YOTEL - GlobalHotelNetwork.com
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YOTEL - GlobalHotelNetwork.com
AAAAAAAAAAA GHN Corporate Snapshot: YOTEL Gerard Greene CEO YOTEL YOTEL New York About YOTEL YOTEL was created by YO! Founder Simon Woodroffe and YOTEL CEO Gerard Greene. Inspired by first-class travel, they have translated the language of luxury airline travel and Japanese influence into a small but luxurious cabin. Gerard and his team built a prototype cabin with airline cabin designers Priestmangoode which, following funding and securing a partner – IFA Hotels and Resorts based in Dubai, they exhibited at 100% Design exhibition in London. The design was so well received that the “world’s most radical hotel” company was launched. In 2007 following a deal with British Airports Authority, YOTEL’s first “airport” project opened at London Gatwick airport followed later that year by London Heathrow and in September 2008, Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam. YOTEL’s first “city” location opened just two blocks from Times Square on 10th Avenue and West 42nd Street in New York in June of 2011 with 669 of the next generation YOTEL cabins. The flagship Gold Leed Status property features 20,000 sq ft of dynamic and flexible zones of entertainment space including the largest hotel terrace on Manhattan (pictured above). Copyright (c) 2013 Global Hospitality Resources®, Inc., San Diego, CA USA. All rights reserved. 1 AAAAAAAAAAA On the Product We have created a first-class hotel experience at an affordable price. We try to keep things simple, automated airline style check in and out, Mission Control for a one stop shop for all your needs 24/7. Our “Airport” product offers the only hotel experience to let you book your check in and check out time, 4 hours to 24 or more. Perfect for those with an early flight, in transit or distressed delayed or simply to enjoy a refreshing shower. YOTEL’s are located inside the terminal building using previously redundant space; i.e., 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. Traditional hotels offer expensive and very often poor quality room service and mini bars, instead we have built a “Galley” on every floor with complimentary hot drinks 24/7 and a “Food to Go” menu if you need take out. Free super strength Wifi is available throughout the hotel. “Premium” cabins come with convertible beds for saving space, with natural organic mattresses, monsoon showers, technowall with TV and MP3/ iPOD connectivity, workstation and free super strength WiFi. For the “extra” factor YOTEL style in our “City” product we also have “First” cabins, some with private outdoor terraces and hot tubs and 1,100 sq ft VIP 2 cabin suites with 360-degree views, rotating king size beds and dining tables that convert to billiard tables! YOTEL New York is also home to YOBOT, the world’s first robotic luggage concierge, and “FOUR” including, “Dojo” restaurant, Club Lounge Copyright (c) 2013 Global Hospitality Resources®, Inc., San Diego, CA USA. All rights reserved. 2 AAAAAAAAAAA surrounded by private bookable cabins and DJ at the weekends, the Terrace and Studio for meeting, cinema screening and parties. The Brand We offer an extraordinary futuristic experience through our cabins which are uncompromisingly designed around guests to give a bigger experience in a smaller space. The smart, intelligent use of space means our central, convenient locations are outstanding value. Our personality which is expressed in everything we do, from our people to our culture is about being Smart, Passionate, Playful and Uncompromising with an Entrepreneurial spirit that is the essence of YOTEL. We are creative with a sense of humour, warm, friendly and fanatical about the experience we offer; we are a “challenger” brand to all those boring and expensive hotels out there. We offer an alternative option for the 21st century traveller from the traditional, uninspiring hotel experience. Brief Corporate History 2005 Priestmangoode appointed to design premium cabin and build prototype. 2006 Financing deal signed with IFA Hotels and Resorts, our partners, listed on the Kuwait Stock Exchange, IFA Hotels & Resorts (IFA HR) is a worldwide leader in the development of mixeduse hotel and residential resort projects as well as luxury leisure services. The company's main shareholder is Kuwait-based International Financial Advisors and it currently has a market capitalisation of US $1 billion. 2006 First lease signed for Gatwick with BAA (British Airports authority) 2007 YOTEL opens at London Gatwick in June, quickly followed by London Heathrow in December of that year. 2008 YOTEL at Amsterdam Schiphol opens, YOTELs first “airside” airport hotel built in the transit area. Copyright (c) 2013 Global Hospitality Resources®, Inc., San Diego, CA USA. All rights reserved. 3 AAAAAAAAAAA 2010 YOTEL announces it is to open a 669-cabin hotel in New York. 2011 In June YOTEL New York opens. 2013 YOTEL announced its flagship project for expansion in Asia, a 600-room property in Singapore. Growth plans The YOTEL mission for development is to secure, lease or management contract deals and its preferences are new build properties but will also consider conversion. We have designed a portfolio of different cabin types that can be used in any combination to suit a floor plan – with or without windows! The innovative design of our cabins means typically 50% more rooms in a development than other hotels, leading to greater cash flow. YOTEL can occupy redundant office space in airports, basements or roof space too. Having established a presence in the UK and Europe primarily with airport properties, YOTEL then successfully opened and operated its first “flagship” city centre property in midtown Manhattan in June of 2011; the brand is looking to expand. YOTEL is looking to transfer the successful model across the globe, just announced is a 600-cabin YOTEL in the heart of Singapore on Orchard Road, which is likely to be shortly followed by other city centre and airport sites in the UK, U.S. and Asia. Copyright (c) 2013 Global Hospitality Resources®, Inc., San Diego, CA USA. All rights reserved. 4