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I spent a night in Yotelair, a chain known for its transit hotels.
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Yotelair Changi Airport’s Premium Queen Cabin is one of the tiniest hotel rooms in Singapore.
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At $225 a night, I found it was a cramped, expensive stay.
Changi Airport is Singapore’s main airport. It was crowned the best airport in the world for eight consecutive years.
Changi Airport, located in eastern Singapore, has long been the city-state’s crown jewel. From 2012 to 2020, it was ranked the world’s best airport by UK airport and airline consultancy firm Skytrax.
The airport served over 68 million people in 2019, making it one of the busiest airports in Asia.
In 2019, an extension to the airport, a neo-futuristic mall named Jewel, was officially opened. It cost around $1.25 billion to build. Today, the mall is known for having the world’s tallest indoor waterfall.
Tucked away in one of the far corners of Jewel is Yotelair, a chain known for its transit-style hotels.
Yotelair is one of three brands owned by Yotel, a UK-based hotel group. Yotelair hotels are located specifically in airports, and are inspired by air travel, a Singapore-based representative told me. The chain launched its Changi Airport location in 2019.
“The Yotel concept came about when the founder was on a first-class flight and saw how it was possible to achieve a comfort feel in a compact space through the use of clever design and technology,” the representative said.
The hotel has two types of rooms: Premium Queen Cabin and Premium Family Cabin. The rooms’ designs are inspired by an airplane cabin, like their names suggest.
But the entry-level Premium Queen Cabin is only 10 square meters