16 years
I have read aout that before. Sounds spectacular and will attract a few enthusiasts, without doubt. Anyway, why would anyone want to stay at Stockholm´s airport? Arlanda is pretty far outside, half way up to Uppsala.
Hostel in a Jumbo Jet?
Hostel Trends and News
Jumbo jet hostel rolls into place near Arlanda
Published: 29 Aug 08 14:27 CET
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/14016/
The opening of the world’s first jumbo jet youth hostel moved step closer on Thursday when a Boeing 747 was towed a few kilometres from Stockholm’s Arlanda airport.
The plane, which had been resting on Arlanda’s third runway since 2002, was purchased by Swedish entrepreneur Oscar Diös.
Diös saw the abandoned hulk of metal as a perfect structure for low-budget accommodations near Sweden's busiest airport.
Plans received a boost last December when Sweden’s airports authority, LFV, and the Swedish National Roads Administration, approved the idea and on Thursday, workers towed the massive plane to the future hostel’s final location.
Diös, who sat in plane’s cockpit while it was being towed, hopes the hostel will open for business in December.
If the venture proves successful in Sweden, he hopes to open more jumbo jet hostels elsewhere.
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16 years
Just noticed that the story got picked up on Gizmodo:
http://gizmodo.com/5043984/jumbo-airplane-hotel-allows-mile-high-club-experience-on-the-ground
Gizmodo is a huge blog with a couple of million visitors per day. Looks like it also did well on Digg.com.
16 years
The story also made it to CNN yesterday:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/09/11/Jumbohostel/index.html?section=cnn_latest
I think all the coverage is providing great publicity for hostels in general.
Also on Aero-News.net today:
http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?contentBlockId=dd7ac63c-9483-43b7-a9d0-fe0e749e3596
16 years
There will be two types of accommodation. A basic room will be roughly six square meters in size with sleeping space for three adults. It will cost €110 ($150) per night.[/url]
Wow, seems pretty expensive for something that calls itself a hostel - nearly €40 pp. I guess it's at an airport though, so maybe that justifies it?
15 years
Jumbo Hostel gets coverage on BoingBoing.com:
http://www.boingboing.net/2009/02/05/youth-hostel-in-a-ju.html
(high traffic blog)
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