Pop-up hotel

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A pop-up hotel is a

pre-fabricated modules which are plugged together on site or from collapsible structures such as tents or they may be fully mobile, being built on a large vehicle. Often seen as an alternative to glamping, pop-up hotels provide accommodation for seasonal or unique events such as large outdoors music festivals, retreats, weddings or sporting events.[1]

Description

The pop-up hotel trend is part of a global approach of the hospitality industry to create authentic, ultra-local and transient experiences.[2]

Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival to offer pop-up accommodations on the grounds of the festival.[3][4]

Companies such as Flash Camp and Collective Retreats are specialised in pop-up hotel offers.[3] Snoozebox is a pop-up hotel brand that follows festivals in the UK.[2][5] IceHotel in Sweden was created in 1989 and offers a seasonal fully hand-carved ice resort along the Torne River, carved fresh each year.[4][5] The Pop-Up Hotel, which launched during the 2011 Glastonbury Festival, specialises in luxury pop-up hotel offers, and partnered with Historic England in 2013 for an event at the Osborne House.[4][5][6] The Copenhagen-based architecture firm Pink Cloud worked on a new pop-up hotel concept that would capitalise on vacant office spaces.[6][7] Poshtel PopUp is also a stylish brand.[8] The London-based company Black Tomato has a service for its customers to create a pop-up hotel anywhere they want (for prices ranging from $20,000 to $160,000).[5][9][10]

The concept of pop-up hotels is also being reused by consumer brands and

Napa Valley in January 2020 (Hotella Nutella).[11]

See also

References

  1. ^ Annabelle Thorpe (22 November 2009), Pop-up hotels set to provide cheap temporary rooms, The Observer
  2. ^ a b Katja Feldmeier. "Sleeping Around: Pop-Up Hotels". Gopopup.com. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Rise of pop-up hotels: Should you introduce alternative room options?". Siteminder.com. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  4. ^ a b c d "Why pop-up hotels are in fashion - JLL Real Views". Hospitalitynet.org. 3 July 2017. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  5. ^ a b Daisy Carrington (1 July 2013). "Pop-up hotels: Catch them while you can". Cnn.com. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  6. ^ Alison Furuto (27 June 2013). "'Pop-Up Hotel' Winning Proposal / PINKCLOUD". Archdaily.com. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  7. ^ "A new Breed of Sustainable Luxury Pop-Up Hotels". Luxuryhotelassociation.org. 12 June 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  8. ^ Alicia Brunker (13 February 2017). "How to Design Your Own Pop-Up Hotel Anywhere in the World". Cntraveler.com. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  9. ^ "Ultimate Luxury Glamping | This is Blink". Black Tomato. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
  10. ^ Morgan Raum (13 November 2019). "There's a Nutella Pop-Up Hotel Coming for One Weekend Only". Yahoo.com. Retrieved 18 February 2020.

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