Marriott International has unveiled a new design for its European Courtyard by Marriott properties.

Forthcoming hotels in Aberdeen and Cologne are set to debut the new concept.

Brand standards include a 42-inch LCD TV, empty fridges rather than minibars, and an oval glass workdesk with ergonomic chair.

Going forward all rooms and public spaces will be equipped with wifi (there is no wired internet access), and bathrooms will feature large walk-in showers.

Lobby areas will feature a 24-hour shop with snacks including salads and sandwiches, seating areas with a “deep blue and green” décor and “media pod” seating booths with individual TVs.

An interactive GoBoard – a touchscreen TV allowing guests to access local information, weather forecasts and maps – will also be rolled out in the reception areas.

This has been a very moving week for Marriott in Europe!  First, we eminent 35 years since we opened our first European hotel, the Amsterdam Marriott.  I call to mind that job so well.  We had a large barrel of tap water on the argument and we had diver who dove off the top of the hotel into the barrel.  As tout de suite as he hit the barrel, it up against it and the moisten went all over the high road, but fortunately, he survived and wasn’t harmed.  That’s what you think back on about some of these openings a protracted once in a while ago. On Monday, we famed 35 years in Europe at the Amsterdam hotel,...

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