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architecture

Pop-Up Hotel Rooms

A French company called Abilmo has developed collapsible hotel-style dwellings that users can quickly construct in just about any location. The concept is similar to the Myhab cardboard units we have discussed in the past, except Abilmo packs numerous modern conveniences like electricity, a bathroom with shower, climate control and even hardwood floors into its 130 square foot space.

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7:40 PM on Thu Jun 26 2008
By Sean Fallon
7,983 views, 17 comments

Latest by n/a: We have these already...they're called "storage buildings". On the other hand there've been times when I would have happily lived in a storage building to get away from all the damned nagging :-) I say "brang it own!" more »

question of the day

Question of the Day: Hotel Porn Or Bring-It-Yourself Porn?

Today's Gizmodo writers' conversation inevitably turned, as it always does, toward pornography. Jesus brought up the very interesting observation that in this day and age, with iPods and portable media players and laptops and portable hard drives, what kind of person still orders hotel porn? It's expensive, slightly embarrassing ("Ma'am, I have never even heard of Dirt Pipe Milkshakes"), and unhygienic (think of who touched those remotes before you). So we pose the question to you, our faithful readers. Do you enjoy hotel porn, or do you bring a sack lunch? More »

8:00 PM on Mon Apr 28 2008
By Jason Chen
31,604 views, 97 comments

Latest by emdy: @FreemanGman: Also, calling me a "pretentious fat pig" and then asking me to be respectful seems hypocritical. If you meant to say that my statement makes it seem that all non-Asian guys with Asian girls have Asian fetishes, and that more »

hotels

Best Hotels Around the World for Geeks, Neo Wannabes

If you are the kind who follows white rabbits, has weird deja vus, pops red pills, and you are planning to go to Sydney, Australia, anytime soon (not necessarily in that order,) the 31-story, 416-room Westin is the best hotel for you. After all, it was the place where the Deja Vu scene from Matrix was filmed and number 3 of the list of "best geek hotels in the world 2.0," whatever that means: More »

11:40 AM on Tue Mar 4 2008
By Jesus Diaz
10,850 views, 9 comments

buildings

Norwegian Ski Hotel Placed Right On The Slopes

io9 found this great concept by Danish design architects BIG which places a hotel against the side of a mountain with the idea that hotel patrons can finish off a ski or snowboard run by riding directly to their floor. The hotel looks absolutely epic, and I like the way the wavy lines of the hotel match the tracks left on snow by skis and snowboards. [BIG via io9] More »

10:45 PM on Wed Feb 6 2008
By Adrian Covert
10,430 views, 33 comments

Latest by n/a: How do you get to the top? A series of inconvenient elevators in the hotel? Or bundle up and take a gondola? more »

nipply

Ice Sauna Goes to 10 Below Zero, Causes Shrinkage

Had enough of the heat? How about sitting in a snowy room where it is 10 degrees below zero? Now that is what I call relaxing. As stupid as this concept sounds, the "Snow Room" exists, and it was recently showcased in a Hotel Equipment Fair in Turkey. Plus, it will go on sale to all luxury hotels and spas starting this year. More »

7:10 PM on Thu Jan 31 2008
By Sean Fallon
47,115 views, 59 comments

days of the future past

Shocker: People Want Their Digital Entertainment on the Go

Hotels and airlines have stumbled across the fact that people own iPods, computers, HDTVs and all manners of fancy gadgetry loaded with music, movies and more—and maybe, just maybe, we'd like our lodgings and flights to resemble the rest of life in the 21st century. So now they're racing to catch up to two years ago, installing flat-panel TVs, iPod docks, and on-demand programming. More »

10:35 AM on Tue Jul 10 2007
By Matt Buchanan
2,403 views, 14 comments

never order overpriced hotel porn again

Hotelchatter Rates the Best Hotels for Wi-Fi

If you're going on vacation, we'd recommend you leave your laptop at home, but if you're going on a business trip, you gotta get 'er done. And an integral tool to getting 'er done is Wi-Fi. Hotelchatter's got a list of the hotels with the best Wi-Fi coverage. More »

6:00 PM on Mon Apr 30 2007
By Jason Chen
2,108 views, 4 comments

gadgets

The Best Geek Hotels in the World

Just because you are going on a vacation doesn't mean you have to leave the geek-esque lifestyle behind. HotelChatter compiled a list of some of the greatest geek hotels in the world and topping the list is the The Tribeca Grand in New York. Other notables include the Hotel @ MIT (actual name), The Wynn Las Vegas and other hotels from Buenos Aires, New Zealand and Tunsia. More »

4:15 PM on Wed Mar 14 2007
By Travis Hudson
2,073 views, 7 comments

home entertainment

Marriott the Geek Travel Lodge of Choice: Hotels Full of HDTVs by 2009

Marriott is trying to get with the times by announcing today that all of its chains in the U.S. and Canada will offer HDTV by 2009. Each hotel room will have a standard 32-inch flat-panel, with easy-access plugs for hooking up your laptop, MP3 player, or camcorder. Not bad considering the last two hotels I stayed at were rocking the old CRTs, but personally I would've been a lot happier if they announced all rooms were getting free Wi-Fi. – Louis Ramirez More »

