotel in Japan has Train Room for guests to play Engine Driver
In some of the big hotels the world over, it’s not unusual to have themed rooms, but there’s nothing ‘usual’ about Japan is there? Trains are a big deal in Japan and immensely popular it seems. They’re so popular in fact, that The Washington Hotel (???) in Akihabara actually has a special room just for…
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‘Open Ways’ App helps substitute room keys with iPhone
Hotel keys are pretty much an extra responsibility to take care of. Because of the liability, InterContinental Hotels Group will come about with a cool new means of granting access to guests into their rooms. They will be running test on a new technology that will enable users to enter their rooms with the help…
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Holiday Inn starts Bed Warming service, with the warmth of human kindness, literally
In some sort of vague endeavour to offer clientele a more ‘homely’, lived in feel, Holiday Inn’s London, Kensington location has come up with a very unique method of ‘room service’. Their idea is to have someone jump into your bed and stay there till it’s warm enough. No no! You’re not going to be…
