Crossing time zones

There are few things worse than being jet lagged with nowhere to go. Maybe it’s time reputable hotels let rooms by the hour

‘Find a comfy chair, take your shoes off and clutter up the lobby. They’ll soon find a room for you...’ You don’t need me to tell you about the pain of business travel when flying east. The prospect of landing at an uncivilised hour, with the knowledge that your hotel room will not be available until the afternoon is a familiar experience for the jet-lagged businessperson. Hoteliers hate early arrivals. They clutter up the lobby, expect all the guests from the night before to leave after breakfast, and look as if they have just left the set of a horror film. Often long-haul travellers have been up all night, so why don’t more hotels cater properly for early bird business travellers? They must know a proportion of guests will arrive before check-in. Yet…

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Business Traveller Asia-Pacific Edition (Digital) - 1 Issue, July - August 2018

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