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Where To Check In After You’ve Checked Out

8:30PM January 26, 2012 | Andrew Tarantola

The rising death rate in Japan has lengthened the average wait for cremation to roughly four days. That’s a long 96 hours to let you lay there and ripen. So what do you do after shuffling off this mortal coil? You get yourself to a corpse hotel, obviously. More »

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iPads Are Why Your Hotel Wi-Fi Sucks (And Might Stop Being Free)

3:00AM October 26, 2011 | Kyle Wagner

Free Wi-Fi in public places is slowly becoming an inalienable right in the Western world. And apparently there are so many iPads out there that they’re choking it to death, says the New York Times. More »

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Sleepbox Is A Tiny Hotel Room For Airport Layovers

6:00PM September 16, 2011 | Kelly Hodgkins

Sleepbox is a self-contained hotel room for airports and other public places. Designed by Russian architects at the Arch Group, each Sleepbox has all the amenities you need to catch some shut eye while you wait for your next flight. More »

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Can 000000 Secretly Open Your Hotel Safe?

2:00AM September 7, 2011 | Sam Biddle

This is a little disconcerting. Frequent traveller and caution-monger skyrangerpro discovered something bad about his hotel safe: it can be opened, overriding his own password, by entering all zeros. You might want to check your hotel safe today. More »

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Soon You Might Need A Stay In These Escape Pod Hotels

5:40AM August 28, 2011 | Kwame Opam

These former oil rig rafts now, somehow, serve as hotel rooms for the nautically inclined. Owned by one Denis Oudendijk, these little escape pods float in a canal near the Hague and can support up to three people. More »

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Please Let MGM Implode This Giant Vegas Hotel

4:00AM August 19, 2011 | Brian Barrett

I’m sure that there are any number of financial, municipal, even ethical reasons why MGM Resorts International shouldn’t be allowed to implode the 27-story Harmon Tower, before it’s hosted a single guest. Counterpoint: BOOOOOOOM. BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM. More »

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China’s Luxurious Aircraft Carrier Is Perfect For Karaoke Nights

9:55PM August 18, 2011 | Jesus Diaz

This is not the interior of China’s Shi Lang, the recently refurbished Soviet aircraft carrier formerly known as the Varyag. It is another Chinese carrier, also a refurbished Soviet vessel: the Kiev. It’s absolutely horrible. More »

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The TuboHotel: A Home For Mario Lovers

11:20AM July 6, 2011 | Kwame Opam

Can you imagine living inside a concrete tube? Of course you can. The same way T3arc did when they designed the TuboHotel on the outskirts of Tepoztlan, Mexico. It serves as fast and affordable housing for tourists taking in the environment. More »

News

The Real-World Bitcoin Business Is (Kind Of) Booming

5:30AM July 1, 2011 | Kwame Opam

Bitcoin is everyone’s favourite made-up digital money, sure. But whaddya know? Turns out there are plenty of legitimate brick-and-mortar shops out there that are ready to conduct awkward-yet-satisfying bitcoin transactions with you in the flesh. More »

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Beijing’s Largest Hotel Belongs At Area 51

12:20PM June 23, 2011 | Brian Barrett

This is a rendering the Beijing National Hotel, a planned 214,000sqm hostel for visitors to China’s capital city. It’s huge, sure, the biggest landmark in Beijing. But my goodness, did it also have to be so creepy? More »