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Citizenm Amsterdam Airport
Jan Plezierweg 2, Amsterdam Schiphol, Nethe...
Singles, Gay & Lesbian, Modern
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The new Podhotel style
Hip, Modern, Lively, Stylish, Gay & Lesbian, Business People, Singles, Tourists
August 6 2008: On June 24, 2008 I was among the bunch of journalists and bloggers who were invited to attend the opening of this first of a chain CitizenM hotel. So I didn't pay for my night of sleep.
The CitizenM Room has various neat design features:
Its 2 m long and 2 m wide Bed under the window with, on the west side of the hotel, nice views on one of the landing strips of Schiphol Airport:
Under the bed, like in yachts, there is a huge trunk size drawer where you can stash your luggage away. Next to the entrance there are 5 coat and dress hangers over a small locker that can hold a small laptop without loading facility for its batteries.
How do they manage to care for those beds? Very simple: They developed a system whereby the whole mattress can be pulled up to the front of the bed vertically. The used sheets fall of and the clean sheets can be hung up on the two upper corners in stead of crawling around the bed which would be impossible. They applied for a patent for the system.
The shower and the Throne have each their own cylindric glass separation. The throne’s glass is etched. Between the shower and the bed there is a room wide curtain to separate the bath”room” part from the Sleeping part of the room. In the Throne’s cylinder an extra air suction facility prevents odors.
There is a system that ebnables you to adapt lighting to your mood, mood lighting. There is a separation curtain between the rooms "Wet section" and the bed section (they took care of the Yotel guest reviews that were complaining about the visibility of the Yotel Throne)
There are two small tables in front of the bed and there is one chair available: The Vitra re issued C1 chair designed by Verner Panton.
Between the sink and the throne there is a turnable frame with on the one side a man high mirror and on the other side some small shelfs to store stuff and a shaving mirror and some international shaving wall sockets.
Two types of shampoo and a water bottle which is the only drink available in the room. Other drinks you have to fetch in the lobby cum canteen M…however I noticed they closed the lot during the night at around 2 AM while Rattan claimed during his introduction that it would be open all night!
Date of stay: June 2008
Purpose of stay: Business
