IFA Hotels & Resorts (IFA HR) has opened its first YOTEL in the UK.

Yotel is the revolutionary new hotel concept that's redefining the global hotel industry and making travel more enjoyable. It is also the first hotel to be located inside a UK airport terminal.

This is the first of many YOTELs that IFA HR plans to open around the globe, through its operating company Yotel Limited.

The Gatwick Airport YOTEL is located in the South Terminal and provides transiting passengers or those with early check-ins a private place to relax.

Bookable from just four hours or overnight from 25 pounds ($49.8), YOTEL is destined to become essential to every frequent and long-haul traveller's plans.

'We're very excited about the opening of the first YOTEL. YOTEL is different from other investments we have in the hotel sector and we truly believe it represents the future. It is a brand that is going to grow exponentially in the next few years as we identify new locations and as prospective partners approach us with ideas of how YOTEL can add value to their markets,' said chairman and managing director of IFA HR Talal Jassim Al-Bahar.

Globally, several international locations have already been identified as prime opportunities for YOTEL including Dubai, the Netherlands, Singapore, Thailand, Germany, New York, Russia, India, South Africa and more.

The YOTEL concept was originally developed by YO! Founder Simon Woodroffe, whose idea was to create cabins that provide a flexible and convenient first class hotel experience at an affordable price.

'Our designers built upon the technology and advanced use of space seen in business class airline cabins and luxury yachts to realise the two tier YOTEL cabin system. Cabins come as 'Premium', (with a full size double bed) or 'Standard' (with a large single bed) - both with enough room for two as well as en suite bathrooms and in-cabin entertainment,' said YOTEL CEO Gerard Greene.Trade Arabia News Service