Citizen M Amsterdam Airport Schiphol Pod Hotel Concept

July 6th, 2008

Pod hotels are one of the many alternative accommodation for the budget conscious traveler. It thrives in expensive tourist countries like Japan and Europe.

The latest addition to pod hotel concept is citizenM (short for citizen Mobile) Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. The hotel is conveniently located just a short walking distance from from the arrivals and departures terminal at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport.

This is the first citizenM hotel to open with many more planned in major European cities such as London, Barcelona, Glasgow, Berlin, Stockholm, Brussels, Milan, Copenhagen, Moscow, Paris, Istanbul, Warsaw, Budapest and more in the next 5 years.

The concept of which citizenM hotel is built on caters for modern day travelers who wants a contemporary, comfortable, a more luxurious and convenient place to stay at reasonable prices. Value-for-money is what citizenM hotel is known for but unlike any regular pod hotels, it doesn’t skimp on space and amenities. Plus, the window and bed is huge, thank god.

A room may measure just 14 square metres each but it is well-designed to make use of every single inch of space. It is evident that citizenM designers gave careful, attention to detail and tedious thoughts into planning the room decor. Everything you need - bed, power rain shower, sink, toilet and other facilities - fits nicely and doesn’t make you feel cramped. Everything just seems to make perfect sense.

Take the bed for instance, you might wonder how cleaners could remove and replace the bedsheet without access to every corners of the bed. No they don’t climb on top the bed either. With citizenM’s patent-pending bed design, the bed can be pulled forward vertically and allow the cleaner easy access to replace the bedsheet. By the way, the bed is decked out with the finest linen.

Room entertainment includes an LCD television with free movie channels including blockbusters and classic favourites. Notebook toting roadwarriors will be pleased that citizenM offers WiFi internet access for free 24/7. Worried about charging your electronic gadgets? That’s taken care of with a global plug system. Philips ‘MoodPad’, an all-in-one remote control unit, controls the lighting, temperature, adjustable blinds, LCD TV and alarms.

Buses, taxis and trains are within walking distance and provide a 24 hour a day connection to the city centre of amsterdam (20 minutes by train) and all other major cities in the netherlands. Parking and rental cars are within walking distance as well

CitizenM Hotel opened just in time to help travelers offset the rising cost of travel and the high Euro conversion. And that’s always welcomed.