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CAPSULE HOTEL [2 records]

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Record 1 2025-05-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hotel Industry
  • Tourist Lodging
CONT

A capsule hotel... is a type of hotel developed in Japan that features a large number of extremely small "rooms"(capsules) intended to provide cheap, basic overnight accommodation for guests who do not require the services offered by more conventional hotels.

OBS

Not to be confused with "pod hotel" or "micro hotel."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hôtellerie
  • Hébergement (Tourisme)
DEF

[Hôtel] qui a la particularité d'optimiser au maximum l'espace d'occupation et dont les chambres se limitent donc à une simple cabine-lit.

OBS

Les cabines de ces hôtels sont constituées d'un tube généralement en plastique ou en fibre de verre, ont une surface moyenne de deux mètres sur un pour une hauteur d'un mètre vingt-cinq et sont souvent équipées d'une télé [...] Ces capsules sont superposées par deux et alignées le long d'un couloir.

OBS

Ne pas confondre avec «hôtel à microchambres».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Hotelería
  • Alojamiento (Turismo)
OBS

hotel cápsula: La Fundación del Español Urgente (Fundéu BBVA), con el asesoramiento de la Real Academia Española, indica que la expresión "hotel cápsula", en referencia a un hotel cuyos huéspedes se alojan en cubículos, se escribe en dos palabras y sin resalte, y su plural es hoteles cápsula. [...] También se usa a veces la denominación "hostal cápsula", a la que se le aplica lo dicho anteriormente, si es un hostal que cuenta con tales características.

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Record 2 2015-01-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hotel Industry
  • Tourist Lodging
CONT

Pod hotels are hotels with smaller rooms than traditional hotels, usually less than 200 square feet, with minimum amenities. While these have evolved from their Japanese capsule hotel origin, the four main characteristics of a pod hotel are still small rooms, no frills or extra amenities, low prices, and central locations. Within pod hotels, there are two main variations : urban areas and airport hubs.

OBS

Not to be confused with "capsule hotel. "

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hôtellerie
  • Hébergement (Tourisme)
OBS

Ne pas confondre avec «hôtel capsule».

Key term(s)
  • hôtel à micro-chambres

Spanish

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