8:36 PM on Wed Feb 28 2007
By Louis Ramirez
1,279 views, 9 comments

Latest by n/a: I cant complain marriott like a two years ago upgraded there furniture and bedding in all residence in's and courtyard's to make them more Biz Friendly ...They seem to be the chain of thats making the most progress tech wise.All more »

gadgets

Dubai Getting an Undersea Hotel for Rich Abyss Fans

Dubai, a place that represents what happens when a few people have way, way too much money, is going soon be home to Hydropolis, the world's first underwater luxury hotel. More »

10:49 AM on Wed Jan 3 2007
By Adam Frucci
7,906 views, 49 comments

smartphones

Mariott Begins Tests on Smartphone Check-In

Mariott is testing a system that will be very helpful for all of the business travelers out there. The new system allows room check-in, room changes, rate confirmation and welcome information all via smartphone. No need to wait in endless lines so some scummy kid can give you a key. Complete all of the information digitally on your smartphone and an automatic dispenser will shoot out your keys. Only one hotel in Redmond, Washington is currently testing the system. – Travis Hudson More »

5:14 PM on Wed Aug 16 2006
By Travis Hudson
740 views, 2 comments

Latest by QueenofSheba: Really--who wants to install software just to check in to a hotel? No way. more »

cellphones

Hotel Offers Uncommunication Service

Rick Ueno, the general manager of the Chicago Sheraton Hotel, launched a program this week to help his customers relax by disconnecting their BlackBerry or other mobile communication device. The idea for this service came from his own sick and twisted addiction to his BlackBerry. The service is free and whatever surrendered devices will be locked away in Ueno's office until the customer requests to have them back. He thinks that guests may want to try this so they can have a better experience at the hotel by concentrating on other aspects of life. More »

1:14 PM on Thu Jun 8 2006
By Travis Hudson
114 views, Comment

home entertainment

Seura Televisions in the Wild

We love TV. We love Katie Couric. We love mirrors. How could things get much better than this amazing combo at the Charles hotel? We don't know. More »

6:28 PM on Thu Jun 1 2006
By johnb
267 views, 5 comments

home entertainment

HDTV Finally Coming To Hotels En Masse

If you're anything like us, HDTV has become a bit of a necessity when it comes to watching TV. Thankfully, LodgeNet is making going to hotels a little bit easier with their decision to include HDTVs and HD channels in 160,000 of their hotels. Pretty soon, no longer will we be forced to watch standard definition TV broadcasts or, worse yet, standard definition broadcasts on flat screen plasma displays, perhaps the greatest sin of them all. More »

4:39 PM on Fri May 12 2006
By Gizloco
108 views, 3 comments

wireless

Avoid WiFi Hell: Worst Hotels for WiFi Service

What better service for our dear readers than telling you which hotels to avoid because of their world-class-awful WiFi service. The Hotel Chatter web site helped us out yesterday with a list of the best WiFi hotels, and follows that today with those that are best avoided. More »

9:34 AM on Tue Mar 28 2006
By Charlie White
230 views, Comment

portable media

List Helps You Avoid Hotel WiFi Hell

Being stuck in a hotel with bad WiFi service is our idea of being in hell, but now you can get off that road to perdition by reading a roundup of the best hotel WiFi in the world. Hotel Chatter does an investigation and smooths the way, helping you avoid WiFi cold turkey wherever you go. More »

11:51 AM on Mon Mar 27 2006
By Charlie White
150 views, Comment

gadgets

Denver Hyatt's eCheck-In


Those e-ticketing kiosks at the airport changed my life—never waiting in line to check-in for a flight again. So, it only makes sense that the same idea is now being applied to hotels. The Hyatt Regency Denver at Colorado Convention Center, opening next week, will let guests swipe a credit card into a kiosk and retrieve the room key. The room has a 32-inch flat screen TV that can be used to order room service, and there is your own personal iPod provided as well. Now, about that free WiFi you've been requesting, I'm afraid... NOT. More »

1:32 PM on Thu Dec 15 2005
By Noah R
176 views, 5 comments

Latest by godf00d: No FREE WiFi ... grrrrr. I suppose in a service institution where a local call is a $3.00 room fee, the notion of FREE telecommunications, let alone "fairly priced" is about as viable as the proletariat wanting their own cars, more »

gadgets

Dumbing Down Alarm Clocks

A few big name hotel companies such as Hilton, Accor and Omni are funding research into hotel alarm clocks. Apparently the current alarms being used in hotels are too complicated to use so a new stupider easier alarm clock is in the works. One prototype alarm will have two displays—one for current time and another for alarm time—clearly marked AM/PM indicators and the least number of buttons possible. I hope they also release the data that also links the IQ of said complainers. And while we are at it, I think the toilet paper in hotels is too complicated to use on my delicate tush, maybe I could get some assistance there too? Maybe a new paper made of rose rose petals? Or ice cream? More »

9:00 AM on Wed Aug 17 2005
By Travis Hudson
163 views