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The worst hotel design flaws: There’s a window in my shower

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Posted on Monday, 18 June 2018 19:48
By Zac Erawan

In “The Worst Hotel Design Flaws: There’s a Window in my shower..”, Christopher Elliot writes about hotel design flaws, and how it disrupts the privacy of family vacations. He explains the various reasons why architectural designs are important when building a hotel. He also talks about the alien and modern design structures for bedrooms that can make specific stays uncomfortable. He lists reasons why the hotel industry is not up to date with it’s current customer’s needs. Elliot concludes his article encouraging travelers to trust hotel chains to provide a basic and comfortable room structure with no hidden updates or unfortunate events.

Featured photo above: Siam Kempinski Bangkok

Key Takeaways:

  • A hotel room will fail, no matter how intriguing the design, if the elements do not function correctly.
  • Be careful when designing a bathroom, to respect a client’s privacy.
  • Many room designs fail because they do not keep up with the twenty first century.

“If you’ve stayed in a resort with a design flaw, you might be wondering whether there’s any way to avoid doing so again. It turns out there is.”

Original Source: http://www.traveller.com.au/the-worst-hotel-design-flaws-theres-a-window-in-my-shower-gyjd0o

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Owner at NewThaiHotels
Hotel Otaku. Hotel reviewer. Aspiring photographer. Xenodocheionologist. Zac fuses his lifelong passions for 1. Beautiful Hotels & Resorts, 2. Thailand and 3. Website Design to bring NewThaiHotels to life, sharing the latest information on new and exciting luxury hotel openings in stunning tropical Thailand.

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